Shinzo abe meets xi jinping biography

Fending off the Ministry of Finance

Between his two stints as prime minister, Abe Shinzō held power for a record 3, days. During that time, he undertook such challenges as cutting through the intransigence of major government agencies, boosting Japan’s flagging economy, and managing relationships with the world’s major powers, efforts that won him both loyalists and detractors.

Abe Shinzō kaikoroku (Abe Shinzō: A Memoir), a recently published work based on multiple interviews with the politician after he stepped down as prime minister in September , provides an intimate glimpse into Abe’s fighting disposition and other insights from his time in power.

Abe frequently found himself at odds with bureaucrats at Japan’s different government agencies, and the memoir is full of fascinating episodes.

For instance, as the COVID pandemic was kicking into full swing in , Abe describes