Japan&#39;s emperor remembers &quot;heartbreaking&quot; year on his birthday
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s Emperor Akihito marked his 71st birthday with a sombre address, reflecting an unhappy year which has seen the nation hit by natural disasters and controversies in the royal household.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who resigned abruptly on Wednesday after a year in power, has for weeks been a walking political corpse.
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As JapanÂs youngest prime minister since World War II, and the first to be born after the war, Shinzo AbeÂs ascension appears to mark a changing of the guard.
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Japan's long-awaited male heir to its Chrysanthemum throne was named Hisahito &#151; meaning "virtuous, calm and everlasting" &#151; in an age-old imperial rite in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Japan must atone for the atrocities committed during World World Two through concrete measures, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Thursday, adding it was key to better ties between the two countries.
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Junichiro Koizumi, who steps down as Japanese prime minister next week, says he is looking forward to being free and has some advice for his successor: be hard-hearted.
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Tens of thousands of cheering Japanese gathered in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday to hear Emperor Akihito pray for the nation's happiness and world peace in his traditional New Year address.
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Momentum was building in Japan's ruling party on Friday to tap 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, known for his pro-Asian diplomacy, as successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after his shock resignation, media and analysts said.
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Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko  visited on Saturday a region of northern Japan hit by a deadly  earthquake last month, to speak with some of the thousands of  evacuees.
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The world's oldest man celebrated his 112th birthday with two bashes at his home in southern Japan on Tuesday, then declared that he wants to live forever.
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Millions mark the start of 2005 with restraint amid global mourning for victims of the Asian earthquake.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is  set for a rocky appearance before Australia&#39;s parliament with  war veterans on Tuesday calling for an apology over Japanese  war crimes and environmentalists demanding an end to whaling.
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Japan&#39;s economy will be the most severely affected among industrialized nations by population aging, Kyodo News said Thursday.
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Millions are marking the start of 2005 with restraint amid global mourning for victims of the Asian earthquake.
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Masami Kosaka will never forget the date: Jan. 17, 1995, the day a powerful earthquake tore through her hometown of Kobe, killing thousands, toppling homes and setting fires that ravaged her working-class neighborhood.
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Tokyo: Japan on Thursday ended a year of disasters on a happy note with the royal family announcing that the emperor&#39;s only daughter Princess Sayako will marry, a piece of good news delayed twice by tragedy.
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Will Japanese PM stir controversy with his New Year's day visit to a shrine honoring war criminals?