Japan leadership race starts after PM quits
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Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s entire Cabinet resigned Monday ahead of a planned reshuffle that Japanese leader hopes will solidify his power and boost his ability to carry out reforms.
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Japan&#39;s outgoing prime minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized with exhaustion Thursday as his finance minister kick-started the race to succeed him by declaring his candidacy for the top job.
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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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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is to reshuffle his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support for his government.
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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'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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Campaigning began on Thursday for a Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy stagnation if his ruling bloc loses big.
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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, media said on Monday, in   the first clues to the personnel line up in his administration.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda was elected prime minister on Tuesday, setting the stage for the seasoned moderate to form a cabinet that must confront a feisty opposition keen to force an election.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's backers are trying to set the stage for him to keep his job if his ruling bloc gets trounced in a parliamentary election on Sunday, but analysts wonder whether the strategy will work.
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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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The race to succeed outgoing PM Shinzo Abe hots up, as two key candidates indicate they plan to run.
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Campaigning began on Thursday for a Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy stagnation if his bloc loses big.
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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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A dovish ruling party elder was seen pulling ahead Saturday in the race to become Japan&#39;s next prime minister after he and a former foreign minister formally applied to succeed Shinzo Abe.
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Shinzo Abe tells ruling party officials he will resign as Japan's PM, local media reports say.