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| | Learn more about Cabinet in the online encyclopedia. |
 | | Historically, cabinets are the successors of Privy Councils. | | | A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. | | | In some countries, cabinets are required to be appointed from sitting members of the legislature. |
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http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/c/ca/cabinet.html
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| | Prime Minister of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Prime Minister is the head of the Cabinet and appoints and dismisses the Ministers of State. | | | The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣 Naikaku sōri daijin) is the English political nomenclature of the head of government of Japan. | | | The Prime Minister is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan
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| | AllRefer.com - Japan - The Cabinet and Ministries Japanese Information Resource |
| | Cabinet ministers include those appointed to head the twelve ministries, and the ministers of state placed in charge of the agencies and commissions of the Office of the Prime Minister, which itself has the status of a ministry. | | | Also among the ministers of state are the chief cabinet secretary, who coordinates the activities of the ministries and agencies, conducts policy research, and prepares materials to be discussed at cabinet meetings, and the director of the Cabinet Legislative Bureau, who advises cabinet members on drafting the legislation to be proposed to the Diet. | | | Although the chief cabinet secretary does not have ministerial rank, the position is influential within the cabinet because of its coordination role. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/japan/japan209.html
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| | The Cabinet and the Executive Branch of Government |
| | The cabinet, the majority of whose members must come from the Diet, is the supreme decision-making organ of the executive branch of government. | | | The prime minister and all members of the cabinet must be, according to the constitution, civilians. | | | He or she presides over cabinet meetings and may exercise his or her right to control and guide the various sectors of the state administrative apparatus. |
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http://web-japan.org/factsheet/govern/cabinet.html
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| | Human Trafficking: Japan |
| | In March 2004, the Prime Minister and his Cabinet have made a significant effort to mobilize the resources of the bureaucracy to address the trafficking issue, creating a senior coordinator presiding over an inter-ministerial committee for anti-trafficking efforts. | | | Efforts are underway in the government to draft legislation to improve Japan's anti-trafficking statutes. | | | There is currently an effort to draft legislation to improve anti-trafficking statutes. |
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http://www.humantrafficking.org/countries/eap/japan
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| | Government System |
| | The highest organization in the executive branch is the Cabinet, which is composed of the Prime Minister and other ministers of state. | | | The Cabinet's powers include the following: (i) implementing laws; (ii) engaging in foreign diplomacy; (iii) signing treaties; (iv) overseeing the operational affairs of public officers; (v) formulating a budget and submitting it to the Diet; (vi) enacting Cabinet orders; and (vii) pardoning convicted criminals and restoring their civil rights. | | | In addition, Cabinet powers also include designating the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and appointing other judges. |
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http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c17cont.htm
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| | THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN |
| | The judges of the inferior courts shall be appointed by the Cabinet from a list of persons nominated by the Supreme Court. | | | All laws and cabinet orders shall be signed by the competent Minister of State and countersigned by the Prime Minister. | | | The Cabinet shall consist of the Prime Minister, who shall be its head, and other Ministers of State, as provided for by law. |
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http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Japan/English/english-Constitution.html
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| | Japan Cabinet to Resign, LDP's Mori tipped for PM |
| | Japan's cabinet was poised on Tuesday to resign -- possibly later in the day -- in a key step toward forming a new government under a successor to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who was battling for his life after a stroke. | | | Domestic media said the cabinet would resign en masse, possibly within the day, opening up the way for a transfer of power from the incapacitated prime minister, with Mori likely to be chosen as LDP president to replace him. | | | Japan Cabinet to Resign, LDP's Mori tipped for PM Japan Cabinet to Resign, LDP's Mori tipped for PM Japan's LDP Secretary-General Yoshiro Mori |
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200004/04/print20000404_38280.html
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| | Takahashi, Korekiyo on Encyclopedia.com |
| | In 1921, after the assassination of Hara Kei, he became prime minister and head of the Seiyukai party, but his cabinet fell in 1922. | | | Crisis-torn Japan appoints finance minister who believes he is `too old'. | | | Profiles of key members of new Japanese Cabinet |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/T/Takahash.asp
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| | Washingtonpost.com: Japan's Political Parties |
| | However, as the country's economic problems became more intractable, voters became disillusioned with the LDP and in 1993, the party failed to achieve a majority in parliament. | | | Although it now generally supports the U.S.–Japan Security Treaty, the party in the past had opposed efforts to broaden Japan's military role. | | | The Democratic Party now controls 47 seats in the upper house and 92 seats in the lower house. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/japan/japanparties.htm
