Japan PM Abe's new slogan stirs memories of wartime rhetoric

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives to speak before attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

TOKYO (Reuters) - A new slogan adopted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and meant to show that all Japanese will benefit from economic growth is raising eyebrows among those who see it as an eerie echo of wartime propaganda. 

Abe unveiled the goal of building a "Society in Which All 100 million People can be Active" after his re-election as ruling party chief late last month. He will create a new post to oversee the plan when he reshuffles his cabinet on Wednesday.