Japanese opposition presses for snap elections
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Japan's opposition went on the offensive Monday, pledging to push for an early election and spelling stalemate for the divided parliament's new session.
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Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is girding for a showdown in parliament over naval back-up for U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan, but voters say they would rather he focused on pensions and healthcare.
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Campaigning began on Thursday for a  Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy  stagnation if his bloc loses big.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation sent his ruling party scrambling to find a new leader who could revive public support following an election defeat in July and a string of scandals.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to become Japan's new prime minister, called Friday for his country to build a stronger military as a deterrent and to push ahead with economic reforms as candidates launched their campaigns to lead the governing party.
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Campaigning began on Thursday for a Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy stagnation if his bloc loses big.
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Japan reined in its drive for an   immediate vote on North Korean sanctions at the U.N. Security   Council on Monday, offering regional powers a chance to resolve   a missile crisis through direct diplomacy.
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Campaigning began on Thursday for a Japanese upper house election on July 29 that could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job and usher in a period of policy stagnation if his ruling bloc loses big.
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Japan protested to DPRK on Wednesday after finding the country had provided fake evidence about the fate of Japanese citizens it had abducted.
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Japan's ruling camp looks likely to lose a July 29 upper house election, newspaper surveys showed on Monday, an outcome that threatens to stall Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative agenda and could cost him his job.
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Japan's former foreign minister acknowledged Sunday he faced probable defeat in the race to replace ailing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but said he would stay in the running for the sake of staging an open election.
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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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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering proposals to revise the constitution to let women take the throne, according to a draft seen by local media.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suffered another plunge in his popularity, a poll showed Tuesday, as the opposition refused to back down in a row over support for US-led troops in Afghanistan.
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Georgia's opposition vowed on Tuesday to press on with street protests and mount a legal challenge to a presidential election which it says incumbent Mikhail Saakashvili rigged in his favor.