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| | CNN.com - New Japan cabinet kicks off to poor reviews - December 5, 2000 |
| | One of Japan's most unpopular prime ministers ever, Mori hopes his new cabinet will boost his chances of staying in power until a crucial Upper House election set for July, having narrowly survived a rebellion from within his own ruling party last month. | | | Japan Cabinet resigns, opening way for new lineup to be named | | | The major surprise inclusion was Hashimoto, an outspoken politician who quit as premier in 1998 after the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost an Upper House election and who now heads the biggest faction in the multi-group party. |
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http://cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/12/05/japan.politics.reut/index.html
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| | Japan Times Cabinet profiles |
| | He had previously held such Cabinet posts as education minister in 1983 and 1984, international trade and industry minister in 1992 and 1993, and construction minister in 1995 and 1996. | | | After serving as secretary to a lawmaker, he was elected to the Lower House in 1969 at the age of 32. | | | Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who has come under fire for a string of controversial comments during his three months in office, hopes to ensure that his hosting of the upcoming Group of Eight summit in Okinawa is fruitful. |
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cabinets/mori00-b/mori.htm
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| | BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC New Japan cabinet causes stir |
| | The cabinet includes seven ministers from the previous administration, including the powerful chief cabinet secretary, Yasuo Fukuda, who retains his role as government spokesman. | | | Backed by the nation's ruling coalition, Mr Koizumi, 59, a political maverick, became prime minister after the resignation of his unpopular predecessor, Yoshiro Mori. | | | In the new line-up, the LDP's largest faction has secured just two of the 17 cabinet posts. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1297000/1297795.stm
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| | A Surprising Comeback in Japan (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Although he has held a top post in the Mori cabinet as minister for administrative reform, Hashimoto has kept a low profile this past year. | | | But Hashimoto was just as bullheaded in stacking his cabinet with scandal-tainted cronies and ramming through an unpopular consumption tax hike as the economy was weakening. | | | That would seem to make the chain-smoking 63-year-old an improbable candidate to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party as it scrambles to restore voter confidence before elections in July. |
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http://washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A57695-2001Apr8?language%3Dprinter
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| | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Action (What's up around the Prime Minister) |
| | On the morning of September 20 (Japan time: night of September 20), Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on his visit to the United States of America visited the former site of the World Trade Center in New York City which was a target of the simultaneous terrorist attacks on September 11 three years ago. | | | In the afternoon (Japan time: dawn of September 21), Prime Minister Koizumi visited the Headquarters of the United Nations (UN) and held a meeting with Mr. | | | The world is watching how the UN will adapt to the new age." In response, President Ping shared his understanding towards Japan's stance in its efforts for UN reform and expressed his wish to realize the reform during his one-year term. |
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http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumiphoto/2004/09/20wtc_e.html
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| | Japan, N. Korea to Hold Talks (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Analysts said he is wagering both his political career and Japan's rising global diplomatic clout with the summit. | | | Koizumi, 62, is a silver-maned politician known for uncommonly flashy politics in a country not given to bold international diplomacy. | | | Koizumi's key aide, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, stepped down last week after acknowledging he had missed payments. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28079-2004May14.html
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| | Channelnewsasia.com |
| | Public support for the new cabinet formed Monday was 42 percent in a survey by national daily the Yomiuri Shimbun, compared with 41 percent in July soon after a one-seat setback for Koizumi's party in upper house elections. | | | Koizumi shook up his cabinet and key posts for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), tasking economic minister Heizo Takenaka with privatising the postal system in a reshuffle that lacked heavyweight veteran politicians. | | | But the margin of the rise in support was much smaller than a 10-percentage-point jump in September last year stemming from Abe's appointment, the Asahi said. |
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/109081/1/.html
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| | archive: Japan Cabinet Minister Apologizes for Calling US A Bully |
| | January 6, 1999 Japan Cabinet Minister Apologizes for Calling U.S. a Bully By NICHOLAS D. TOKYO -- The Japanese government backed away Tuesday from remarks by a Cabinet member suggesting that Japanese were unhappy with their "Peace Constitution" and that the United States bullied other countries. | | | The Cabinet member, Justice Minister Shozaburo Nakamura, apologized for his remarks and said he had not meant them. | | | Hiromu Nonaka, the chief Cabinet secretary, said at a news conference Tuesday that Nakamura had made "very inappropriate remarks" and that the matter was serious. |
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http://www.media-watch.org/articles/0199/38.html
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| | ABC News: New Japan cabinet seen unlikely to better Asia ties |
