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Why Shinzo Abe was Ass*sinated? | Why China celebrated? | Dhruv Rathee - YouTube
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Hello, friends!
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8th July 2022.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated.
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It was a shocking incident on many counts.
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First of all, in a country like Japan,
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these are rare occurrences.
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The rate of gun violence is so low there
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that Japan is among the Top 10 Most Peaceful Countries in the World.
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Secondly, such political assassinations in our world are very rare.
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Especially in developed countries.
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The last time a political figure of this level was assassinated in a developed country
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was in Sweden in 1986.
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When the Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated.
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So obviously, when it happened in 2022, it was immensely shocking.
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Shinzo Abe had close ties with India.
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Many Indians mourned his death.
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On the other hand, in countries like China and South Korea,
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some people celebrated his death.
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Come, let's understand this assassination.
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And Shinzo Abe's legacy
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in today's video.
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"Shocking news out of Japan,
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the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
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was assassinated.
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Gunned down during a campaign event."
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"Mr Shinzo Abe is no longer with us."
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"This brutal and cowardly murder of Shinzo Abe
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shocks the whole world."
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"I wish to extend our deepest sympathy and condolences."
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"I'm going to be stopping to sign the Condolence Book
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at the Japanese Embassy on the way to the CIA."
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"My sympathy and my thoughts..."
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"Thoughts are with you and with the people of Japan today."
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Shinzo Abe was the leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.
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The elections were scheduled to be held in a few days.
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So he was campaigning for his political candidate.
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During which, he was assassinated.
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At 11:30 in the morning, a gunshot was heard.
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The crowd gathered there was shocked at that.
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Shinzo's security team was also present there.
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But they hadn't put up any checks or barriers.
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So the assassin could come quite close to Shinzo.
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And shot him from a distance of a few meters with his handmade gun.
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After firing, he didn't even try to escape.
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He was caught by the security officials,
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and now he is under police custody.
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His name is Tetsuya Yamagami.
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He is 41 years old.
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He had worked in the Japanese Navy,
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and perhaps the most bizarre thing is that
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he claims that the reason behind this assassination
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is not political; he didn't have any political motive.
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He's not even a politically active person.
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According to Yamagami,
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he carried out this assassination
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because his mother went bankrupt
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because of large donations to a religious group.
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And this Japanese religious group
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was allegedly promoted by Shinzo Abe.
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The assassin claims that
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he wanted to kill the leader of the religious group initially.
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But it wasn't possible.
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So he targetted Shinzo Abe.
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The Associated Press has reported that
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the assassin had no issues with the political ideologies of Shinzo Abe.
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This incident was condemned by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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saying that such barbaric and malicious acts
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will not be tolerated at all.
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And that it goes against the very foundation of democracy.
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On Japanese social media, the hashtag
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'We Want Democracy Not Violence' was trending.
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The leaders of other countries responded similarly.
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UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson had
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called it a despicable attack.
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US President Joe Biden had said that
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on 10th July, all US flags would be hoisted at half-staff.
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In honour of Shinzo Abe.
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Although some Chinese nationalists and South Koreans,
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were celebrating his assassination.
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But their politicians didn't respond similarly.
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The South Korean President called the attack an 'unacceptable act of crime.'
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The Spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that
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this unaccepted incident should not be
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associated with the Chinese-Japanese relationship.
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When he was asked about the response on Chinese social media,
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he did not comment.
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Historically, China and South Korea
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have quite a complicated relationship with Japan.
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Shinzo Abe is considered to be a leader who
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had an aggressive stance in terms of foreign policies.
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Politically, what had Shinzo Abe done
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that people in China and South Korea despise him so much?
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I'll talk about it in detail later in this video.
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But before that, let's look at things from India's perspective.
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The ruling party as well as the opposition parties in India,
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have the same stance regarding Shinzo Abe.
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Almost every Indian has a positive image of him.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him a Global Statesman,
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an Outstanding Leader, and a remarkable administrator.
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And expressed condolences on his death.
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He had declared a National Mourning on 9th July.
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In Rashtrapati Bhawan,
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no change of guard ceremony was held
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on 9th July as a mark of respect.
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Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi,
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and Arvind Kejriwal had responded similarly.
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He was praised for his part in
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strengthening the strategic relationship between India and Japan.
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Friends, the thing is that,
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the strong bilateral relationship between India and Japan,
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the foundation for it was laid
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when India's Prime Minister was Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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And Japan's Prime Minister was Yoshiro Mori.
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In August 2000,
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the then Japanese Prime Minister came to India for a visit.
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And there the Global Partnership
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for the 21st Century was established.
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The next milestone was reached in April 2005,
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when the then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi,
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came to India.
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After that, Japan and India had bilateral summits every year.
