Omi previously supported increases in the national , although Abe distanced himself from this policy and sought to achieve much of his budget-balancing through spending cuts | , ZNet, 5 October 2006 |
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Soble, Jonathan 16 July 2015 | Abe's decision to delay the consumption tax increase in November 2014 and his push for a large fiscal deficit in the 2015 budget without social security cuts was interpreted as a victory for this faction within the LDP |
He had stated that "we are reaching the limit in narrowing down differences between Japan's security and the interpretation of our constitution" | 8 children per woman and stabilize the population at 100 million, and to create a situation where people would not have to leave employment in order to care for elderly relatives by the mid-2020s |
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He left the company in 1982 and pursued a number of government positions including executive assistant to the , private secretary to the chairperson of the LDP General Council, and private secretary to the LDP secretary-general | Abe took credit for this policy decision in his best-selling book, Towards a Beautiful Nation 美しい国へ, Utsukushii kuni e |
He gained national popularity when he demanded that Japanese abductees visiting Japan remain [ ], in defiance of North Korea.