Koizumi told to be humble as controversial postal reforms split party
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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 outgoing PM Shinzo Abe apologises for his sudden resignation, as his successor picks new party deputies.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won Cabinet approval to split up and sell the state-run postal service amid disputes within the ruling party over the future of its $3 trillion in financial assets and 400,000 workers.
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TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday for the third time since taking power in 2001, replacing several top ministers in an effort to boost his popularity, consolidate political support and quicken the pace of reforms.
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PM Junichiro Koizumi says Japan is not satisfied with North Korea's explanations over Japanese it kidnapped.
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The departing envoy had argued for giving locals more responsibility. Critics are pressing for a tougher approach.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and the leader of Japan's main opposition party met on Tuesday but failed to break a stalemate over extending a naval mission supporting U.S.-led Afghan operations.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signaled he will likely go to a controversial shrine on a sensitive war anniversary despite appeals from neighboring countries and rising public opposition.
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Momentum grew in Japan's ruling party on Friday to back 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, known for his pro-Asian diplomacy, as successor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after his shock resignation.
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet for the third year in a row, this time expressly to push the privatisation of the nation&#39;s postal services which he has made his highest-priority reform task.
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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, Sept. 23 -- Desperate for competence, Japan's troubled ruling party on Sunday chose as its leader an admittedly un-charismatic party elder known for his dovish foreign policy and quiet political know-how.
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Japan's new prime minister names his economic team but is urged to outline plans to maintain Japan's growth.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, on board a patrol boat off the Hokkaido coast. Picture:Reuters. Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has defied Russian objections to sail
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, replacing several top ministers in an effort to boost his popularity, consolidate political support and quicken the pace of reforms in the world's second-largest economy.
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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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Will Japanese PM stir controversy with his New Year's day visit to a shrine honoring war criminals?