TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked familiar faces for key posts in a sweeping reshuffle of his cabinet on Monday, but analysts doubted whether the changes would do much to revive the Japanese leader's badly sagging popularity.
Handing heavyweight portfolios to veteran lawmakers will likely dampen criticism of Abe within his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), but the choices will do little to reassure those seeking signs that Abe will forcefully tackle Japan's huge debt and deregulate the economy, analysts said.
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