Japanese PM looks to boost reform
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Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi is to announce a reshuffled cabinet aimed at boosting his reform plans.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has  made two things clear during his first week in office -- growth  is the key to fiscal reform, and his office will be the center  of decision-making.
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The Indian Prime Minister has appealed to Japanese businesses to expand their ties with his country.
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The government announced Friday plans to conduct a sweeping overhaul of its defense policy, adjusting Japan&#39;s armed forces to better handle new threats such as terrorism and giving them a greater global role.
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Japanese Prime Minister reshuffled his ruling party leadership Monday morning and is set to do the same to his cabinet later in the day as he is ardently pushing forward sweeping reforms.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is to reshuffle his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support for his government.
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has picked a key reformer to push through the controversial privatisation of the postal services in a cabinet reshuffle that also saw a change of foreign minister.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will reshuffle his Cabinet and pick key officials for the country&#39;s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, said Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the party.
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Front-runner Shinzo Abe has opened his bid to become Japan's next prime minister with calls for a more assertive nation but also better relations with Asian neighbors.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet and the ruling party leadership Monday in hopes of solidifying his flagging political power and boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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Japan hopes new pledges to rebuild Iraq  will emerge as international donors meet in Tokyo from  Wednesday, but it sees broader participation in stabilizing the  war-torn country as even more important than fresh funds.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves behind a legacy of sweeping economic and political reforms.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost his country's role in global   affairs while trying to improve relations with China, frayed by   predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine.
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TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government yesterday pushed through landmark laws requiring Japanese schools to encourage patriotism in the classroom and elevating the Defense Agency to the status of a full ministry for the first time since World War II.
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Japan's ruling party was poised on Sunday to pick Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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The Tories are expected to call for renewed efforts to encourage Middle East countries to accept reform.