Spotlight on Japan's 'Macron', son of former premier Koizumi, ahead of cabinet reshuffle


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  • Thursday, 20 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: Shinjiro Koizumi, a Japanese lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, leaves after visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo August 15, 2014, to mark the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

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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