Japan's Abe set to win party leadership
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has launched a media offensive to win back foundering voter support, which has slid below the key 30 percent level ahead of an upper house election this month.
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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 the party's fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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The race to succeed outgoing PM Shinzo Abe hots up, as two key candidates indicate they plan to run.
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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 him to be chosen prime minister next week.
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Japan's ruling party was poised on Sunday to pick 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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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 bloc loses big.
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TOKYO - The race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared to narrow to two candidates yesterday as the ruling party's conservative number two leader and a dovish party stalwart who favors warmer ties with Asia announced they will run.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe, who appears virtually   certain to become the nation's next prime minister, is   supported by a majority of ordinary Japanese in a campaign   where image is trumping policy, opinion polls show.
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A dovish ruling party elder was seen pulling ahead Saturday in the race to become Japan&#39;s next prime minister after he and a former foreign minister formally applied to succeed Shinzo Abe.
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Japan's new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country's long-standing alliance with the United States and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory Tuesday in a parliamentary vote.
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Nationalist Shinzo Abe, a proponent of a tight alliance with the United States and a more assertive military, won election as Japan's new prime minister Tuesday, scoring comfortable majorities in both houses.
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New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enjoys the   backing of around two-thirds of the Japanese public, making him   one of the country's most popular leaders ever as he takes the   reins of government, surveys showed on Thursday.
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Yasuo Fukuda looks likely to win the leadership of Japan's ruling party on Sunday and become the nation's next prime minister, a job in which he will face a divided parliament and conflicting policy pressures.
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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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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost the country's role in global   affairs and revive respect for traditional values at home.
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TOKYO -- Japan's new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country's long-standing alliance with the United States, and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory yesterday in a parliamentary vote.