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World Service,3 mins

Will PM Shinzo Abe boost Japan's economy?

World Business Report

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Shares in Tokyo are on a winning streak, as investors are betting that Mr Abe's election victory is a mandate to continue economic reforms. Professor Richard Werner, from the University of Southampton, is a former economic adviser to the Bank of Japan and the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo. He tells the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Russell Padmore why there are doubts about the recovery of the Japanese economy. (Picture: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Getty Images.)

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