Abe – Japan’s longest-serving premier

Still a lot to do: Abe speaking to the media to mark the event at his office in Tokyo. — AP

Tokyo: Shinzo Abe entered the history books as Japan’s longest-serving premier, but many of his ambitious goals, including a constitutional revision to strengthen the military, appear far from reach.

Yesterday marked Abe’s 2,887th day in office, topping the record previously set by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served three times between 1901 and 1913.