Japan ruling party seeks new leader after PM quits
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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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The Prime Minister vowed to restore Japan's place on the world stage. His resignation may be a sign that domestic concerns will turn the country inward again
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Nationalist Shinzo Abe became head of Japan's ruling party by a landslide Wednesday, a victory expected to lead to his election as prime minister next week.
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TOKYO - Japan's ruling and opposition leaders agreed on Thursday to elect new prime minister on Sept. 26, Kyodo News agency reports.  Leaders of ruling Liberal Democratic Party and largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan on Thursday agreed to convene Parliament on Sept.
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Yasuo Fukuda looks likely to win the leadership of Japan's ruling party on Sunday and become the nation's next prime minister, a job in which he will face a divided parliament and conflicting policy pressures.
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said today.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda looks likely to cruise to victory in a ruling party leadership race on Sunday to become the next prime minister. Then comes the hard part.
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TOKYO -- Japan's likely next premier, outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe, pressed for summits with China and South Korea yesterday after being tapped to head the country's ruling party in a vote heralding a swing to the right.
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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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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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Japanese Prime Minister reshuffled his ruling party leadership Monday morning and is set to do the same to his cabinet later in the day as he is ardently pushing forward sweeping reforms.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party was set Sunday to choose dovish political veteran Yasuo Fukuda as the country&#39;s next prime minister, seeking safe hands after a disastrous year under conservative Shinzo Abe.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign, a ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.
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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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Shinzo Abe tells ruling party officials he will resign as Japan's PM, local media reports say.