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Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba wants to make his country happy again – can he?

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Japan Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his first policy speech at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo on Oct 4.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivering his first policy speech at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo on Oct 4.

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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.

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