Unpopular Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet: media
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has reshuffled his Cabinet to try to boost his popularity and bolster his ability to implement reforms.
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Japanese cabinet ministers tendered their resignations on Monday, setting the stage for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to make new appointments aimed at boosting his
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce a new cabinet on Monday to try to shore up faltering support a month after his ruling coalition suffered a massive election defeat.
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A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet committed suicide on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support has already slumped ahead of a July election.
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Japan&#39;s defense minister apologized again  on Tuesday for remarks appearing to accept the 1945 U.S. atomic  bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but opposition parties --  keen to woo voters ahead of this month&#39;s election -- insisted  that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fire the gaffe-prone politician.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new cabinet line-up of veteran lawmakers got a lukewarm reception from media and voters on Tuesday, with newspapers warning that the crisis for the unpopular Japanese leader was far from over.
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Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate lawmaker, was chosen Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, then tapped veteran ministers from his predecessor's cabinet to confront a resurgent opposition keen to force an election.
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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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Japanâs Cabinet today approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a vocal supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, had argued the dispatch was needed
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Yasuo Fukuda, a moderate ruling party veteran, was Saturday seen pulling ahead in the two-way race to become Japan&#39;s next prime minister, reports said.
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Japan's prime minister-to-be Yasuo Fukuda selected his party lieutenants on Monday as he headed for battles with a combative opposition and calls for an early general election after his predecessor's hapless year in office.
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Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate lawmaker, was chosen Japan's prime minister on Tuesday, then tapped veteran ministers from his predecessor's cabinet to confront a powerful opposition keen to force an election.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named a new farm minister on Friday, four days after a scandal-tainted predecessor committed suicide, as opposition parties turned the heat up over mismanaged pensions and scandals.
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TOKYO Sept. 27, 2004 - 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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TOKYO -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday, replacing several top ministers in an effort to boost his popularity, consolidate political support, and quicken the pace of reforms in the world's second largest economy.
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The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s cabinet edged up slightly on a latest survey, with the unpopular pension reform program advocatedby him remaining