Japan PM aims for leaner government, innovation
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to create a leaner government and foster innovation to pilot the debt-laden economy through threats posed by the shrinking and aging population.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, freshly elected but under fire for vague economic policies, rolled out a crack team of top financial ministers Tuesday that combines academic know-how with veteran experience to keep Japan's economic recovery from fizzling.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, back in Tokyo after an 11-day diplomatic mission to the Americas, hunkered down with senior ruling party officials on Friday to focus on a major reshuffle of cabinet and top party posts.
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Japan's Prime Minister is losing traction on affairs close to voters, polls say
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The front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister vowed Saturday to extend his nation's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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TOKYO -- Japan's new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country's long-standing alliance with the United States, and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory yesterday in a parliamentary vote.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost his country's role in global   affairs while trying to improve relations with China, frayed by   predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine.
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Japan took over the presidency of the Group of Eight club of the world's leading economies Tuesday, with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowing to put a focus on climate change and environmental issues.
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Embattled Japanese PM Shinzo Abe appoints veteran lawmakers to his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda was elected prime minister on Tuesday, setting the stage for the seasoned moderate to form a cabinet that must confront a feisty opposition keen to force an election.
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Newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday pledged to start debate on revising Japan's pacifist constitution, study a collective defense system with the United States and reverse the country's fiscal troubles.
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The Japanese government today published a new defence plan, which prepares the way for a transition from the country&#39;s longstanding passive defence of its own territory
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A majority of Japanese want their government to get tougher with China and North Korea as support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has dipped, an opinion poll showed.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost the country's role in global   affairs and revive respect for traditional values at home.
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TOKYO -- To glimpse the brave new Japan of Shinzo Abe -- the hawkish 51-year-old poised to replace Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister next week -- take a peek inside the eighth-grade history classes at this city's prestigious Tamagawa Academy.
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In a bid to improve the credibility of his struggling administration, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appoints a slew of political veterans
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The Japanese government says urgent policy changes are needed to reverse the country's population decline.