Japan PM Abe's support falls below 30 pct in poll
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to reprimand his defense minister over a gaffe on Monday, as his cabinet's support rates slid below the critical 30 percent level in a poll weeks before an upper house election.
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Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s cabinet has plunged to its lowest point since it was appointed, polls showed Monday, with voters angry over the mismanaged welfare system.
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Japan&#39;s economic growth in the April-June period was revised down to 0.3 percent in real terms, dropping 0.1 percentage points from the previously released figure,the government said Friday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today is set to pick ministers and party leaders who support the sale of Japan Post, the world&#39;s largest savings bank, as he seeks to quell opposition from within his party.
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Japan&#39;s economy grew 0.3 percent in April-June from the previous quarter, less than the 0.4 percent growth rate initially estimated, the government said Friday.
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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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Momentum built in Japan's ruling party on Friday to back 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warm ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after his shock resignation.
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Former cabinet minister Yasuo Fukuda appears a shoo-in to become Japan's next prime minister after a poll showed on Tuesday that most rank-and-file supporters of the ruling party -- like lawmakers -- backed him for the job.
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Japan&#39;s ruling coalition is on course for defeat in critical elections this month, which could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job, a survey said Wednesday.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is girding for a showdown in parliament over naval back-up for U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan, but voters say they would rather he focused on pensions and healthcare.
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Economic reform may test Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's agenda.
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Half of Japanese voters want the ruling coalition to lose elections next month, which could cost beleaguered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job, a poll showed Monday.
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Japanese stocks fell, though not sharply, after Shinzo Abe said he would resign as prime minister.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a reshuffled cabinet on Monday, but analysts questioned how much the changes would restore his popularity after last month's huge election defeat.
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Japan's rate of economic expansion is revised downwards for the three months to June amid falling government investment.
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Japan&#39;s new prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda,  won nearly 60 percent support in the first public opinion poll  published since the seasoned moderate took office, double that  of his predecessor.