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His assumption of office, following the naming of the ruling Communist Party's top executives in January, completed the reshuffling of the country's leadership.Vietna...</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-list "> <div class="article-box text-list"> <ul> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035620/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Editorial/Editorial-Push-on-with-reform-to-spark-Japan-s-economic-engine">Editorial: Push on with reform to spark Japan's economic engine</a></h3> <p>More than three years after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched his economic revival program, dubbed Abenomics, the results have been mixed. Things are now at a crucial juncture. 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