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Japan party set to choose new PM
Japan is set to elect a new Prime Minister. The outspoken former foreign minister Taro Aso is most likely to take over the reins from Yasuo Fukuda, who suddenly quit this month leaving a policy vacuum as the...Japan: Aso "gets set for run at LDP presidency" - the Japan Times
JT: At least one candidate has now made it official - Aso Taro, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, has been confirmed by the LDP Presidential Election Committee as a candidate for the...Japan: the LDP leadership contest - or political chaos as usual
The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan is currently meeting to decide on their next leader following the sudden resignation of PM Fukuda Yasuo*. Among the apparent front-runners is Aso Taro according to BBC News....
Japan's Prime Minister Fukuda has resigned. (Updates are Chronologic.)
By Uwe Paschen.TOKYO, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is resigning from office, Press conference of today September the First 2008 at 21:30 Japanese local time.A Political Earth Quake that will go around the... Japan PM promotes rival, dumps finance minister
In a big cabinet reshuffle fledging Japanse Prime Minister has dumped his finance minister and inducted his rival. With dipping ratings Prime Minister Fukuda wants to erase doubts about his...Japan says giving 300-million-dollar climate loan to Indonesia
Money? It's easy for the rich country like Japan."Toyako (ANTARA News) - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday announced a loan to Indonesia of 300 million dollars in the first batch of aid under...Bush to G-8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
"George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan. ""The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to...'No real alternative' to Khadr handling: PM
" Explosive new documents suggest Canada was aware of the harsh treatment that Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr was being subjected to in Guantanamo Bay at the hands of U.S. military interrogators. """This really shows the assurances the U.S. government...
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Yudhoyono attends G8 Summit+8 meeting
Climate change, energy crises and food crises. All important for us." Yudhoyono had earlier written a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in the latter`s capacity as G8 chairman calling on the G8 Summit...China and Japan 'Agree' to Gas Deal
After an historic diplomatic summit between China and Japan in May, the two countries are reportedly close to making a formal agreement to develop gas fields in the East China Sea that have long been disputed. Although the "known reserves" are a "modest 180 million barrels"...
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Earthquake rocks northern Japan
"At least six people are dead and more than 140 injured after a powerful earthquake struck northern Japan, triggering landslides. The 7.2-magnitude quake was centred on Iwate - a rural mountainous region on...Japan to cut CO2 by 60-80 percent
Joining the climate change bandwagon Japan has announced measures to substantially cut CO2 emission by 2050. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda today announced that Japan would cut more than...NHK WORLD English
"Regarding Japan's measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will be announced before the G8 summit, Fukuda said the measure includes not only a long-term reduction target but also a mid-term target with a...China and Japan pledge to start annual meetings
" China and Japan pledged to hold annual meetings and put past suspicions behind them, as President Hu Jintao visited Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported. "Our relations are at a new starting point," Hu said during the visit, the first by a Chinese president in a...World still faces great threat of flu pandemic
""The globe still faces a great threat of a flu pandemic and countriesneed to speed up their preparations for a worldwide outbreak, healthexperts said
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