Japan's Abe wins party leadership, set to be PM
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Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a   more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly   elected ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage for   him to be chosen as prime minister next week.
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TOKYO, Sept. 13 -- The departure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who stunned Japan on Wednesday by announcing that he was quitting after a year in power, appears likely to weaken his party's long hold on political power, embolden an already cocky opposition and stall economic reform.
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TOKYO, Sept. 20 -- Shinzo Abe, the nationalist who has pledged to make his country a more robust force on the world stage, won the contest to become leader of Japan's ruling party Wednesday, all but clinching election as prime minister next week.
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Shinzo Abe, a staunch advocate of a   bigger say for Japan in global affairs, was poised to win a   ruling party leadership contest on Wednesday, setting the stage   for his election as prime minister next week.
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to be Japan's next prime minister, said there was no need to make a freshly worded apology over the nation's war atrocities.
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Japan's leader Shinzo Abe will hold summits next week with both China and S Korea, all three nations confirm.
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Japan's ruling party is to elect a new leader, in a vote that will also almost certainly decide the next PM.
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Japan's prime minister-in-waiting, Shinzo   Abe, picked a pro-growth party heavyweight and a hard-liner on   China to fill key ruling party posts, media said on Monday, in   the first clues to the personnel line up in his administration.
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Japan's prime minister-in-waiting, Shinzo   Abe, picked a pro-growth party heavyweight and a hard-liner on   China to fill key ruling party posts, media said on Monday, in   the first clues to the line-up in his administration.
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Shinzo Abe, an advocate of a more   muscular Japanese foreign policy and restoring traditional   values, is poised to win a party leadership contest on   Wednesday, setting the stage for his election as prime minister   next week.
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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Shinzo Abe pledges to carry on as Japan's PM, after staking his job on extending Japan's Afghanistan mission.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he would resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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Outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe easily won his party's support to replace veteran Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and was set to embark on an agenda that includes rewriting the pacifist constitution.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bolts. Blame the system.
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Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.
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Yasuo Fukuda, known for building consensus behind the scenes, was chosen by Japanâs governing party to be the new prime minister.