Japan PM Abe&#39;s support falls below 30 pct in poll
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was  forced to reprimand his defense minister over a gaffe on  Monday, as his cabinet&#39;s support rates slid below the critical  30 percent level in a poll weeks before an upper house  election.
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Japan&#39;s new prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda,  won nearly 60 percent support in the first public opinion poll  published since the seasoned moderate took office, double that  of his predecessor.
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TOKYO, Sept. 26 -- 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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Japan's ruling camp looks likely to lose a July 29 upper house election, newspaper surveys showed on Monday, an outcome that threatens to stall Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative agenda and could cost him his job.
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Nearly two-thirds of Japanese people support the country's whaling, which has infuriated Western countries, but enthusiasm is waning among younger people, a poll said Friday.
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A hefty majority of Japanese voters   support the country's new prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe, two   media surveys published on Friday showed, but many also have   doubts about his leadership capabilities.
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The race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe narrowed to two candidates Saturday as the ruling party said its conservative No. 2 leader and a dovish party stalwart who favors warmer ties with Asia will run.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support remains stuck at slightly above 30 percent, which many analysts consider a crisis level, a survey showed on Monday, just over a month before an upper house election.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today is choosing cabinet ministers and party leaders who support the sale of Japan Post, the world&#39;s largest savings bank, as he seeks to quell opposition from within his party.
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Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s cabinet has plunged to its lowest point since it was appointed, polls showed Monday, with voters angry over the mismanaged welfare system.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today is set to pick ministers and party leaders who support the sale of Japan Post, the world&#39;s largest savings bank, as he seeks to quell opposition from within his party.
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More than half the respondents to a poll say Japan&#39;s government should withdraw its troops from Iraq next month when the mandate for their reconstruction and humanitarian mission expires, the daily Mainichi Shimbun says.
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has dropped more than 10 percentage points to 46 percent, a newspaper poll showed on Monday, a result likely to dampen prospects for an early general election.
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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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Japanese stocks fell, though not sharply, after Shinzo Abe said he would resign as prime minister.
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Japan&#39;s central bank downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth.