Japan PM Abe:

  • Now is the chance even for service industry to raise wages
  • Should change the idea that working long hours is a virtue
  • Exporters gaining from weak yen should take steps on capex

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Abe speaking in Tokyo this morning. Headlines on Bloomberg

Abe in ‘vote for me’ mode now ….

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“Should change the idea that working long hours is a virtue” … followed by a ‘hear, hear’ from the LiveSquawk box

:-D