Japan's Abe in China for ice-breaking summit
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a summit with Chinese leaders at which he will seek a thaw in ties chilled by wartime history and will consult on North Korea's nuclear threat.
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Japan's new leader Shinzo Abe wants talks with China as early as next month, his foreign minister says.
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As new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew out on Sunday for visits to China and South Korea, his wife didn't just accompany him -- the two held hands going up the steps of the government plane.
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China and Japan made no major breakthroughs in resolving a row over natural resources in the East China Sea on Friday, but a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda signaled a new warmth in bilateral relations.
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Japan's prime minister-in-waiting, Shinzo   Abe, picked a pro-growth party heavyweight and a hard-liner on   China to fill key ruling party posts, media said on Monday, in   the first clues to the line-up in his administration.
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Japan's new leader Shinzo Abe is ready to hold talks with China and South Korea at any time, a spokesman says.
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Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe,   pledged on Tuesday to boost his country's role in global   affairs while trying to improve relations with China, frayed by   predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a Tokyo war shrine.
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, is due to announce his bid for the job.
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Japan's new PM Shinzo Abe will visit China next week, the first summit between the nations' leaders in five years.
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China&#39;s top envoy on North Korea has arrived in South Korea for talks on the standoff over Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear program. Beijing&#39;s special envoy for Korean Peninsula affairs, Ning Fukui, is on a three-nation tour that includes the United States and Japan.
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Japan on Thursday hailed warming relations with China as it hosted the neighbouring giant&#39;s defence minister for the first time in nearly a decade.
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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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Japan's new premier Shinzo Abe achieved a diplomatic breakthrough as China and South Korea agreed to resume summits, but a crisis over North Korea's nuclear program was set to overshadow his trip.
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China warned Japan on Thursday it was putting relations at risk by allowing former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui to visit, as Lee courted more controversy by suggesting he might go to a Tokyo war shrine.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will  visit China on October 8 and South Korea the next day for talks  with their leaders in a bid to repair ties frayed by disputes  over their bitter wartime past, but North Korea's nuclear  threat looks set to grab a prominent place on the agenda.
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TOKYO -- Japan's likely next premier, outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe, pressed for summits with China and South Korea yesterday after being tapped to head the country's ruling party in a vote heralding a swing to the right.
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Japan's leader Shinzo Abe will hold summits next week with both China and S Korea, all three nations confirm.