Next Japan PM faces parliament blues
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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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Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day, just as parliamentary debate was set to begin.
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Tokyo must keep a thaw in ties with China on track, the frontrunner to be Japan's next prime minister said on Sunday, while urging Beijing to better explain its ballooning military spending.
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As JapanÂs youngest prime minister since World War II, and the first to be born after the war, Shinzo AbeÂs ascension appears to mark a changing of the guard.
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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 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is girding for a showdown in parliament over naval back-up for U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan, but voters say they would rather he focused on pensions and healthcare.
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Japan's Prime Minister is losing traction on affairs close to voters, polls say
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Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day, amid reports the departing leader had medical problems.
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Japan's parliament is voting to elect a new prime minister, with Yasuo Fakuda seemingly guaranteed victory.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, forced to defend yet another cabinet minister from scandal allegations, is finding little scope to pitch his core conservative agenda ahead of a national election this month.
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to its lowest level since he took office, dented by the suicide of a scandal-hit minister and government bungling of pension records, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
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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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In an election that was never seriously in doubt, Shinzo Abe becomes the leader of Japan's ruling party - and almost certainly its new Prime Minister. The real question, however, is what he'll do next
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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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TOKYO, Sept. 7 -- For the election-battered, scandal-plagued and competence-challenged government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it has come down to this: If he cannot keep a floating gas station open in the Indian Ocean, Abe may be finished as the leader of Japan.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's year in office has been a disaster for the ruling party: Scandals sapped voter faith in the government and the opposition won elections for the parliament's upper house, while unattended economic and social problems festered.
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Japan's parliament will convene on Sept. 26 to pick a new prime minister, Kyodo News agency reported Tuesday.