Japan FM apologizes for Alzheimer's joke
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Japan's outspoken foreign minister apologized Friday for joking that "even people with Alzheimer's disease" would know the difference in price between Japanese and Chinese rice.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, under fire after a cabinet minister killed himself, scrambled on Thursday to quell another furor over mismanaged pensions that has hurt his popularity ahead of a July election.
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Comedian Patrick Kielty apologises over his jokes about missing child, Madeleine McCann.
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Japanese leader Shinzo Abe is admitted to hospital, a day after announcing his decision to step down.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that Japan would not apologize again for forcing women, mostly Asian, to act as wartime sex slaves for its soldiers even if U.S. lawmakers adopt a resolution calling for an apology.
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Japan's new environment minister admitted on Wednesday to mistakes in past political fund reports, dealing yet another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has been plagued by a slew of scandals in his cabinet.
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President Roh Moo-hyun apologized Sunday for the appointment of an education chief who stepped down after three days amid accusations of using funds improperly.
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The Ministry of Defence has issued an apology to personnel who suffered discrimination during the ban on homosexuality
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Japan says China has apologized for one of its submarines sailing into Japanese waters last week. China has refused to confirm the apology, saying only that a &quot;diplomatic&quot; resolution has been reached.
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Japan's defense minister resigned on Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe quickly tapped a woman for the post to try to quell the furor ahead of an election this month.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe rebukes a minister over WWII atom bomb comments, as his poll ratings drop further.
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Alberta Premier Ralph Klein offered a grudging apology Friday for offending the disabled with comments about recipients of AISH, the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program, who didn&#39;t look handicapped.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was  forced to reprimand his defense minister over a gaffe on  Monday, as his cabinet&#39;s support rates slid below the critical  30 percent level in a poll weeks before an upper house  election.
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Japan began a drill on Monday to test its readiness for dealing with a human case of bird flu, with a limping mock patient -- wearing a white mask and labeled "Mr. A" -- being whisked to hospital in an ambulance and tested.
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Japan's defense minister apologized on Sunday for comments about the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attacks on the country which outraged survivors and drew criticism from the ruling bloc ahead of a key election in late July.
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Japan on Wednesday brushed aside calls from US lawmakers for a fresh apology to wartime sex slaves, even as the former &quot;comfort women&quot; renewed their demands for Tokyo to acknowledge their plight.
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China has admitted that one of its submarines accidentally intruded into Japanese waters last week and has apologised for the incident, Japan&#39;s top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda says.