National / Politics | DECISION 2014 Dec 11, 2014
Welfare cuts? Abe won't say it
by Tetsushi Kajimoto
Hiroko Shinohara frets about one issue Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has noticeably avoided on the campaign trail ahead of Sunday's election: the need to cut the nation's generous social welfare program that supports millions of people. "I hope my own pension is OK, but I ...