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Abe resigns: Japan's longest-serving leader leaves behind much unfinished business
Key projects like the Olympics, revision of pacifist Constitution still unfinished
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will soon leave office with the proud legacy of having become the nation's longest-serving leader but reluctantly, with plenty of unfinished business.
Still, he can look back on a host of major coups, including the pivotal role he played in leading the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact to fruition after the pullout of the United States.
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