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In December 2006, when our Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh went to Japan,
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the relationship between India and Japan reached new heights.
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It morphed into a global and strategic partnership.
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Shinzo Abe became Japan's Prime Minister in 2006.
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And in August 2007, when he came to India,
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he addressed the Indian Parliament
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and laid the foundation of the Quad Group.
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Quad Group is basically a group for cooperation
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entered into by four countries.
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India, Japan, the USA, and Australia.
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I had made a detailed video on this,
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you can watch it if you want to.
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The link to it will be in the description below.
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Here, Shinzo Abe gave his famous speech:
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The Confluence of the Two Seas.
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This speech is considered quite legendary.
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He asked, "Where exactly do we now stand
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historically and geographically?"
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And he answered this question
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with a quote from a book.
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A book written by Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh in 1655.
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The Majma'-ul-Bahrain.
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Literally translating to the Confluence of the Two Seas.
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Here, he even mentioned the ties
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Subhash Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore had with Japan.
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He laid out his vision with regard to India-Japan relations.
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He talked about how tolerance
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has been an inseparable part of India's spiritual history.
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From Ashoka's reign
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to Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Violent Satyagraha.
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He hoped that this tolerance
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would be the leading principle
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for the next century.
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In September 2007,
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Shinzo resigned from the post of Prime Minister unexpectedly.
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Because of ailing health.
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He had Ulcerative Colitis.
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Then in 2012,
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he became the Prime Minister once again.
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Between 2012 to 2020,
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he visited India thrice.
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The first was in January 2014,
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when he became the first Japanese Prime Minister
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to be the Chief Guest on India's Republic Day.
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The close ties he had with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh,
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he continued those relations
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with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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In December 2015 and in September 2017,
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he came to India yet again.
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No other Japanese Prime Minister
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has come to India so many times.
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In September 2014,
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the India-Japan relationship further went up a notch.
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A special strategic and global partnership.
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In this new relationship
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civilian nuclear energy,
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bullet trains, and Act East Policy was discussed.
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When Modi went to Japan in 2014,
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the Indo-Japan nuclear deal was still uncertain.
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The Shinzo Abe government was successful in moving forward with this deal
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and in 2016, this agreement was signed.
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As per this agreement, both countries
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would cooperate for peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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In 2017, this agreement came into force.
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When the Chinese aggression on Indian borders were increasing in October 2017,
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during the Doklam issue,
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it was Shinzo Abe's idea to
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revive the Quad Group.
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It happened in November 2017
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when the officials of India, Japan, the US, and Australia
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met in Manila, Philippines.
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In recent times, as you might already know,
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there have been several stand-offs on the India-China border.
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Since 2013,
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there have been four publicly known border standoffs.
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In April 2013, September 2014,
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June-August 2017,
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and in May 2020.
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Interestingly, under Shinzo Abe, the Japanese government
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had stood up with India
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during these standoffs.
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In all these cases, Japan criticised China.
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Similarly, the overhyped Bullet Train project of the Modi government
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included India and Japan's cooperation.
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To counter China's influence,
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India and Japan have planned several joint projects
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in the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
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This is why in 2021,
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Shinzo Abe was bestowed with the Padma Vibhushan Award.
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India's second-highest civilian award.
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Now, let's talk about Shinzo Abe's political career.
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What was his legacy
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that makes him quite controversial in some countries.
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Shinzo Abe was a part of a vast political dynasty in Japan.
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Several members of his family
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have remained in the top political positions in Japan for many years.
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Shinzo Abe's maternal grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi,
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was the first Japanese Prime Minister
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to visit India.
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In a column in an Indian newspaper, he wrote,
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that there used to be a time when
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Japan was not a developed country.
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During such times, Prime Minister Nehru,
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presented Prime Minister Kishi,
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as the Japanese Prime Minister
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to the people of his country.
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And said that he respected him a lot.
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Friends, Nobusuke Kishi had actually played an immensely important role
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in the foundation of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1955.
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The political party Shinzo Abe belonged to.
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Since then, this political party
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has been in power in Japan for most of the time.
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Except for 2 small periods.
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Shinzo's great uncle, Nobusuke's brother, Eisaku Sato,
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was also a Japanese Prime Minister.
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In addition to them, Shinzo's paternal grandfather, Abe Kan,
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was an elected member of the House of Representatives.
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Shinzo's father, Abe Shintaro,
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was the Foreign Minister of Japan for a while.
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As I told you, several members of the family
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have been in power in politics.
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It's a vast dynasty.
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But the two people on whom we need to focus the most
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are the two grandfathers.
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Because even though they are related,
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their ideologies were vastly different.
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One ideology of a hawk,
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an aggressive stance,
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and the other of peace,
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of the dove.
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The symbol of peace was Shinzo's paternal grandfather, Kan Abe.
