TOKYO (Reuters) - He's young, good-looking and media call him "Japan's Macron", so it is little surprise that lawmakers say Shinjiro Koizumi may be offered a post when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffles his cabinet next month in a bid to revive sagging public support.
Abe wants to repair his popularity, battered by a scandal over suspected favouritism for a friend's business and by many voters' perception that he takes them for granted after more than four years in office.
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