| | In a cabinet reshuffle on Monday, Koizumi appointed to key posts two politicians known to support his annual visits to a Shinto war shrine, seen by China and South Korea as a symbol of Japan's past militarism. | | | "Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has carried out a cabinet reshuffle that is incompatible with a direction of repenting for the past and improving friendship with neighboring countries," South Korea's conservative Dong-a Ilbo newspaper said. | | | Former internal affairs minister Taro Aso was named foreign minister, while popular lawmaker Shinzo Abe received the prominent post of top government spokesman. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1269027
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| | The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com |
| | Koizumi has served in two cabinet posts, becoming minister of post and communications in 1992 and minister for health and welfare in 1996. | | | Koizumi was elected as the leader of Japan's largest political party yesterday - paving the way for him to be made prime minister later this week. | | | Koizumi's independence and uncommonly brazen attacks on his own party's failure to deal with Japan's political and economic problems are what earned him the respect of many younger politicians and ordinary LDP members. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/04/25/p1s3.htm
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| | CNN - Japan Cabinet reshuffle bolsters Obuchi rule - January 14, 1998 |
| | Noda had served as a Cabinet minister twice with the governing party before leaving it in the early 1990s. | | | They had already agreed to reduce the number of civil servants and to halt the practice of allowing bureaucrats to speak for Cabinet ministers in Parliament. | | | CNN - Japan Cabinet reshuffle bolsters Obuchi rule - January 14, 1998 |
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http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9901/14/japan.politics.01/index.html
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| | The Japan Times Online |
| | It is the heretical style of new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that has sent his Cabinet's approval ratings soaring, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda. | | | Koizumi "did not follow in the footsteps of his predecessors, who did the rounds of (consultations with) factional leaders before forming their Cabinets. | | | Nakayama's commission involves all the major political parties and has been "studying" the need to review the supreme law since January 2000. |
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http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010504a5.htm
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| | USATODAY.com - Japanese leader reshuffles cabinet |
| | Koizumi indicated he wants to stay the course with his reform programs by reappointing Takenaka to the Cabinet and by putting him in charge of the key item on his policy agenda. | | | Abe, a close ally of Koizumi's and a popular figure with voters, will stay on in party leadership in the post of acting secretary-general. | | | Among other major Cabinet changes, Yoshinori Ono replaced Shigeru Ishiba as defense minister. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-09-27-japan-cabinet_x.htm
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| | A Modern History of Japan: Timeline >> Oxford University Press |
| | Cabinet system adopted with Ito Hirobumi as the first Prime Minister; the new cabinet supersedes the Dajokan (Grand Council of State) as the central organ of the Japanese state | | | Japan establishes the puppet-state of Manchuko (in Manchuria) with former Chinese Emperor Pu-Yi as the head of state | | | Japan wins German concessions in China and the Pacific from the Treaty of Versailles, but its request for inclusion of a racial equality clause is denied |
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http://www.oxfordjapan.com/timeline.html
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| | What's New Archive |
| | Inauguration of the Second Koizumi Cabinet (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, November 19, 2003) | | | Statement by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on the Occasion of the Cabinet Reshuffle (Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, September 22, 2003) | | | Prime Minister Meets with Secretary-General of the U.N. Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet, February 23, 2004) |
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http://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/eng/whats_new_archive.html
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| | Governments on the WWW: Japan |
| | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA) | | | Embassy of Japan in Washington, United States of America | | | Consulate General of Japan in Portland, United States of America |
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http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/jp.html
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| | The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com |
| | TOKYO - Japan has never had more women (five) in its ruling cabinet, and certainly not a female foreign minister. | | | The composition of newly elected Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet has been widely applauded since Thursday's announcement. | | | Her support for Koizumi helped pave the way to his election. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/04/30/p7s1.htm
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| | Official website of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet |
| | Comment by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda (An Official Announcement on the Engagement of Her Imperial Highness Princess Nori and Mr. | | | Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary on the 60th Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead | | | Press Conference by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [Upon inauguration of the reshuffled third Koizumi Cabinet] |
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http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html
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| | Japan cabinet approves Iraq plan |
| | AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to fire Cabinet opponents of his Gaza withdrawal plan and remake his government with moderates after failing to muster a majority during a tense seven-hour meeting. | | | AP - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government on Sunday approved an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in principle, but a last-minute compromise with Cabinet hard-liners diluted the historic decision, leaving uncertain the future of 21 Israeli settlements. | | | No cabinet vote on Sharon's Gaza plan 05/30/2004 03:36 PM |
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http://www.stargeek.com/item/166367.html
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| | Bold Picks for Japan Cabinet New Prime Minister, Shunning Tradition, Appoints Mavericks |
| | But Koizumi’s appointments were a certain crowd-pleaser to a Japanese public accustomed to the usual parade of bland, male, party loyalists who typically are rotated through the cabinet positions as a reward for their patronage. | | | The most visible symbol of that was the appointment was of Makiko Tanaka to the post of foreign minister. | | | “This is the most revolutionary cabinet Japan has seen in many years,” said political analyst Yukio Okamoto. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V121/N21/japan.21w.html
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| | Forbes.com: Japan Cabinet Office sees 2.1% FY 03 GDP growth |
| | TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Cabinet Office said on Friday that it expected the country's economy to grow by 2.1 percent in real terms in the year to March 2004, boosted by a recovery in private business investment. | | | Japan Cabinet Office sees 2.1% FY 03 GDP growth | | | Forbes.com: Japan Cabinet Office sees 2.1% FY 03 GDP growth |
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http://www.forbes.com/markets/commodities/newswire/2003/09/26/rtr1092464.html
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| | Economic and Fiscal Policy |
| | Economic Outlook and Basic Policy Stance on Economic Management for FY 2001,Decision by the Cabinet on January 31, 2001 (Jan.31, 2001) | | | The Present and Future of the Japanese Economy,Speech at Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, USA May 2000,by Taichi Sakaiya, Minister of State Economic Planning Agency, Government of Japan(May.5, 2000) | | | SPEECH AT THE APEC ECONOMIC COUNCIL SYMPOSIUM ON "THE FUTURE OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMY",by Taichi Sakaiya Minister of State for Economic Planning Agency,Government of Japan (Dec.6,1999) |
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http://www5.cao.go.jp/keizai/index-e.html
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| | Cabinet Office of the Government - Japan - Equal Employment Opportunities |
| | This body was set up in 1994 in the Cabinet of the executive government of Japan. | | | Located in the Cabinet Office, the Gender Equality Bureau is involved in the advancement of women in Japan and maintains a gender information web site and provides support for the Minister for Women’s Affairs. | | | Membership includes the Prime Minister and all members of Cabinet as well as "Coordinators for Gender Equality" from each government ministry and agency. |
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http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/law/japan/cabinet.htm
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| | Revolt Opens Up Race to Lead Japan (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Hashimoto, nominal head of the largest faction of the Liberal Democrats, may restore party discipline and retake the job he held for 30 tumultuous months before resigning after his party's defeat in elections for the upper house and scandal in his administration in 1998. | | | He said he had resigned from his party faction and vowed not to be bound by the traditional spoils system that rewards faction members with cabinet jobs. | | | He has been a strident advocate of privatizing Japan's postal service, which acts as a huge bank and is the source of capital for the extensive public works projects that are the mainstay of the Liberal Democrats' rural support. |
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http://washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A6534-2001Apr11?language%3Dprinter
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| | Channelnewsasia.com |
| | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet approved both a revised set of guidelines for military planners and a five-year blueprint for defence procurement. | | | "The cabinet approved them in the meeting this morning," a spokeswoman for the prime minister told AFP. | | | Japan's US-imposed 1947 constitution renounces the use of force in international affairs. |
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/121573/1/.html
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| | MOFA: The Japanese Government |
| | Statement by the Government of Japan (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (November 19, 2003) | | | Inauguration of the Second Koizumi Cabinet (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (November 19, 2003) | | | Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Website |
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| | New Page 1 |
| | Japanese government office in New York facilitating cooperation between local governments in Japan and their counterparts in the United States and Canada. | | | Find a school-- Search for public and private high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools in Japan. | | | Search for universities and colleges in Japan-- Search by name, type of institution or department. |
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http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/Japanfactsheet.htm
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| | Morgan Stanley |
| | This 2003 budget had been leaked so much over the past few days that the final document approved by the cabinet barely has any elements of surprise. | | | Japan: Cabinet Reshuffle -- Another Jolt Needed for Policy Progress | | | Schroeder's re-elected cabinet is likely to take a tough fiscal stance in order to keep deficits in check. |
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http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/20021001-tue.html
