Japan Economy Chief Amari Faces Surgery With Reforms Undone
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Japan’s economy chief will undergo surgery for cancer as soon as next week, casting a cloud over the future of a politician charged with crafting plans to revamp industrial regulation and liberalize trade rules.
Akira Amari, 64, told reporters in Tokyo yesterday that he has been diagnosed with an early stage of tongue cancer, and submitted his resignation only to see Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reject it. Amari has served as Abe’s point man for the growth-strategy pillar of the government’s campaign to end two decades of economic stagnation.