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Pro nuclear Mr Amari likely to be Japan’s Economic Minister

 Abe to Give Posts to Stimulus, Nuclear Advocates  By TAKASHI NAKAMICHI, WSJ, December 20, 2012,  
TOKYO—Incoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely form an
old-boy economic team led by fiscal stimulus and nuclear energy
proponents,….. Along with Mr. Aso, the incoming prime minister will
likely tap the policy head of the Liberal Democratic Party and
longtime ally, Akira Amari, to fill in a new ministerial post
responsible for guiding overall economic policy discussions. Mr. Amari
held the trade minister’s portfolio when Mr. Abe was last prime
minister from 2006-2007.

One of the LDP’s leading energy experts, Mr. Amari has defended
Japan’s reliance on nuclear plants, even after the March 2011
earthquake triggered the nation’s worst nuclear crisis. A one-time
employee at Sony Corp., 6758.TO -1.63% Mr. Amari represents the voices
of corporate Japan……
Mr. Abe is diverging from the path trodden by the outgoing ruling
Democratic Party of Japan, which has grown more fiscally conservative
and has pledged to exit nuclear power by 2040……
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324461604578191052600447858.html

December 22, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, politics