Japan's Shinzō Abe on Women in the Workforce, Deflation, and China

Japan’s prime minister on women in the workforce, deflation, and China

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By Matthew A. Winkler and Isabel Reynolds

December 13, 2013 at 3:11 AM UTC

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This article is part of the December 16, 2013 issue of businessweek.

Japan's Shinz?? Abe on Women in the Workforce, Deflation, and China — Junko Kimura/Bloomberg

Japan’s prime minister has the hard task of turning the world’s third-biggest economy around, mending relations with China, and managing an aging, shrinking population. In a Dec. 6 interview, he shared some thoughts on the way forward.