Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered his inaugural policy speech Monday to kick off the 150-day Diet session, focusing on how he will ¡°revitalize¡± the economy but omitting his contentious, right-leaning diplomatic and historical rhetoric.
Abe emphasized his determination to overcome the country¡¯s decades-old economic slump, reconstruct the disaster-hit Tohoku region, strengthen Japan¡¯s security alliance with the United States and enhance diplomatic ties with Southeast Asia.
¡°The biggest and most urgent agenda item for our country is revitalization of the economy,¡± Abe said in the speech.
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