New Japan Premier Pushes For Fast Results

　　Shinzo Abe officially took over as Japan's prime ministerWednesday, ushering in a new government that has vowedfast, aggressive action to get the country's economy back ontrack and to overhaul relations with the rest of the world.

　　安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)周三正式就任日本首相，组建了新一届政府。本届政府誓言将采取迅速有力的行动，恢复日本的经济，并将全面调整与世界其他国家和地区的关系。

　　The 58-year-old Mr. Abe, who already has roiled financial markets with forceful comments oneverything from the level of the yen to the value of 'unlimited' monetary easing, wasted no timein getting to work, instructing his just-appointed cabinet in their first meeting Wednesday night tocompile during the next few weeks a budget for trillions of yen in stimulus spending.

　　现年58岁的安倍晋三就从日圆汇率到“无限”货币放松政策的重要性等各种问题发表过强有力的言论，他的话已经扰动了金融市场。他上任后立即马不停蹄地投入工作，周三夜间在首次会议上指示刚刚组建的内阁未来几周编制数万亿日圆的刺激支出预算。

　　Mr. Abe and his ministers are expected to follow that up with increased pressure on Japan's centralbank to pump money into the economy, and by reviving a once-powerful policy-setting bodyheaded by the prime minister to make sure the measures taken are working.

　　预计安倍晋三及内阁成员随后将进行跟进，向日本央行施加更大压力，促使其向经济体系注资，并通过恢复一个由首相主持的、曾经很有影响的政策制定机构来确保采取的措施能够见效。

　　The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, comprised of privaet- and public-sector experts, playeda central role in formulating economic policy under former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. It hasbeen dormant since the Liberal Democratic Party was ousted from power three years ago.

　　经济和财政政策委员会(Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy)由私营部门和公共部门的专家组成。在前首相小泉纯一郎(Junichiro Koizumi)主政时期，该机构曾在制定经济政策方面发挥了核心作用。自三年前自由民主党(Liberal Democratic Party)下台后，这个机构就一直处于休眠状态。

　　'I want to produce results as soon as possible, so we can win back the confidence of the people,'' Mr. Abe said in his first news conference after taking office.

　　安倍晋三在上任后举行的首次新闻发布会上说，我希望尽快取得成果，这样我们就可以重新赢得民众的信任。

　　Speedy results are key for Mr. Abe, who is on his second try at the premiership after resigning thetop post in 2007, a year into his term, amid plummeting popularity ratings. No subsequentJapanese prime minister has made it longer than 14 months in office.

　　速见成效对安倍晋三来说很重要。这是他第二次担任首相，2007年，由于支持率暴跌，他首次担任首相一年后即辞职。他之后的首相都没有一位任期达到14个月以上。

　　Mr. Abe's LDP, which lost power in national elections three years ago, remains unpopular, and isthought to have won a majority of seats in the latest elections on Dec. 16 only because itsopponents were even more widely disliked. Mr. Abe has only half a year to gain voters' supportbefore the next set of national elections.

　　安倍晋三领导的自民党三年前在全国大选中失利，目前人气仍不是很高，并且人们认为该党能够在12月16日的选举中赢得多数席位，完全是因为其对手更加不得人心。在下一次全国选举之前，安倍晋三只有半年的时间来赢得选民的支持。

　　Japan's economy is faltering, and has likely shrunk for three consecutive quarters, including theone that ends Dec. 31. The country has been dipping in and out of deflation for 15 years, and itsonce world-beating manufacturers are being pummeled by a strong yen─all problems Mr. Abe hassaid he will fix.

　　日本的经济日益疲弱，可能连续三个季度收缩，包括截至12月31日的一个季度。15年来，日本屡次经历通货紧缩，曾经雄霸世界的日本制造业因日圆走强而受到严重冲击。这些问题都是安倍晋三承诺要解决的。

　　Mr. Abe also has promised to put Japan's relations with the U.S., which have been hurt bycontroversy over a U.S. military base on the southern island of Okinawa, back on firmer footing. He has said he hopes to visit President Barack Obama in January.

　　安倍晋三还承诺将加强日美关系。他说，他希望明年1月访美时与奥巴马(Barack Obama)举行会晤。日美关系因围绕冲绳岛美军基地的争议而受损。

　　Japan watchers say Mr. Abe stands a good chance of accomplishing at least some of his goals, starting with pushing the economy into growth. He has filled his cabinet with a mix of heavyweightpoliticians and close aides, including former prime minister and longtime ally Taro Aso─a proponentof aggressive stimulus spending.

　　日本问题观察人士说，安倍晋三很有可能实现至少部分目标，第一步是推动经济实现增长。他的内阁成员既有重量级政治家也有他的亲密助手，包括前首相、长期盟友麻生太郎(Taro Aso)。麻生太郎支持大规模的刺激性支出。

　　Mr. Aso, who will be Mr. Abe's finance minister, was premier during the 2008-09 global financialcrisis, when his administration rolled out a ￥14 trillion ($165 billion) emergency economicpackage─the largest on record in Japan.

　　麻生太郎在任时恰逢2008-09全球金融危机，他领导的政府当时推出了总额为14万亿日圆（合1,650亿美元）的紧急经济刺激方案，规模创历史之最。

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