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Aso faces historic challenges

gulf-daily-news.com
Sep 23, 2008
        

TOKYO: Taro Aso won a sweeping victory yesterday to become Japan's next prime minister, but he could have the toughest time ever for a leader of the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party. The conservative ruling party has...

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Aso Easily Clears Hurdle to Japanese Premiership

chosun.com
Sep 23, 2008 2 related
        

Japan¡¯s ruling Liberal Democratic Party voted party secretary general Taro Aso as the new leader on Monday. After a formal vote in an extraordinary session of the Diet on Wednesday, Aso is expected to be named the new...

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Japan offers Wall Street lesson on what not to do

livemint.com
Sep 23, 2008
        

By Roland De Courson / AFPTokyo: The US financial crisis is bringing back memories in Japan of its own economic implosion in the early 1990s — and offering US policymakers a textbook case of what not to do.Much like the...

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Japan's would-be Prime Ministers in beauty contest

euronews.net
Sep 21, 2008
        

The five politicians vying to become Japan’s next Prime Minister have held their last “beauty contest” ahead of a party vote. The favourite is Taro Aso, the current Foreign Minister, whose brash and hawkish character is...

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2ND LD: Main opposition DPJ, PNP give up on early merger+

tmcnet.com
Sep 19, 2008 4 related
        

TOKYO, Sept. 19_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and minor opposition People's New Party on Friday gave up on seeking an early merger, a move that could overshadow...

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Lifestyle › LDP lags behind other parties in anti-smoking campaign

japantoday.com
Sep 18, 2008 4 related
        

TOKYO — Although the ruling Liberal Democratic Party rallied for the enactment of a health promotion law in 2003, it still lags behind other parties in pressing ahead with a ban on smoking that is becoming business as...

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Jailed for Doing What's Right

chosun.com
Sep 19, 2008
        

Choi Sung-yong, president of the Family Assembly Abducted to North Korea, was sent to prison on Wednesday. He had been given a W500,000 (US$1=W1,153) fine last June for obstructing official business by demonstrating in...

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DPJ, Kokumin Shinto ditch merger for now

japantimes.co.jp
Sep 18, 2008 2 related
        

Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) said Friday it agreed with the Democratic Party of Japan to shelve a plan to merge the two parties before the Lower House election. One major reason for the decision is a technicality....

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The Japanese knack for choking in a slump

japantimes.co.jp
Sep 18, 2008 4 related
        

Japan used to be held up in the United States as a model example, both of efficient economic management and efficient enterprise management. That economic management image disappeared with the "bubble" burst of the early...

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Japan parties agree October 26 election: media

washingtonpost.com
Sep 18, 2008 14 related
        

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling parties have agreed to call a general election for October 26, in hopes a bounce in support for a new prime minister will limit damage to its massive majority, the Asahi newspaper said on...

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