The Leaderboard: Shinzo Abe  Who is he?  Mr. Shinzo Abe is the
President of Japan’s main opposition party, the Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP). Abe recently regained the position of
LDP president by winning a party leadership contest on September
26, 2012.  Abe was previously Prime Minister of Japan from
September 2006 to September 2007 and comes from an illustrious
political lineage; his father, Shintaro Abe, was Foreign
Minister from 1982 to 1986, and his grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi,
was Prime Minister from 1957 to 1960.   Shinzo Abe is the new
President of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Source:
Wikimedia, used under a creative commons license.  Why is he in
the news?  Abe returns to the presidency of the LDP as the party
is poised to regain power. Public support for the ruling
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has plummeted and the LDP is
expected to make significant gains in the next election, which
must be called before next summer.  If the LDP takes control of
Japan’s House of Representatives, Abe will