Japan minister commits suicide
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A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has committed suicide, media reported on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support had already dived ahead of a July election.
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Japan&#39;s government on Sunday said it is now certain that a 24-year-old Japanese backpacker taken hostage in Iraq has been killed.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Kiichi Miyazawa dies at the age of 87.
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A senior Chinese official has committed suicide after coming under investigation for economic crimes, overseas media reported on Friday, one of the highest-ranking officials to kill himself in three decades.
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Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, delivering a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet to try to revive his popularity.
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Japan's farm minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, has attempted suicide but his fate is unknown, Kyodo news agency said on Monday.
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Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, public broadcaster NHK reported, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who resigned abruptly on Wednesday after a year in power, has for weeks been a walking political corpse.
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Japan&#39;s farm minister resigned on Monday  over illegal dealings at a farmers&#39; group he headed, public  broadcaster NHK reported, dealing a fresh blow to Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa, alleged by the opposition to have helped engineer voting fraud in Ukraine's presidential elections, apparently committed suicide, an official said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was admitted to hospital today with exhaustion, a day after his abrupt decision to resign threw Japanâs political situation into disarray.
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A member of the Georgian presidential clemency commission has committed suicide, police said Saturday, two days after the death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania. Officials denied any political connection between the victim and the premier.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized Thursday for stress and exhaustion a day after announcing his resignation, his doctors said, amid speculation health troubles prompted him to step down.
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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's agriculture minister resigns after only a week in office, in another blow for PM Shinzo Abe.
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized for stress and exhaustion Thursday, a day after announcing his resignation, as his party scrambled to find a replacement amid growing calls for a general election.