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The Advent of the Abe Administration : FUJITSU RESEARCH INSTITUTE (601 words) |
 | The ascent of Shinzo Abe to prime minister was prefaced by an election within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in which Shinzo Abe, Sadakazu Tanigaki and Taro Aso vied for the title of party president. |
| Abe, who has just turned 52 and is the youngest post-war prime minister, officially became the 90th prime minister of Japan at an extraordinary session of the Diet on the 26th. |
| The Abe administration is preparing to tackle fundamental issues such as constitutional revision and education reform, and also seems intent on raising the functional power of the prime minister’s office to the level of the White House in the US. |
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