Japan's Abe in hot seat after pension report highlights an "inconvenient truth"
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faced stiff opposition criticism on Wednesday after a report warned that many retirees won't be able to live on pensions alone, a topic likely to become an issue in an election for parliament's upper house.Abe has made reform of the social security system a top priority to cope with Japan's fast-ageing, shrinking population. But the furore over the report and Finance Minister Taro Aso's refusal to accept its findings have created a headache..