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Thanks for tuning again this week. LibSyn, the service that stores the audio files for the program, has been experiencing difficulty for the past few days. So I suspect some of you have been unable to access the program's audio files. Let's hope the problem's settled soon so we'll be up and running.
Since this week we again have a lot to cover. We begin with some discussion of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia this week. He left on Sunday and is expected back in Tokyo tomorrow, Saturday.
Then we turn to domestic politics, with consideration of developments in the appointment of the second Abe Cabinet. Some of those developments quite surprising.
And finally we look at Prime Minister Abe's political style, in search of explanations of the problems he has faced since his selection last September. I suggest that he may simply be conflict-adverse. Or that he's relying on individuals for advice who are out of touch with the current political situation in Japan.
