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Japan Ex PM Shinzo Abe's Party Wins Election Days After His Assassination
In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition secured 76 seats and retained the majority in the Upper House elections.
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Shinzo Abe To Seek Fresh Term, Record Tenure As Japan Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe confirmed Sunday he would run in his ruling party's leadership election, putting him on track to become Japan's longest-serving premier and bolstering his dream of reforming the constitution.
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Japan Ex-Defence Minister To Challenge Shinzo Abe As Party Chief
Former Japanese defence minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday announced a long-shot bid to unseat Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as leader of the country's ruling party in elections next month.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe's Party Suffers Historic Defeat In Tokyo Election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signalling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because of a favouritism scandal.
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Tokyo Heads To Polls In Vote That Could Spell Trouble For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Voters in the Japanese capital cast ballots today in an election that could spell trouble for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is suffering from slumping support because of a scandal over suspected favouritism for a friend doing business.
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New Opposition Party Launched In Japan Ahead Of Summer Election
Two Japanese opposition parties merged on Sunday to form a new grouping intended to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party before the upper house election this summer.
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Japan Lawmaker Says 'Comfort Women' Were 'Prostitutes'
A Japanese lawmaker today said wartime sex slaves forced to work for Japan's Imperial Army were "professional prostitutes", before he was forced to retract the remarks and issue an apology, local media reported.
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Defence Shift Could Be Excuse For Attack: Japan's PM Hopeful
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defence policy shift to allow the military to fight abroad for the first time since 1945 could be used by militants as an excuse to attack Japan, a ruling party lawmaker who hopes one day to succeed Abe said today.
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Japan Ruling Party Heavyweight: PM Shinzo Abe Set to Win Party Election
Japan's ruling party heavyweight said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was poised to win a party leadership election in September.
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Support for Shinzo Abe Bounces Back After World War II Memorial Statement
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has bounced in the first poll conducted after he expressed "utmost grief" for the suffering Japan caused during World War II in a speech marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Sends Ritual Offering to Yasukuni Shrine on World War 2 Anniversary
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a shrine for war dead on Saturday, the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War Two defeat, but had not made a personal visit to the shrine, seen in China and South Korea as a symbol of Tokyo's wartime militarism.
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Japan Extends Parliament Session as Shinzo Abe Seeks Security Reforms
Japan's parliament voted Monday to extend its current session by more than three months, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces strong opposition over plans to extend the military's role in the officially pacifist nation.
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Japan Finance Chief Taro Aso in China as Ties Warm
Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing today, media reported, in the latest sign of warming ties between the East Asian giants.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's Party Suffers 'Own Goal' in Security Debate
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party suffered an embarrassing potential setback this week when an expert it called to comment in parliament said legal changes to let troops defend an ally under attack would violate the constitution.
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Shinzo Abe's Cabinet to Approve Japan Security Bills; Voters Wary, Confused
Japan's cabinet was set to approve on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, although the public is divided and wary of the change.
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Japan Ex PM Shinzo Abe's Party Wins Election Days After His Assassination
In an election held just two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition secured 76 seats and retained the majority in the Upper House elections.
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Shinzo Abe To Seek Fresh Term, Record Tenure As Japan Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe confirmed Sunday he would run in his ruling party's leadership election, putting him on track to become Japan's longest-serving premier and bolstering his dream of reforming the constitution.
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Japan Ex-Defence Minister To Challenge Shinzo Abe As Party Chief
Former Japanese defence minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday announced a long-shot bid to unseat Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as leader of the country's ruling party in elections next month.
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Japan's Shinzo Abe's Party Suffers Historic Defeat In Tokyo Election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signalling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because of a favouritism scandal.
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Tokyo Heads To Polls In Vote That Could Spell Trouble For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Voters in the Japanese capital cast ballots today in an election that could spell trouble for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is suffering from slumping support because of a scandal over suspected favouritism for a friend doing business.
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New Opposition Party Launched In Japan Ahead Of Summer Election
Two Japanese opposition parties merged on Sunday to form a new grouping intended to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party before the upper house election this summer.
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Japan Lawmaker Says 'Comfort Women' Were 'Prostitutes'
A Japanese lawmaker today said wartime sex slaves forced to work for Japan's Imperial Army were "professional prostitutes", before he was forced to retract the remarks and issue an apology, local media reported.
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Defence Shift Could Be Excuse For Attack: Japan's PM Hopeful
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defence policy shift to allow the military to fight abroad for the first time since 1945 could be used by militants as an excuse to attack Japan, a ruling party lawmaker who hopes one day to succeed Abe said today.
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Japan Ruling Party Heavyweight: PM Shinzo Abe Set to Win Party Election
Japan's ruling party heavyweight said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was poised to win a party leadership election in September.
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Support for Shinzo Abe Bounces Back After World War II Memorial Statement
Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has bounced in the first poll conducted after he expressed "utmost grief" for the suffering Japan caused during World War II in a speech marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Sends Ritual Offering to Yasukuni Shrine on World War 2 Anniversary
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to a shrine for war dead on Saturday, the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War Two defeat, but had not made a personal visit to the shrine, seen in China and South Korea as a symbol of Tokyo's wartime militarism.
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Japan Extends Parliament Session as Shinzo Abe Seeks Security Reforms
Japan's parliament voted Monday to extend its current session by more than three months, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces strong opposition over plans to extend the military's role in the officially pacifist nation.
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Japan Finance Chief Taro Aso in China as Ties Warm
Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing today, media reported, in the latest sign of warming ties between the East Asian giants.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's Party Suffers 'Own Goal' in Security Debate
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party suffered an embarrassing potential setback this week when an expert it called to comment in parliament said legal changes to let troops defend an ally under attack would violate the constitution.
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Shinzo Abe's Cabinet to Approve Japan Security Bills; Voters Wary, Confused
Japan's cabinet was set to approve on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing the military to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two, although the public is divided and wary of the change.
