Japan's Abe resigns amid turmoil
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His Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader Sept. 19.
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The Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is admitted to hospital the day after announcing his resignation.
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TOKYO, Sept. 7 -- For the election-battered, scandal-plagued and competence-challenged government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it has come down to this: If he cannot keep a floating gas station open in the Indian Ocean, Abe may be finished as the leader of Japan.
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The president of NHK television -- Japan's public broadcaster -- resigned on Tuesday following a series of scandals including allegations this month that top politicians had pressured the network to censor a program about the use of sex slaves by Japanese troops during World War II.
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Japanâs embattled defense minister resigned over his comments suggesting the 1945 atomic bombings Hiroshima and Nagasaki were inevitable.
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The Prime Minister vowed to restore Japan's place on the world stage. His resignation may be a sign that domestic concerns will turn the country inward again
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Outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe has taken office as Japan's youngest prime minister, pledging to repair strained ties with China and advance the alliance with the United States.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui  left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has  sparked furious protests from China.
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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 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, amid reports the departing leader had medical problems.
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Japanese stocks fell, though not sharply, after Shinzo Abe said he would resign as prime minister.
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Japan's outgoing PM Shinzo Abe apologises for his sudden resignation, as his successor picks new party deputies.
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Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a major cabinet reshuffle Monday, shifting his foreign minister to a top party job as part of a shake-up aimed at salvaging his government.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi of Somalia resigned yesterday after weeks of mounting tensions inside the Horn of Africa nation's transitional government and a power struggle with the president.
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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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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's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.