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| | Decoration Bureau |
| | The Decoration Bureau of the Cabinet Office is responsible for administrative duties pertaining to the conferral of awards, from conducting studies and research on the awards system to planning and selecting recipients for the Biannual Decoration Ceremonies and other awards. | | | The Biannual Decoration Ceremonies, Medals of Honor and Order of Culture are high-profile awards which receive wide media coverage. |
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http://www8.cao.go.jp/english/decoration/index.html
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| | Japan Cabinet members trip over comments - (United Press International) |
| | Women would use paper cutters to slash throats, but that was overwhelming a crime committed by adult men." | | | Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki called murder by arson "girly" while describing slitting throats as "manly." | | | Japan Cabinet members trip over comments - (United Press International) |
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http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040606-055129-1700r.htm
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| | Japan cabinet approves austere budget |
| | Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) leads his cabinet members to a photo session just after they were appointed. | | | Budget general expenditures total 47.28 trillion yen, down 0.7 percent from the current fiscal year and the first fall in three years, a cabinet official said. | | | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet approved the budget totalling 82.18 trillion yen (798 billion dollars), up marginally from 82.11 trillion yen in the initial budget for the current fiscal year to March 2005. |
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http://en.ce.cn/World/Asia-Pacific/200412/25/t20041225_2664143.shtml
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Japan |
| | Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the United States in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. | | | Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarch after designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointed by the cabinet) | | | In 2005, Japan began a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html
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| | Japan's cabinet gives green light for missile interception |
| | The cabinet approved the bill with an amendment requiring the prime minister to inform parliament after the launch of intercept missiles, an official said. | | | Japan is barred from using force or maintaining a military under its constitution imposed by the United States after World War II. | | | Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government approved a bill Tuesday to let the defense chief order the interception of a missile without first seeking permission from the cabinet. |
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http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050215043210.gcz676vh.html
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| | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) |
| | Japan has decided to dispatch Dr. Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan, to attend the State Memorial ceremony for the 10th anniversary of the demise of Mr. | | | This website will be off-line from 19:00 until 25:00 (JST) on 14 July for maintenance. | | | The Japan-Arab-Islamic Journalists Meeting was held on November 9. |
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Japan cabinet approves Iraq plan |
| | The plan has divided the nation, and there are concerns that it could violate Japan's pacifist constitution. | | | "Under the multinational force, the Self-Defence Forces (Japan's military) will continue their activities," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said after the cabinet meeting on Friday. | | | The new leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Katsuya Okada, said he thought the Japanese military should leave Iraq. |
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| | Embassy of Japan |
| | - Inauguration of the Reshuffled Second Koizumi Cabinet | | | Prime Minister's General Policy Speech: The 162nd Session of the Diet |
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| | The Embassy of Japan, Harare Zimbabwe-Home Page |
| | Celebration of the 71st Birthday of His Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan was held at the Ambassador's Residence. | | | The Government of Japan by Cabinet decision has designated October 6th as "International Cooperation Day" in order to increase public awareness and participation in international cooperation." (more details) | | | Basic Position of the Government of Japan Regarding Prime Minister Koizumi's Visit to Yasukuni Shrine (October 25, 2005) (more details) |
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Japan Cabinet Approves Plan for Iraq Troop Dispatch |
| | Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa told reporters the decision had been made at a specially convened cabinet meeting. | | | Japan's cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday for the dispatch of non-combat troops to Iraq, a landmark decision that clears the way for what could be the biggest and most dangerous overseas mission by its military since World War II. | | | Koizumi has had to balance Japan's tight security ties with the United States, which is keen for the dispatch, with domestic concerns which increased after the killing of two Japanese diplomats in Iraq late last month. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2003/12/09/japan_cabinet_approves_plan_for_iraq_troop_dispatch
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| | CNN.com - Ex-Japan Cabinet minister pleads guilty to bribery - December 10, 2000 |
| | CNN.com - Ex-Japan Cabinet minister pleads guilty to bribery - December 10, 2000 | | | Japan's recent political history abounds with bribery scandals, but only a handful of prominent lawmakers have been arrested. | | | Nakao's arrest in June prompted the government to draft an anti-corruption bill that was passed by parliament last month. |
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http://cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/12/10/japan.corruption.reut/index.html
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