Japan's "team Abe" faces leadership test on reform
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made two things clear during his first week in office -- growth is the key to fiscal reform, and his office will be the center of decision-making.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began the toughest battle of his political life in a parliament session that opened on Monday after staking his job on extending Japan's naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan  - Shinzo Abe announced his   candidacy on Friday to be Japan's next prime minister, a post   he looks certain to win, and said he wanted his country to   forge a stronger role on the world stage and improve ties with   Asia.
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Japanâs main opposition party pressed for a general election after Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs government became embroiled in a fresh round of scandals.
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The three candidates seeking to become Japan's next leader began all-out campaigning with a policy debate Saturday, and the hawkish front-runner Shinzo Abe won Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's endorsement.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will reshuffle his Cabinet and pick key officials for the country&#39;s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, said Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the party.
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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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When Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, clasps the hands of Chinese and South Korean leaders before the cameras at ice-breaking summits on Sunday and Monday, much of his mission will be accomplished.
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Japan's prime minister-in-waiting, Shinzo   Abe, picked a pro-growth party heavyweight and a hard-liner on   China to fill key ruling party posts on Monday, offering the   first clues to the line-up in his administration.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support remains stuck at slightly above 30 percent, which many analysts consider a crisis level, a survey showed on Monday, just over a month before an upper house election.
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After his diplomatic debut at the G8 summit of world leaders, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads home to harsh reality with his support tumbling weeks ahead of key elections.
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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said he would run for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a race that will decide who succeeds Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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A hefty majority of Japanese voters   support the country's new prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe, two   media surveys published on Friday showed, but many also have   doubts about his leadership capabilities.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's year in office has been a disaster for the ruling party: Scandals sapped voter faith in the government and the opposition won elections for the parliament's upper house, while unattended economic and social problems festered.
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Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a major cabinet reshuffle Monday, shifting his foreign minister to a top party job as part of a shake-up aimed at salvaging his government.
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Campaigning is under way in upper house polls seen as a key test for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.