The Wall Street Journal

For Japan’s Shinzo Abe, Unfinished Family Business

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Photos: Getty Images, Shinzo Abe Office/Associated Press

By Yuka Hayashi

Dec. 11, 2014

TOKYO— Shinzo Abe recalls sitting on his grandfather’s lap as a young boy 55 years ago. They listened to protesters in the streets outside who opposed the older man’s push to rebuild Japan’s military after World War II, Mr. Abe says. Soon after, Mr. Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, resigned as Japan’s prime minister, his aims for his country unfulfilled.
Now, as Japan’s most powerful prime minister in years, Mr. Abe is looking to complete some of his grandfather’s unfinished business.
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