But could an Abe-led government really snap Japan out of its seemingly interminable economic malaise?
The U.S. Congressional Research Service recently criticized Abe-history for roiling regional relations in ways detrimental to American interests.
Japan's Prime Minister - Shinzo Abe - has been trying to kick-start the country's economy since being elected last December.
So we need to watch Abe-san and what he does next because Japan is looking like the game changer that we have all been awaiting.
Did the prospect of an Abe Shinzo-led Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito government push up stocks?
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This does not help the cause of the front-runner, Shinzo Abe, the 51-year-old cabinet secretary.
Mr. Abe is pro-nuclear power, but his office said he wouldn't comment on Rokkasho.
The acceleration of talks comes less than a month after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed atomic-power treaties with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, the first such move since the Fukushima disaster.
Installing an early version of the Paik-Abe Synthesizer in the studio, Paik mixed recorded video with live camera footage, freely tweaking colors and contours in a four-hour-long riff accompanied by a Beatles soundtrack.
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But, as illuminated in a book, Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan(2008), by Syracuse University professor Margarita Estevez-Abe, just looking at spending misses the arguably larger importance of a vast array of subsidy programs and policies that protect and cushion workers and citizens from market forces and limit competition.
But the well-regarded CEO also promised to do the job, and brought a new air of frankness and accountability that several shareholders--including retired Schering employees and founder Abe Plough's former lawyer--applauded.
It would have been the first full-fledged ministerial meeting between the two governments under their new leaders, Mr. Abe and President Park Geun-hye, who took power in December and February, respectively.
Abe says many music-makers of his generation face a challenge because of both China's past and its recent rapid development.
He was the GM of the Washington Wizards for three-and-a-half years, a tenure that ended badly when then-owner Abe Pollin canned him.
The movie shows not-always-Honest Abe driven by the morally impeccable goal of ending slavery but repeatedly taking questionable steps in the process.
Will the Bank of Japan tighten--unpopular at home--while Abe's government totters?
The problem for U.S.-dollar-denominated investors is that return has been mostly lost in translation as the supportive fiscal and monetary policy strategies announced by Abe have been equity-market-positive and yen-negative.
The designers are responsible for their own "levels" -- the tasks Abe has to accomplish before moving on.
Today Abe is a champion weight-lifter and is about to get married.
When Abe finds out his species -- the half-human, half-lizard Mudokons -- is next for the sausage grinder, he sets out to free them.
Last week the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) - which governed Japan for half a century before it was ousted by the DPJ in 2009 - elected Shinzo Abe its new leader.
Their weaknesses are acute--Bush's constitutional authority is under attack by Congress, Abe faces key legislative elections in late July--and they also have chronic implications for international trade and finance.
Public support for Mr Abe's government looks set to continue falling towards the nadir seen by Yoshiro Mori, prime minister in 2000-2001 (and Mr Abe's political godfather).
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Judging from his pre-election campaign, Abe plans to take a strong stance on these issues.
And so does the man who will probably become Japan's next prime minister - LDP leader Shinzo Abe.
Two things give reason to hope: The leadership of e-commerce retailer Hiroshi Mikitani in the administration's reform councils and Mr. Abe's commitment to bring Japan into the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations.
But there are two reasons to hope: The leadership of e-commerce retailer Hiroshi Mikitani in the administration's reform councils and Mr. Abe's commitment to bring Japan into the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations.
On top of that, Mr Abe's government, though short-lived, was dogged by a seemingly endless series of financial scandals.
His nuanced performance in Silver Linings Playbook helped him emerge as an Honest Abe actor, true to his Philly-area hometown, with a Georgetown education and enormous acting prowess.
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To meet that 2% inflation target, Prime Minister Abe has put forth an aggressive ultra-easy monetary policy which will pump more money into the economy and also weaken the yen.
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