Japan PM angry over Sumo death
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls on sumo wrestling officials to take action, after the death of a trainee.
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his cabinet slid sharply to 37 percent in a poll taken after his decision to extend the mandate of Japanese troops serving in Iraq, a national daily said on Sunday.
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Japan issued a tourist visa yesterday for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, prompting another round of angry protests from China.
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A scandal-tainted Cabinet member who headed Japan's powerful agriculture ministry hanged himself just hours before he faced questioning Monday over alleged bookkeeping fraud.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and other Japanese leaders on Tuesday voiced outrage over an American Marine's alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, saying they were fed up with crimes by US troops.
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Japan expressed outrage on Friday after anti-whaling activists poured acid on the decks of a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean and slightly injured two crew members, terming their activities "piratical, terrorist acts".
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Japan&#39;s defense minister apologized on  Sunday for comments about the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attacks on  the country which outraged survivors and drew criticism from  the ruling bloc ahead of a key election in late July.
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Japan on Sunday denounced the beheading of a Japanese hostage in Iraq after a day that saw the heaviest United States casualties for six months and the bloodiest attack on a media organisation since the start of the war.
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who resigned abruptly yesterday after a year in power, has for weeks been a walking political corpse.
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The killing of a gang leader in Japan triggers fears of an escalating turf war between rival groups.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday urged calm in a bitter dispute on whaling with Australia, which voiced disappointment as whalers resumed their controversial Antarctic hunt.
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A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet committed suicide on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support has slumped ahead of a July election.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe rebukes a minister over WWII atom bomb comments, as his poll ratings drop further.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was warned to be more humble by a key backer in his ruling party amid a simmering row over his controversial plans to privatize postal services.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito, who celebrates his 74th birthday on Sunday, has criticised media reports for misinterpreting his comments about the crown prince and princess.
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Japanese Emperor Akihito expressed pain  on Thursday that his eldest son had complained publicly about  the stress suffered by the crown princess, who is under  pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.