Abe to announce Japan candidacy
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, is due to announce his bid for the job.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has  told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign,  Japanese media reported on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has congratulated Shinzo Abe on his nomination as Japan's prime minister in waiting, saying he hoped they could continue strong bilateral ties.
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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 on Monday, offering the   first clues to the line-up in his administration.
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Japan&#39;s outgoing prime minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized with exhaustion Thursday as his finance minister kick-started the race to succeed him by declaring his candidacy for the top job.
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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 today.
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Japan is trying to agree on dates for  fence-mending summits between its new prime minister, Shinzo  Abe, and the leaders of China and South Korea, a senior  Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe pledged on Friday to  be bold in diplomacy and press on with economic reform as he  formally launched his campaign to become the next prime  minister -- a contest he appears to have won hands down  already.
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Campaigning is under way in upper house polls seen as a key test for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Japan's new PM Shinzo Abe uses his first speech to say he wants to repair relations with China and South Korea.
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Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a   more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly   elected as ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage   for his election as prime minister next week.
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India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Tokyo in December to meet Shinzo Abe who will be officially named as Japan's new premier this week, a Japanese newspaper said.
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Newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday pledged to start debate on revising Japan's pacifist constitution, study a collective defense system with the United States and reverse the country's fiscal troubles.
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Campaigning began on Thursday for a Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy stagnation if his ruling bloc loses heavily.
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Top diplomats from Japan and China are   set to meet in Tokyo at the weekend amid speculation that   Shinzo Abe may hold a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao   after he becomes Japan's next prime minister.
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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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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to visit Japan next month, a report said Saturday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tokyo to maintain its support for forces in Afghanistan.