Mar 01,2019 National Commentaries A View from Japan Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is a very lucky man. Despite a plethora of scandals that have erupted since he took office for the second time as prime minister in December 2012, scandals that would have toppled previous cabinets—Morimoto Gakuen, Kakei Gakuen, serious shortcomings and gaffes by his cabinet officers, government manipulation of employment data, […] Glen S. Fukushima comfort women , Hanoi summit , Kurile Islands , Make America Great Again , Singapore Summit