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Japan's Shinzo Abe: Will the new prime minister boost confrontation with China and South Korea?

Beijing and Seoul may have less to fear from Japan's incoming prime minister than his hawkish rhetoric suggests.

Shinzo Abe, Japan's new PM, visits Fukushima nuclear plant

Shinzo Abe praised the workers dismantling the plant, which was damaged during last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

After his sweeping election victory, incoming Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said this week that there can be no compromise on the sovereignty of the Senkaku islands.

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