Japan's incoming Prime Minister and leader of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe (L) speaks to the media as he names new LDP party executives at their headquarters in Tokyo on December 25,

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Japan's incoming Prime Minister and leader of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe (L) speaks to the media as he names new LDP party executives at their headquarters in Tokyo on December 25, 2012. Abe is to be named as the country's new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy.

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