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Japan PM Abe escapes injury in five-car collision

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 08:16
A limousine carrying Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was involved in a five-car pile-up at a toll gate in Tokyo on Saturday but he escaped without any injuries, police said. Two guards in a police car accompanying Abe's official vehicle suffered slight injuries to the face, a Metropolitan Police Department spokesman said. The police car made a sudden stop at the toll gate, which led to Abe's vehicle bumping into it from behind.

Japan PM: women key to promote economic growth

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 05:46
Japan's Prime Minister Friday unveiled new growth strategies with a special focus on expanding business opportunities for women and providing job training for young people. Shinzo Abe also boasted of the benefits of his controversial big-spending, easy-money policies -- dubbed "Abenomics" -- that have fuelled optimism in an economy that has struggled for two decades. "Who are the human resources that Japan has failed make the best use of? They are women," he said in a special press address.

Japan PM to unveil more economic growth measures

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 01:46
Japan's Prime Minister was expected Friday to unveil growth strategies aimed at perking up the economy, the latest steps in a policy blitz that has rallied stocks and boosted his popularity. Shinzo Abe will showcase his plans in a major press address as his controversial big-spending, easy-money policies -- dubbed "Abenomics" have fuelled optimism in an economy that has struggled for two decades.

Japan PM Abe's Pacific trade pact gambit pays off, for now

March 18, 2013 01:45
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first politically risky step of declaring the country's intent to join talks on a U.S.-led Pacific Rim free trade pact appears to be paying off as his record high ratings edge even higher.

Alliance in focus as Japan PM meets Obama

February 21, 2013 01:45
Japan's new premier Shinzo Abe will meet US President Barack Obama this week for the first time since taking power, seeking to breathe new life into a key alliance at a time of heightened tensions across Asia. Abe will be keen to get the reassurance of strong US support on a visit to Washington that comes amid an escalating row with China over disputed islands, and in the same month that North Korea carried out its third nuclear test.

ANALYSIS-Japan's Abe looks to prove this time, he has the right stuff

February 19, 2013 00:00
By Linda Sieg TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Five years after staring into a political and personal abyss, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is out to prove that the man who threw in the towel after barely a year in office has what it takes to survive as a long-term leader. Abe, whose 2006-2007 term as premier ended with his abrupt resignation after a year plagued by scandals, an election defeat and a gastro-intestinal ailment worsened by stress, won a rare second chance when his party surged back to power in December.
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