{"id":171,"date":"2014-12-24T09:22:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T09:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=171"},"modified":"2015-01-12T15:34:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:34:11","slug":"shinzo-abe-re-elected-as-prime-minister-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/shinzo-abe-re-elected-as-prime-minister-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinzo Abe re-elected as prime minister of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shinzo Abe has been re-appointed as the prime minister of Japan after the mid-December victory of the ruling coalition in parliamentary elections for the lower house.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

During the Wednesday session of the parliament, a total of 328 lawmakers voted in favor of Abe, while acting opposition leader Katsuya Okada received just 73 votes.<\/p>\n

The vote was followed by the upper house poll that officially confirmed Abe’s reappointment as premier.<\/p>\n

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Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Shinzo Abe (C) receives applause from parliament members after he was re-elected as prime minister by the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on December 24, 2014.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

All members of Abe’s incumbent cabinet also stepped down early Wednesday, as the 60-year-old premier is expected to announce his new cabinet Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Local media say the new cabinet will contain most of the ministers including Taro Aso, the deputy premier and finance minister, and Fumio Kishida, the foreign minister.<\/p>\n

They say Abe will replace Defense Minister Akinori Eto with security expert Gen Nakatani.<\/p>\n

However, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga declined to confirm the reports, saying “the prime minister himself will decide on personnel matters.”<\/p>\n

The December 14 victory has been considered as a referendum on the pro-business Abe’s economic growth blitz, dubbed Abenomics.<\/p>\n

Share prices in the world\u2019s third largest have increased and many companies have reported record profits, but the Asian country slipped back into recession after a sales tax rise in April chilled demand among consumers and businesses.<\/p>\n

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