Japan PM finds little scope for conservative agenda
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, forced to defend yet another cabinet minister from scandal allegations, is finding little scope to pitch his core conservative agenda ahead of a national election this month.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s new cabinet line-up does not provide a quick fix for his beleaguered government, even if it signals a shift away from his conservative ideology, major papers said Tuesday.
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Voters want Shinzo Abe to prioritize domestic issues over regional relationships.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he hopes to win over China and other Asian nations which are hesitant about Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party on Sunday chose moderate 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 the party's fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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PM Junichiro Koizumi says Japan is not satisfied with North Korea's explanations over Japanese it kidnapped.
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated Friday that the government has no plans to ask Yasukuni Shrine to separate the enshrined war dead from convicted Class-A war criminals who were executed after World War II in an effort to mend soured
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro has reshuffled his cabinet to try to boost his popularity and bolster his ability to implement reforms, but the retention of several key ministers has led some analysts to question whether he would succeed.
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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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Japan&#39;s prime minister on Monday said he was not satisfied with the outcome of North Korea&#39;s investigation into the fate of several Japanese nationals abducted decades ago by the communist country&#39;s spies.
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A summit between the two nations' leaders is a sign of how Japan's new prime minister is looking beyond the U.S. and embracing its Asian partners
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The crisis is a political challenge for Koizumi, who decided to send Japanese troops to Iraq despite strong public opposition. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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With an eye to North Korea and China, Prime Minister Koizumi&#39;s Cabinet is set to pass new guidelines Friday. By Bennett Richardson | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost the country's role in global   affairs and revive respect for traditional values at home.
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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he hopes to go on a fence-mending tour of China and South Korea but refused to give ground on emotionally charged disputes over wartime history.