Buying time :    Shinzo Abe brings in the heavies but remains unbearably light. 

 -  2007 
<br/><br/> In this article Shinzo Abe the prime minister of Japan has gambled all on a cabinet shuffle.  Mr Abe has attempted to fortify the party structure.  Opinion polls gave a swift verdict his popularity which had plumbed abysmal depths, shot up. 
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