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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 07:51 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday called for further dialogue with North Korea to bridge the "large gap" between the two countries on the issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese citizens that persisted in a bilateral meeting last week.
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 07:13 AM
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Japan needs to resolve its decade-long deflation before considering an increase in the consumption tax, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's top policy-maker said Sunday. Hidenao Nakagawa, chairman of the LDP's Policy Research Council, said reducing bloated budgets and battling deflation should come before any talk of tax hikes.
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Read full article: 'Top LDP policy maker says it's too early to discuss tax hike' (755 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 06:43 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Business leaders on Monday voiced expectations that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will accomplish his reform initiative following a Cabinet reshuffle earlier in the day. The new government should work "with boldness and expedition" to complete Koizumi's reform program, said Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation.
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Read full article: 'Business leaders call on new Cabinet to complete reforms' (2786 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 06:43 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Newly appointed Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Monday expressed his readiness to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as Japan's next leader, while underscoring the need to pursue dialogue with neighboring countries at a time when Tokyo's ties with them are strained.
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Read full article: 'New foreign minister keen to succeed Koizumi as next premier' (3121 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 06:43 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Lineup of Prime Minister Koizumi's Cabinet announced Monday.
Position Name Age
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- Prime Minister= Junichiro Koizumi [63 ]
- Internal Affairs and Communications Minister= Heizo Takenaka [54] (In charge of postal reform)
- Justice Minister= Seiken Sugiura [71]
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Read full article: 'Koizumi's new Cabinet lineup' (1892 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 07:25 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called Tuesday for a cut in his country's United Nations contributions, saying Japan bears more of a financial burden than the four permanent Security Council members except for the United States.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi calls for cut in Japan's U.N. dues' (1060 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 07:38 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rejected on Monday other countries' objections over his visit earlier in the day to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine. Speaking to reporters at his office, Koizumi said, "No foreign government should take issue with the way we express our condolences for the war dead."
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Read full article: 'Koizumi rejects other countries' objections over Yasukuni visit' (398 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 07:37 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Cabinet members differed Tuesday in their views on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit Monday to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, with some praising it, some expressing concern over its diplomatic effects and many refraining from offering evaluations.
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Read full article: 'Cabinet members differ over Koizumi's Yasukuni visit' (3183 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 - 07:33 AM
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(Kyodo) _ With the Diet's passage of controversial postal privatization bills last week, political attention has shifted to who will succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, whose term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party expires next September.
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Read full article: 'Race for Koizumi's successor begins behind scenes' (4318 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 07:37 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japan remained cautious Thursday over North Korea showing its first sign of flexibility over the North's earlier demand that Japan return the ashes of a Japanese abductee. "(North Korea) finally accepted (the fact)...but there is a need to carefully get information on the intent and background of such a remark," Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa said in a news conference.
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Read full article: 'Japan cautious on N. Korea's flexibility over abductee ashes dispute' (1459 bytes more)
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