Abe 'sorry' for sudden departure
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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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A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has committed suicide, media reported on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support had already dived ahead of a July election.
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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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Support for Japan's embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tumbled to a new low of 25.7 percent in a poll published on Friday, just over two weeks ahead of a crucial upper house election.
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Japan's farm minister resigned on Monday over illegal dealings at a farmers' group he headed, public broadcaster NHK reported, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just a week after he revamped his cabinet.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#39;s new cabinet line-up does not provide a quick fix for his beleaguered government, even if it signals a shift away from his conservative ideology, major papers said Tuesday.
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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 intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner to be Japan's next prime minister, said there was no need to make a freshly worded apology over the nation's war atrocities.
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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 Shinzo Abe resigned on Wednesday after less than a year in power, falling victim to a string of scandals that hampered his reform agenda and sent his popularity plummeting.
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Shinzo Abe tells ruling party officials he will resign as Japan's PM, local media reports say.
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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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Economic reform may test Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's agenda.
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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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China has admitted that one of its  submarines accidentally intruded into Japanese waters last week  and has apologized for the incident, Japan's top government  spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign, a ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday.