Japan's agriculture minister dies
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Japan's agricultural minister died Monday after reportedly hanging himself just hours before he was to face questioning in parliament in a political scandal, officials said.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Kiichi Miyazawa dies at the age of 87.
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Former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, who initiated free-market reforms in the early 1990s in the South Asian nation, died of heart failure on Thursday, the government said.
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Former Indian prime minister, PV Narasimha Rao, has died at the age of 83 after a heart attack.
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Japan's agriculture minister resigns after only a week in office, in another blow for PM Shinzo Abe.
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Japan's defence minister quits following a row over remarks he made about the US atomic attacks during World War II.
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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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Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor later in the day.
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Japan's new farming minister admits illegal dealings at a private group he heads, in a fresh blow to the government.
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A Sri Lankan government minister died Tuesday after being wounded by a roadside bomb outside the capital
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Democratic Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
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Chad's Prime Minister Pascal  Yoadimnadji died from a brain haemorrhage in Paris on Friday  after he was flown there for urgent treatment following a heart  attack. He was 56.
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Former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, whose career stretched from Japan's defeat in World War Two through the 1990s "lost decade" of economic stagnation, died on Thursday at the age of 87, his office said.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tokyo, May 28 Kyodo - [Farm Minister] Matsuoka dies at hospital after attempting suicide  (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Newsfile. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Japan's defense minister resigned on Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling camp ahead of a national election this month.
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Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who initiated free-market reforms in the early 1990s in the South Asian nation, died of heart failure on Thursday, the government said.