Japan PM and cabinet step down
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The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his cabinet officially resign, making way for a new government.
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet for the third year in a row, this time expressly to push the privatisation of the nation&#39;s postal services which he has made his highest-priority reform task.
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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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Pakistani interim Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain resigned today to pave the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to take over as head of the government in a few days.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Friday he wanted his cabinet to stay in place, dismissing reports he would reshuffle his team in January in a bid to bolster flagging support.
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Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s cabinet has plunged to its lowest point since it was appointed, polls showed Monday, with voters angry over the mismanaged welfare system.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Monday reshuffled his Cabinet with the hope of drastically reforming Japan&#39;s massive postal savings system the way some credit his administration with turning around banks&#39; bad loan problem.
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TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said today.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro has reshuffled his cabinet to try to boost his popularity and bolster his ability to implement reforms, but the retention of several key ministers has led some analysts to question whether he would succeed.
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed Nobutaka Machimura to succeed Yoriko Kawaguchi as foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle Monday, while retaining Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, back in Tokyo after an 11-day diplomatic mission to the Americas, hunkered down with senior ruling party officials on Friday to focus on a major reshuffle of cabinet and top party posts.
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Burma&#39;s military government, in a weekend move, reshuffled its cabinet, with the foreign minister and deputy foreign minister stepping down.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he would resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday for the third time since taking power in 2001, trying to add momentum to his troubled reform agenda and lift his lagging popularity ratings.
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Pakistan &#39;s caretaker prime minister has resigned and his cabinet dissolved in a formality to allow the finance minister to take over as head of the government.
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to its lowest level since he took office, dented by the suicide of a scandal-hit minister and government bungling of pension records, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has  told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign,  Japanese media reported on Wednesday.