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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba wants to make his country happy again – can he?
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivering his first policy speech at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo on Oct 4.
PHOTO: REUTERS
TOKYO – Japan’s newly minted Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba used the grand occasion of his first policy speech to Parliament on Oct 4 to reminisce about a simpler time.
People were not wealthy, he said, but had smiles on their faces and kindness for one another.