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He opposed the militarist government.
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He was actively campaigning
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to prevent Japan's involvement in World War II.
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There was a clear reason for that.
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Because had Japan not participated in the war,
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then the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour
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would have been avoided.
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And the American government's response to it,
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the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
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could have been prevented.
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The 2.5 million Japanese who lost their lives in the war,
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could have been saved.
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Here, if you'd like to know more about World War II,
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I'd suggest that you listen to the audiobook on WWII on KUKU FM.
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It has all the details.
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You can go check it out.
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Let's get back to the topic.
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On the other hand, Shinzo's maternal grandfather,
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Nobusuke Kishi,
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was serving under the Japanese Emperor Showa.
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He was known for his ruthless rule.
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Kishi was nicknamed
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the Monster of the Showa Era.
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Later, on 7th December 1941,
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he had signed the Declaration of War
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and thus announced the war against America.
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As we know now,
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Japan lost in World War II,
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And the leaders of the US, China, and the UK,
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met in Germany on 26th July 1945,
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to discuss the terms of surrender for Japan.
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On 2nd September,
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Japan surrendered unconditionally.
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And the conditions laid across by the other countries,
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of bringing democratic reforms in the country,
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were accepted.
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Japan's Constitution was rewritten.
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Article 9 of this Constitution,
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was very important.
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According to it, the Japanese people
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would aspire for international peace always.
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They forever renounce war,
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as a sovereign right of the nation
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and the threat or use of force
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as means of settling international disputes.
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Going into a war would not be Japan's way
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to resolve any issue.
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So, the land, sea, and air forces,
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as well as other war potential
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will never be maintained.
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So the question arises,
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Which path did Shinzo Abe take?
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His paternal grandfather or maternal?
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The answer to this:
his maternal grandfather's.
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He rarely mentions Kan Abe.
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But Kishi's militarist attitude,
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was something he talked about with pride.
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Even on record, he said
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Shinzo Abe had actually tried really hard
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to amend the Japanese Constitution
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to remove Article 9.
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His stance was aggressive and in favour of the military.
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Before him, several Japanese Prime Ministers,
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have apologised to other countries
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because of the war crimes committed by Japan during World War II
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in several countries.
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But Shinzo Abe's stance had been quite the opposite,
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either he forwent mentioning Japanese horrors,
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or tried to negate them.
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To refute their existence.
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It is estimated that during World War II
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about 200,000 Asian women
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were kidnapped, confined, and treated as slaves,
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for the Japanese soldiers in 'comfort stations'.
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In 2015, Shinzo had to face criticism,
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because he tried to downplay the issue of 'comfort women'.
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Another major controversy in his political career was in 2007,
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when several corruption allegations were made against him.
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His government was criticised
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for nearly 50 million missing pension records.
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Apart from these,
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Japan is trying to sue South Korea
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at the World Trade Organisation
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because South Korea has placed a ban on Japanese imports.
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The reason behind this ban
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was the 2015 nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
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The South Korean government doesn't want
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the radioactive, contaminated food,
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gets imported from Japan to South Korea.
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But Japan considers it to be unfair
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and so they are suing South Korea.
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So you can now understand why the South Koreans are against Japan.
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The issue of comfort women that I mentioned,
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from where were those women kidnapped?
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From countries like South Korea and China.
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So the Chinese and South Korean people have a strong opinion about this.
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But despite these events,
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Shinzo Abe could build his image as a successful politician.
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A significant reason for it was
Abenomics.
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Basically, Shinzo Abe's economic policies.
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When he came into power the second time, in 2012,
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over the past five preceding years, 2007-2012,
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Japan was losing its position
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as Asia's largest economy.
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India and China had overtaken Japan.
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To revive his country's economy,
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he took drastic measures in his second term,
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which are now known as Abenomics.
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There were three major strategies.
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First: Ultra-low interest rates.
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Making it easier for everyone to get loans.
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Second: increasing government spending.
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Billions of dollars were spent on enormous infrastructure projects,
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and on giving cash hand-outs to people.
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Third: making structural economic reforms
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to boost productivity.
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Such as reducing red tape,
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encouraging women to participate in the economy.
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Encouraging senior citizens to work as well.
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So that it could boost the economy.
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These decisions resulted in
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an irrefutable economic growth and a decrease in the unemployment rate.
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Though the Abenomics weren't successful on all counts.
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They didn't get strong control over inflation and wage growth.
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Even so, it is still considered a more or less successful strategy.
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His efforts to revive the economy are acknowledged.
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Overall, Shinzo Abe left behind a rich legacy.
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That's all for this video, friends,
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let me know your opinion in the comments below
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and if you want to watch more such videos,
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click on this playlist.
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Let's meet in the next video.
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Thank you very much!
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