5 minutes agoAbe breaks Japanese prime minister's life expectancy record
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe exceeded the life record at the head of the country's government today, but many of his ambitions, including a constitutional reform, seem difficult to achieve. Today, it marks the day of 2887 in this post, one more than the record achieved by Taro Katsuura, three times prime minister by [...]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe exceeded the life record at the head of the country's government today, but many of his ambitions, including a constitutional reform, seem difficult to achieve.
Today, it marks the day of 2887 in the post, one more than the record achieved by Taro Katsuura, three times prime minister from 1901 to 1913.
Abe placed second in the G7 group, following German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the post since 2005.
Also leading his political formation, Liberal Democratic Party ( PDL, conservative, its power remains consolidated and is expected to retain it until September 2021.
He has recently mentioned his project to review the pacifist Constitution established by the American conqueror after Japan's surrender after World War II. A review whose aim is to change Japan's self-protective forces status to give them more attributes.
But opposition parties have so far refused to adopt the measures needed to start this process.
Abe's reputation, 65, has also been lowered by the recent resignation of two of his ministers and a favoural scandal, Atsh submits.
Despite these disappointments, experts believe his coalition is not at great risk in Parliament and stress the absence of an evian rival to seek his position.
