Pro-growth veteran tapped for key Japan party post
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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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Japan&#39;s ruling party was set Sunday to choose dovish political veteran Yasuo Fukuda as the country&#39;s next prime minister, seeking safe hands after a disastrous year under conservative Shinzo Abe.
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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'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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Japan's prime minister-to-be, Yasuo Fukuda, named his party lieutenants on Monday as he braced for a showdown with a combative opposition amid calls for early elections after a disastrous year for the ruling coalition.
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Yasuo Fukuda appeared on Tuesday to be a shoo-in to become Japan's next prime minister but his rival, hawkish former foreign minister Taro Aso, vowed to battle on against all odds.
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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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With a wedding ring on her finger and a party endorsement on her back, Kanako Otsuji is on a mission to become Japan&#39;s first openly gay member of parliament -- and change the way the country treats sexual minorities.
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Shinzo Abe, the man most likely to be Japan's next leader, sets out his plans for a more assertive foreign policy.
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Japan's governing party elects Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe as next leader, and possibly prime minister.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan  - Shinzo Abe formally entered   the race on Friday to be Japan's next prime minister, saying   his country must forge a stronger role on the world stage and   better ties with Asia.
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TOKYO,  - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has appointed new party executives to his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), hours ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle aimed at pushing a reform package.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is to choose a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 23, a senior lawmaker said Thursday.
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Japan's prime minister came to office last September with plenty in his favor &#151; political pedigree, the blessing of a popular and powerful predecessor, and name recognition as a fighter for Japanese kidnapped by North Korea.
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Japan  on Wednesday on a trade mission that some think could also be  aimed at showing off his diplomatic prowess as a prelude to a  possible presidential campaign in 2008.
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Former cabinet minister Yasuo Fukuda appears a shoo-in to become Japan's next prime minister after a poll showed on Tuesday that most rank-and-file supporters of the ruling party -- like lawmakers -- backed him for the job.
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Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.