Japan's Abe heads for China, seeks thaw
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left on Sunday for a summit with Chinese leaders at which he will seek a thaw in ties chilled by the wartime past, and consult on North Korea's nuclear threat.
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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he hopes to go on a fence-mending tour of China and South Korea but refused to give ground on emotionally charged disputes over wartime history.
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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 wants to resign, news reports said Wednesday.
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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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Shinzo Abe pledges to carry on as Japan's PM, after staking his job on extending Japan's Afghanistan mission.
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China and Japan stand at a "new  starting point" in their relations following Japanese Prime  Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Beijing in October, Chinese  State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said in remarks published on  Sunday.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan  - Shinzo Abe formally entered   the race on Friday to be Japan's next prime minister, saying   his country must forge a stronger role on the world stage and   better ties with Asia.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed for the Group of Eight summit in Germany on Tuesday pledging to take the initiative in the fight against global warming.
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Former president Lee Teng-hui ( æç»è¼ ) began a week-long visit to Japan yesterday despite protests by China, which was furious that Tokyo allowed the trip by the pro-independence leader.
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BEIJING  - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder left China for Japan where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and have an audience with the emperor.
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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is about to start his visit to Japan, China and South Korea.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will seek hospital treatment, a day after he announced he'd step down.
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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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TOKYO -- Japan's new nationalist prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to repair tattered relations with China, bolster his country's long-standing alliance with the United States, and overhaul the pacifist constitution after cruising to an easy victory yesterday in a parliamentary vote.
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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 Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda left Friday for the Swiss resort of Davos where he will push initiatives on climate change and the shaky global economy at the World Economic Forum.