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| November 14, 2005 | Caryl, Christian; Takayama, Hideko; Isenberg, Alan; Isikoff, Michael; Hosenbal, Mark; Carmichael, Mary; Patel, Vibhuti; Barrett, Jennifer; Gostin, Nicki | COPYRIGHT 2005 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Christian Caryl and Hideko Takayama, Alan Isenberg, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenbal, Mary Carmichael, Vibhuti Patel, Jennifer Barrett, Nicki Gostin

Japan: Send in the Hawks

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's announcement last week that he had decided to shake up his cabinet caught Japan's political class off guard--and set the country on a potentially risky foreign-policy course. Shinzo Abe, a Liberal Democratic Party stalwart who has made a name for himself as a harsh conservative critic of North Korea, was named the government's chief policy spokesman--marking him as the leading contender to succeed Koizumi next fall. Despite Abe's stature ...

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