PM Koizumi creates cabinet post, taps former FSA head
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro  reshuffled his cabinet Monday to try to boost his popularity  and bolster his ability to implement reforms, but the retention  of several key ministers led some analysts to question whether  he would succeed.
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Thailand's army-installed government has appointed a former deputy to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to head up a new economics team to boost sagging business confidence in the country.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will reshuffle his Cabinet and pick key officials for the country&#39;s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, said Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the party.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday, in hopes of solidifying his power and boosting his ability to carry out reforms.
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Japanâs new agriculture minister resigned Monday, only a week after his appointment, because of a scandal involving misuse of farm subsidies.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s politically sensitive plan to privatize Japan&#39;s postal system and spin off its businesses in 2007 was adopted by the Cabinet on Friday, handing the Japanese leader a victory on a reform issue he has aggressively promoted
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party's fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.
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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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Former diplomat Lansana Kouyate is appointed as Guinea's PM, in an effort to end weeks of unrest.
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With an eye to North Korea and China, Prime Minister Koizumi&#39;s Cabinet is set to pass new guidelines Friday. By Bennett Richardson | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stressed Thursday on the importance of Japan-US alliance in dealing with international affairs after US President George W.Bush secured his second term.
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Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi is to announce a reshuffled cabinet aimed at boosting his reform plans.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce a new cabinet on Monday to try to shore up faltering support a month after his ruling coalition suffered a massive election defeat.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Tokyo's Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and end a political vacuum.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  reshuffled his cabinet Monday to boost his popularity and give  impetus to reform -- especially postal reform -- but the mix of  familiar faces with unknowns raised doubts about whether he  would achieve those goals.