Will Mr Koizumi's presumed successor, Shinzo Abe, be any wiser?

小泉的假定继任者Shinzo Abe会更英明吗？

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If [submarines] enter our territorial waters while underwater, we would have to implement maritime security action, ' Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told parliament Tuesday.

如果潜艇在水下进入我国领海，我们将必须采取保障海洋安全的行动。

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Did the prospect of an Abe Shinzo-led Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito government push up stocks?

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Abe Shinzo, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and very likely the next prime minister, replacing Noda Yoshihiko, is calling for greater QE activism.

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Not so with PM Abe Shinzo and his alter-ego, mentor, and (in a relationship resembling that of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush) possibly master, deputy PM and finance minister Aso Taro.

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