Shinzo Abe's assessment: "There were significant symbolic and real reforms"

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The resigned Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo, August 31, 2020. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

By: Florence Thomazeau

7 min

In Japan, a page is turning.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is stepping down due to health concerns.

Head of government for the first time from 2006 to 2007, he returned to the post of Prime Minister in 2012, reappointed in 2018 with the ambition to innovate in economic policy.

After a record longevity in this post, the results of the Japanese Prime Minister are mixed.

Explanations with Karoline Postel Vinay, specialist in Japan at CERI, the International Research Center of Sciences Po Paris.

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