Japan moves to clear scandal before vote
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Japan's beleaguered government overcame opposition hurdles early Friday and pushed through legislation aimed at cleaning up a major political scandal that culminated earlier this week with the suicide of the agriculture minister.
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An independent inquiry is helping to defuse a controversy over ink used in Saturday's election.
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Japan's lower house passed bills on Friday that would allow crime victims and their families to question the accused and recommend sentences, a move critics fear could turn the courtroom into a theatre of vengeance.
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Fukuda is elected head of Japan's ruling party, assuring he'll succeed Shinzo Abe. But can he  address the issues Japan cares about?
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought on Sunday to contain fallout from his remarks about women forced to act as wartime sex slaves for Japanese soldiers as the furor threatened to cloud summits with Chinese and U.S. leaders.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls for greater discipline from defence officials following a series of scandals.
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Japan insisted on Wednesday that its ties with Washington would not be shaken by a U.S. Congressional resolution urging Tokyo to apologize for forcing women to serve as sex slaves during World War Two.
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Campaigning began on Thursday for a Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy stagnation if his ruling bloc loses heavily.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation sent his ruling party scrambling to find a new leader who could revive public support following an election defeat in July and a string of scandals.
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Japan, under diplomatic fire for appearing to sidestep responsibility for forcing women to act as wartime sex slaves for its soldiers, said on Wednesday that the government stood by a 1993 apology acknowledging coercion.
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Japan's ruling party is likely to see big losses in the Upper House elections on Sunday.
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Japan dismisses pressure from US lawmakers to issue a fresh apology over its use of 'comfort women'.
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Campaigning is under way in upper house polls seen as a key test for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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A fraud probe against a leading S Korean presidential candidate is reopened days before the vote.
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Japan's opposition went on the offensive Monday, pledging to push for an early election and spelling stalemate for the divided parliament's new session.
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Conservative Japanese politicians, scholars and journalists plan to write to U.S. lawmakers urging them to revoke a resolution calling on Tokyo to apologize for forcing women to serve as sex slaves during World War Two.
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Outspoken Japanese hawk Shinzo Abe has announced fresh sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests, a day before he is expected to win a vote to become prime minister.