Abe delivers 1st keynote speech as PM

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R), flanked by Foreign Minister Taro Aos, bows as he leaves after delivering his first keynote speech since taking office on Tuesday during a plenary session at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo September 29, 2006. Abe, laying out the agenda for his new administration, said on Friday he would cut spending to restore state coffers but did not go into specifics on tax reforms. [Reuters]

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