Japan's pullout of Afghan mission 'unthinkable': PM
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pleaded with parliament to extend Japan's support for the US-led "war on terror" but a fresh defence scandal provided new ammunition for the opposition.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced his plan Tuesday to withdraw troops from Iraq at a ruling party meeting, an official said, moving to end Japan&#039;s largest military mission since World War II.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and the leader of Japan's main opposition party met on Tuesday but failed to break a stalemate over extending a naval mission supporting U.S.-led Afghan operations.
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TOKYO -- Yasuo Fukuda took office as Japan's prime minister Wednesday, promising to use his skills as a negotiator to win approval for extending Tokyo's contentious mission in support of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged   Canada on Friday not to be discouraged by the deaths of   Canadian soldiers in his war-torn country, saying that if the   troops leave the world would become more dangerous.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan is &quot;absolutely critical&quot; for world security, as the military alliance expanded its role there.
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Japan forces through a bill allowing a naval support mission for US-led forces in Afghanistan to resume.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda fails to get opposition agreement to continue a support mission for Afghanistan.
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The Bush administration is closely watching whether Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation will hurt Japanese cooperation in U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan.
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ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has expressed his shock over the brutal killing of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda by his captors in Iraq.
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Afghanistan must not be allowed to become a failed state again, Gordon Brown says.
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The U.S. ambassador urged Japan on Wednesday to extend its naval mission in the Indian Ocean, saying it would be "a real tragedy" if Tokyo dropped out of the battle against terrorism.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, reinforcing an ultimatum over Afghanistan, told U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday that Ottawa would withdraw its military mission next year unless NATO sent in more troops, officials said.
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Afghanistan could degenerate into a "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
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TORONTO -- Canada will extend its military mission in Afghanistan only if another NATO country puts more soldiers in the dangerous south, the prime minister said Monday, echoing the recommendation of an independent panel to withdraw without additional forces.
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Japan says relations with Russia could be hurt by Moscow withdrawing approval for the Sakhalin 2 energy project.
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Japan's prime minister sternly reprimanded the nation's defense minister for saying the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were an inevitable way of ending World War II, and asked him Monday to refrain from making similar remarks.