It was an old book. Part of it was gone. But Abe didn't mind.

这是一本旧书，其中的一部分已没有了，但艾贝不介意。

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This does not help the cause of the front-runner, Shinzo Abe, the 51-year-old cabinet secretary.

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By the same token, the odds have improved for Yasuo Fukuda, a grand old party man who belongs to the same faction as Mr Abe.

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