Japan&#39;s ruling party to choose Abe&#39;s successor September 23
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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 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.
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Momentum grew in Japan's ruling party on Friday to back 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, known for his pro-Asian diplomacy, as successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after his shock resignation.
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Japan's ruling party was poised on Sunday to pick Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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TOKYO -- Japan's likely next premier, outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe, pressed for summits with China and South Korea yesterday after being tapped to head the country's ruling party in a vote heralding a swing to the right.
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Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi chose a new group of top leaders for his ruling party Monday, ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat.
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Yasuo Fukuda, known for building consensus behind the scenes, was chosen by Japanâs governing party to be the new prime minister.
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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 personnel line up in his administration.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor later in the day.
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Outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe easily won his party's support to replace veteran Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and was set to embark on an agenda that includes rewriting the pacifist constitution.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda was chosen as prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, ensuring him the nation's top job and setting the stage to form a cabinet that must confront a feisty opposition keen to force an election.
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Yasuo Fukuda, a moderate ruling party veteran, was Saturday seen pulling ahead in the two-way race to become Japan&#39;s next prime minister, reports said.