Finance & economics | Abenomics After Abe

The legacy of Abe Shinzo will shape Japan’s economy for years

The anti-deflation arsenal of the country’s most influential prime minister is still needed

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

A little less than eight years is not an especially long tenure for heads of government in much of the world. In Japan, it is a veritable aeon. And two years after the resignation of Abe Shinzo, a former prime minister who was assassinated on July 8th, the reforms he pushed in office look set to shape Japan’s economy for years to come.

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Abenomics After Abe”

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