Japanese PM says cabinet to stay in place for now
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Friday he wanted his cabinet to stay in place, dismissing reports he would reshuffle his team in January in a bid to bolster flagging support.
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Japan's Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year, the trade minister said.
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TOKYO, Dec. 9 -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite condemnation of the mission by more than half of the Japanese public and opposition political parties.
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Faced with a new hostage-taking in Iraq, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appears determined not to break the coalition a week before the US election in which he openly supports George W. Bush, analysts said.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year despite widespread public opposition and condemnations by political opponents.
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TOKYO,  - Japan&#39;s cabinet adopted an austere 798 billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2006 amid concerns over the country&#39;s economic health and outlook as key export growth slows.
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vowed on Sunday that Japanese troops would continue their domestically unpopular mission in Iraq after Islamic militants demanding a pullout killed a 24-year-old Japanese tourist.
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Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi is to announce a reshuffled cabinet aimed at boosting his reform plans.
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Japan will keep its troops in Iraq for another year, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Thursday, even though most voters want to end what is the nation&#39;s riskiest military mission since World War II.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday vehemently condemned the beheading of a young Japanese backpacker by Muslim extremists in Iraq while vowing that Japan would remain
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he wants Japan&#39;s economy to recover ``at a steady pace&#39;&#39; as the central bank released redesigned Japanese bank notes for the first time in 20 years.
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The front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister vowed Saturday to extend his nation's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday, in hopes of solidifying his power and boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday he will reshuffle his Cabinet in coming days, as his government faces mounting U.S. pressure to take greater responsibility for security and other efforts to stabilize the country.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce a new cabinet line-up on Monday to try to shore up faltering support a month after his coalition suffered a massive election defeat.
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To keep the economy rolling, Japan's new leader must push ahead with reform
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Japan decided on Thursday to keep its  troops in Iraq for another year, Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi said, although most voters want them to come home from  the nation's riskiest military mission since World War II.