Japan's new rich party like it's 1989
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They customize the headrests of their Rolls-Royces with "Harry Potter writing," sip martinis poured over diamonds and buy $130,000 watches on a whim.
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Japanâs main opposition party pressed for a general election after Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs government became embroiled in a fresh round of scandals.
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Japan's recovery has been trundling along for more than five years, by some measures making it the longest, if not exactly most spectacular, period of continuous expansion since the war. But if you look at surveys asking ordinary Japanese people how they feel about their own circumstances, you would never guess it.
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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 on Monday, offering the   first clues to the line-up in his administration.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Tokyo's Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and end a political vacuum.
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TOKYO,  - Japan&#39;s cabinet adopted an austere 798 billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2006 amid concerns over the country&#39;s economic health and outlook as key export growth slows.
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When Republicans took control of Congress in 1994, it was widely hailed as a revolution. Now, 10 years later, it is looking more and more like a coup dâetat that only changed the leadership while leaving everything else unchanged.
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The resignation of Uri Party chairman Shin Ki-nam after disclosures that his father was a Japanese collaborator is an example showing that the memory of Japanese imperialism is still alive in China and South Korea, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
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With one of the best-equipped militaries in Asia and the world's second largest economy, Japan spreads its wealth around the world generously with foreign aid. Tokyo now says there's a perfect way to acknowledge that clout &#151; by giving it a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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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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Japan's ruling party is likely to see big losses in the Upper House elections on Sunday.
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Maybe it should be called the Resurrection Party of the Century.
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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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TOKYO -- Retirement comes in January. That's when Katsunori Hamahara turns 65, when his government pension kicks in and when he will be able to afford a place to live.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Kiichi Miyazawa dies at the age of 87.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japan&#39;s ruling party has approved plans to keep its troops in Iraq beyond the original withdrawal date of December 14 this year.
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Japan's governing party elects Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe as next leader, and possibly prime minister.