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How Japan's new PM is promising a 'new capitalism'

Mariko Oi
Asia business correspondent
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Japan's new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has sold his plan to redistribute wealth in the country as the "new capitalism".

But some critics on social media suggest the plan sounds more like socialism to them - even dubbing it Japan's "common prosperity", referring to a key policy from the Chinese Communist Party.

"Does he even understand how capitalism works":[]}