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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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| | Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945, 1951-1955) | | | In many cases, though commonly used, "prime minister" is not the official title of the office-holder; the British prime minister is (usually) "First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service", and the Spanish prime minister is the President of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno). | | | Prime Minister of India from 1966-1977 and 1980-1984 |
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| | The Meeting of ASEAN Heads of Government and the Prime Ministers of Japan (1970) |
| | The Meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan was attended by the President of Republic of Indonesia, H.E. General Soeharto; the Prime Minister of Malaysia, H.E. Datuk Hussein Onn; the President of the Republic of the Philippines, H.E. Mr. | | | The Prime Minister of Japan was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr. | | | Hatoyama, the Minister of State, Chief Cabinet Secretary, H.E. Mr. |
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| | Prime Minister of Japan - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
| | Since World War II, according to the Constitution, the Emperor appoints the Prime Minister among members of the Diet on the advice from the Diet. | | | Official Website of the Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinets | | | Prime Minister of Japan - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
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http://www.politicalinformation.net/encyclopedia/Prime_Minister_of_Japan.htm
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| | JOINT STATEMENT WITH PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AUSTRALIA - JAPAN CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP |
| | Sharing the objective of sustainable development, the Prime Ministers stated their intention that the two countries continue to work together for the success of the Johannesburg Summit. | | | Prime Minister Howard reaffirmed Australia’s continued strong support for Japan’s permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council. | | | Both Prime Ministers welcomed the peaceful conclusion of the recent presidential election in East Timor. |
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http://www.pm.gov.au/news/media_releases/2002/media_release1623.htm
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| | CNNfyi.com - Japan's prime minister in coma,
political leadership in question - April 3, 2000 |
| | TOKYO (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was in a coma and breathing with the aid of a respirator late Monday, leaving the country in the hands of a senior Cabinet official. | | | "Because the judgment was made that the prime minister could not return (to his duties) within a day or two, I was named acting prime minister," Aoki said. | | | A graduate of Tokyo's prestigious Waseda University, Obuchi won election to Japan's powerful lower house of Parliament in 1963 at the age of 26 -- inheriting, in common Japanese fashion, the seat held by his father. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2000/fyi/news/04/03/japan
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| | CNN - Japan's prime minister tries outflank new party - Sept. 24, 1996 |
| | "Japan, with the endorsement of many countries, is prepared to discharge its responsibilities as a permanent member of the Security Council in accordance with its basic philosophy of non-resort to the use of force, prohibited by its constitution," he said. | | | TOKYO (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is working to consolidate support after calling elections for lower house seats nine months early. | | | Hashimoto, in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, also reiterated Japan's desire to join the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. |
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http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9609/24/japan.politics
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| | MOFA: Speeches and Statements by Prime Minister |
| | Prime Minister Koizumi Sent a Congratulatory Message to Palestinian New Prime Minister Ahmad Qurie on the occasion of the inauguration of a new cabinet of the Palestinian Authority (November 14, 2003) | | | Message from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and from Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi to Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation concerning the Hostage Situation at a School in the Republic of North Ossetia in Southern Russia (September 4, 2004) | | | Remarks by Prime Minister Koizumi on the Occasion of Dinner in honor of President and Mrs. |
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http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/pm
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| | Japan Prime Minister Pushes for U.N. Spot (phillyBurbs.com) Asia |
| | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to personally make his case for joining the ranks of five veto-wielding powers when he addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. | | | Japan has long campaigned for a seat on the council next to the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France. | | | "The political animal in the prime minister understands it's an ideal time to try for a permanent seat," said lawmaker Ichita Yamamoto. |
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/90-09202004-368856.html
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| | Japan's former Prime Minister Suzuki dies - (United Press International) |
| | In July 1980 he was appointed prime minister after the sudden death of his predecessor, Masayoshi Ohira. | | | Tokyo, Japan, Jul. 20 (UPI) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki, 93, known for his mediating skills and as a pioneer of administrative reforms, died Monday at a Tokyo hospital. | | | His efforts at reform were continued by the next prime minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone, who privatized Japan Railways, