Matsui Seeks Late Husband's House Seat
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Doris Matsui announced Wednesday she will seek the congressional seat held for 26 years by her late husband. She immediately received the endorsement of Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi.
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Fallout from a scandal-tainted minister's suicide and mismanaged pensions swirled on Tuesday, threatening the chances that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling camp can win a July upper house election.
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party hopes the election Sunday of a new party leader will help voters forget his predecessor.
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Â· Lower house debates plan for October 21 election Â· Kaczynski hoping to step up nationalist campaign.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, May 28 Kyodo - [Farm Minister] Matsuoka dies at hospital after attempting suicide  (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Newsfile. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Japan's ruling party considers proposing constitutional changes to let women take the throne, reports say.
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The widow of a beloved senator and former presidential contender will face the brother of a pilot hijacked in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in a race for an open congressional seat.
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Moderate Rep. Ed Case is telling Hawaii voters it's time to force out affable liberal Sen. Daniel Akaka, 82, and end a political career notable for its length more than its achievements.
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Peruvian ex-leader Alberto Fujimori, under house arrest in Chile, is to run for office in Japan.
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The race to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shaped up on Friday as a fight between 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warm ties with Asian neighbors, and hawkish former foreign minister Taro Aso.
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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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With a wedding ring on her finger and a party endorsement on her back, Kanako Otsuji is on a mission to become Japan&#39;s first openly gay member of parliament -- and change the way the country treats sexual minorities.
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Voters want Shinzo Abe to prioritize domestic issues over regional relationships.
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Some lawmakers want President Bush to move quickly to find a new nominee to lead US Pacific Command after Air Force Gen. Gregory Martin withdrew his name from consideration.
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Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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California Rep. Duncan Hunter is seeking the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and retiring from the House after 14 terms, and his son Duncan D. Hunter is running to succeed him in the San Diego-area 52nd District. But the heavily Republican orientation of the open district has not deterred other GOP hopefuls from running against the congressmanÃ¢ÂÂs son.