Japan's Fukuda elected PM, forms new cabinet
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Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate lawmaker, was chosen Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, then tapped veteran ministers from his predecessor's cabinet to confront a resurgent opposition keen to force an election.
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Japan's governing party elects Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe as next leader, and possibly prime minister.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro reshuffled his cabinet Monday to try to boost his popularity and give impetus to reform -- particularly postal privatisation -- but the mix
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, warning that his party faces its worst ever crisis, prepared for a fresh showdown with the opposition Friday as a fractured parliament opened for a new session.
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Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate lawmaker, was chosen Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, then tapped veteran ministers from his predecessor's cabinet to confront a powerful opposition keen to force an election.
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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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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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Japanese Prime Minister reshuffled his ruling party leadership Monday morning and is set to do the same to his cabinet later in the day as he is ardently pushing forward sweeping 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 Yasuo Fukuda said Friday he wanted his cabinet to stay in place, dismissing reports he would reshuffle his team in January in a bid to bolster flagging support.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.
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TOKYO Sept. 27, 2004 - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday, in hopes of solidifying his power and boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate who favors closer ties with Asian neighbors, was picked as prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, ensuring him the nation's top job.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday for the third time since taking power in 2001, trying to add momentum to his troubled reform agenda and lift his lagging popularity ratings.
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Former Japanese defense minister Fukushiro Nukaga will become finance minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled cabinet, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named a new farm minister on Friday, four days after a scandal-tainted predecessor committed suicide, as opposition parties turned the heat up over mismanaged pensions and scandals.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda called on Friday for Japan's divided parliament to put the public's interests first as he headed for a fresh showdown with the powerful opposition over key policies.