Japan's Abe set to become PM
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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 will  announce a new cabinet on Monday to try to shore up faltering  support a month after his ruling coalition suffered a massive  election defeat.
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Japan&#39;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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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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When Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, clasps the hands of Chinese and South Korean leaders before the cameras at ice-breaking summits on Sunday and Monday, much of his mission will be accomplished.
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Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.
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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said he would run for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a race that will decide who succeeds Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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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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Japan's ruling party is to elect a new leader, in a vote that will also almost certainly decide the next PM.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will become the first Japanese leader to address Australia&#39;s parliament when he visits in September, his Australian counterpart John Howard said Monday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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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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Shinzo Abe formally declared his candidacy in an internal party election scheduled for later this month.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will reshuffle his Cabinet and pick key officials for the country&#39;s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, said Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the party.
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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 his election as prime minister next week.
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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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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is to reshuffle his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support for his government.