安倍晋三希望迅速取得成效赢回民众信任

Shinzo Abe officially took over as Japan's prime minister Wednesday, ushering in a new government that has vowed fast, aggressive action to get the country's economy back on track 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 on everything from the level of the yen to the value of 'unlimited' monetary easing, wasted no time in getting to work, instructing his just-appointed cabinet in their first meeting Wednesday night to compile 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常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 central bank to pump money into the economy, and by reviving a once-powerful policy-setting body headed 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, played a central role in formulating economic policy under former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. It has been 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资讯发布会上说，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 the top post in 2007, a year into his term, amid plummeting popularity ratings. No subsequent Japanese 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 is thought to have won a majority of seats in the latest elections on Dec. 16 only because its opponents were even more widely disliked. Mr. Abe has only half a year to gain voters' support before 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 the one that ends Dec. 31. The country has been dipping in and out of deflation for 15 years, and its once world-beating manufacturers are being pummeled by a strong yen─all problems Mr. Abe has said 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 by controversy 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 heavyweight politicians and close aides, including former prime minister and longtime ally Taro Aso─a proponent of 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 financial crisis, when his administration rolled out a ¥14 trillion ($165 billion) emergency economic package─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。

'Putting Mr. Aso in the post of finance minister─the supposed seat of fiscal discipline─means that whatever the ministry bureaucrats say, if it threatens to curb growth, he'll veto it,' said Kenji Yumoto, vice chairman of the Japan Research Institute, the research arm of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.

三井住友金融集团(Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group)旗下智库日本综合研究所(Japan Research Institute)副理事长汤元健治(Kenji Yumoto)说，让麻生太郎担任财务大臣意味着无论财务省的官员提出什么建议，只要建议可能会限制增长，麻生太郎都会投反对票，财务大臣本应该是恪守财政纪律的角色。

Mr. Aso started his inaugural news conference with a list of goals, including a 'comprehensive plan to fight the strong yen,'' and stressed the government wouldn't feel bound by the ¥44 trillion bond-issuance cap of the previous Democratic Party of Japan government.

麻生太郎在就职资讯发布会一开始就提出了一系列目标，包括抗击日圆走强的综合计划，他还强调政府不会受到之前日本民主党政府提出的44万亿日圆的新债发行规模的限制。

Along with Mr. Aso, the new prime minister tapped his confidant and former policy head of the LDP, Akira Amari, to a new post responsible for guiding overall economic policy. In this position, Mr. Amari is expected to shape discussions, including those over monetary policy, in the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy that also would be attended by the head of the Bank of Japan.

除任命麻生太郎之外，新的首相还将他的亲密盟友、自民党政调会长甘利明(Akira Amari)提拔到了一个负责全面经济政策指导的新职位。预计甘利明将主导经济和财政政策委员会的讨论，包括有关货币政策的讨论，日本央行行长也可能参与这些讨论。

Mr. Abe has demanded the BOJ adopt at its next meeting in January a binding 2% inflation target instead of its current 1% near-term goal, threatening to force the central bank to act through legislation if it doesn't do so on its own. He also has said he will bring in a new BOJ governor more in line with his views than current Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa, when Mr. Shirakawa's term expires in April.

安倍晋三要求日本央行在下一次于1月份召开的会议中采用2%的硬性通货膨胀率目标，取代当前1%的短期目标。他威胁称，如若不然，将修改有关确保央行独立性的法律。安倍晋三还表示，在现任日本央行行长白川方明(Masaaki Shirakawa)4月份任期结束时，他将任命一位更支持其立场的央行行长。

The BOJ has said it would review its price goal at a meeting of its policy board next month. The likelihood of further monetary easing combined with fresh fiscal stimulus has resulted in a slide in the yen─now at a 20-month low against the dollar─that, in turn, has brought about a 17% rise in stock prices since mid-November.

日本央行曾表示，将在下个月召开的政策委员会会议上评估通货膨胀率目标。货币政策进一步放松和新财政刺激举措出炉的可能性已经导致日圆走低，目前日圆兑美元的汇率为20个月以来的最低点，股市也因此较11月中旬上涨了17%。

Mr. Abe has named a relatively unknown politician as foreign-affairs minister, in contrast to the political heavyweights in the economic posts. Fumio Kishida is familiar with Okinawa issues from his duties in a cabinet post during Mr. Abe's first time as prime minister. But he has held few other high-profile positions and little is known about his views on China or South Korea, where relations have soured as a result of territorial disputes.

与经济班子的重量级政治人物相比，安倍晋三任命的外相岸田文雄(Fumio Kishida)显得相对低调。岸田文雄曾在安倍晋三上次担任首相期间在内阁任职，对冲绳岛问题有一定了解。但是他几乎没有在别的重要岗位任过职，他对中国和韩国的立场目前也不明确。日本与韩国和中国的领土争议已经导致日本与这两国的双边关系不断恶化。

'He didn't want someone who would be taking the initiative in making strong decisions, or aggressively tackle foreign-policy issues at this point,'' said Koichi Nakano, a political-science professor at Sophia University in Tokyo. 'He wanted someone who he could easily control, and Mr. Kishida fits that profile.''

东京上智大学(Sophia University)政治科学教授中野晃一(Koichi Nakano)说，他不想任命会主动做出强硬决定或是激进地应对外交政策问题的人选，他要任命自己容易掌控的人，岸田文雄正好符合他的要求。

Pundits also said the choice of Mr. Kishida is probably a sign that, although Mr. Abe is known for his hawkish security views and tough rhetoric against Asian neighbors, he will take a more moderate stance for now. Mr. Abe has taken steps in recent days that appear aimed at mending ties. The new prime minister said he would like to send a special envoy to South Korea, and indicated he may have held talks with China's ambassador to Japan.

一些专家还说，选择岸田文雄可能释放了一个信号，那就是尽管安倍晋三以在安全问题上的鹰派立场和对亚洲邻国的强硬表态闻名，就目前而言，他会采取温和的立常最近几天，安倍晋三已经采取了明显意在修补关系的措施。安倍晋三称将向韩国派出特使，并暗示他可能已经与中国驻日本大使举行了会谈。