Continuity is wrong signal for Kishida to send

Problem with Japan's cabinet is dearth of ideas, not personnel

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with his new cabinet in Tokyo on Sep. 13: Naming 5 female ministers merely matches a milestone achieved by his predecessors. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita) 

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

Investors yearning for action to validate a bull run in Japanese stocks just got exactly the opposite from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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