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Japan's Fukuda leads PM race The race to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shaped up on Friday as a fight between 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warm ties with Asian neighbors, and hawkish former foreign minister Taro Aso. 2007-09-14 People: [Taro Aso] [Yasuo Fukuda] [Shinzo Abe] [Koizumi Junichiro] Activities: [Japan Abe Admin.] Japan's prime minister says he'll resign Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he will resign, ending a troubled year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat. 2007-09-12 People: [Taro Aso] [Shinzo Abe] [Koizumi Junichiro] Activities: [Japan Abe Admin.] Social security scandal angers Japanese After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s. 2007-09-02 People: [Shinzo Abe] Activities: [Japan Abe Admin.] Unpopular Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet: media Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat. 2007-08-27 People: [Taro Aso] [Shinzo Abe] Activities: [Japan Abe Admin.] Japan omits China, asks Asian democracies to unite Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Wednesday for a "broader Asia" partnership of democracies that would include India, the United States and Australia but leave out the region's superpower, China. 2007-08-22 People: [Shinzo Abe] Activities: [India-Japan] [China-Japan] [Japan Abe Admin.] Headlines Japan's Fukuda leads PM race 2007-09-14 Japan's prime minister says he'll resign 2007-09-12 Social security scandal angers Japanese 2007-09-02 Unpopular Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet: media 2007-08-27 Japan omits China, asks Asian democracies to unite 2007-08-22 Japan PM avoids war shrine on WW2 anniversary 2007-08-15 Japan's agriculture minister resigns 2007-08-01 Japan PM to stay after poll defeat 2007-07-30 Polls show loss for Japan ruling party 2007-07-29 Japan PM suffers election drubbing but stays on 2007-07-29 Japan PM seen battling to keep job after election 2007-07-25 Crisis-hit Japan PM leads prayers for suicide minister 2007-05-29 Japan PM Abe to visit United States for Bush talks 2007-04-04 Japan to probe WWII military brothels 2007-03-08 Japan PM to stand by sex slaves apology 2007-03-04 Japan's FM calls US operation in Iraq 'naive' 2007-02-03 Japan's health minister draws criticism 2007-01-28 Cheney may visit Japan in February: report 2007-01-13 Japan launches first defense ministry since WWII 2007-01-09 Japan praises China's efforts on N. Korea nuclear issue 2006-10-19 China hails Japan PM visit as "turning point" 2006-10-08 Japan defense minister says China "concern," not threat 2006-10-01 Japan to invite China for summit discussions 2006-10-01 New leader wants to make Japan a force 2006-09-29 China warns Japan's new gov't over Taiwan 2006-09-28 Japan's new PM ready to go to China 2006-09-28 Most-viewed Japan's prime minister says he'll resign 2007-09-12 Japan's Fukuda leads PM race 2007-09-14 Unpopular Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet: media 2007-08-27 Japan's FM calls US operation in Iraq 'naive' 2007-02-03 Japan to probe WWII military brothels 2007-03-08 Japan's agriculture minister resigns 2007-08-01 Japan defense minister says China "concern," not threat 2006-10-01 Japan PM suffers election drubbing but stays on 2007-07-29 Japan PM seen battling to keep job after election 2007-07-25 Cheney may visit Japan in February: report 2007-01-13 China hails Japan PM visit as "turning point" 2006-10-08 Japan PM Abe to visit United States for Bush talks 2007-04-04

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