President Halonen and female ministers create interest among Japanese
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President of the Republic Tarja Halonen and Dr Pentti Arajarvi started their official four-day visit to Japan amidst the fury of typhoon Tokage on Wednesday.
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Japan's ruling party considers proposing constitutional changes to let women take the throne, reports say.
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Embattled Japanese PM Shinzo Abe appoints veteran lawmakers to his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support.
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TOKYO, Dec. 15 -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government pushed through landmark laws Friday requiring Japanese schools to encourage patriotism in the classroom and elevating the Defense Agency to the status of a full ministry for the first time since World War II.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro  reshuffled his cabinet Monday to try to boost his popularity  and bolster his ability to implement reforms, but the retention  of several key ministers led some analysts to question whether  he would succeed.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi chose a new group of top leaders for his ruling party Monday, ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is working to woo Japanese investors, hoping that a warming political relationship will add sparkle to lackluster economic ties.
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Japan&#39;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&#39;s shock resignation.
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The support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s cabinet registered at 34 percent, around half what it was when he took office in September, a poll showed Tuesday.
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Japan&#39;s new prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda,  won nearly 60 percent support in the first public opinion poll  published since the seasoned moderate took office, double that  of his predecessor.
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After referring to women as "baby-making machines", Japan's health minister could be going out with the bathwater
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party  negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace,  South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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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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The United States wants to work with the new cabinet unveiled by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to strengthen ties with its key Asian ally, the State Department said.
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Japan's first female defense minister was sworn in Wednesday, pledging to restore trust in the government after her predecessor resigned for suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were inevitable.
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Japan's first female defense minister vowed on Wednesday to strengthen ties with Tokyo's close security ally, the United States, and improve working conditions for women in the nation's military.
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TOKYO, Feb 11 (IPS) - During his four-day visit to Tokyo last week,  Albania's first democratically elected prime minister, Sali  Berisha, asked Japan to strengthen economic ties with his country  and support Kosovo's bid for independence from Serbia.