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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), accompanied by Finance Minister Taro Aso (3L) and Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (2nd R), waits for his vehicle after a photo session with his cabinet members as they were inaugurated before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on December 26, 2012. Abe was elected Japan's prime minister by the lower house of parliament after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomatic issues while fixing the economy.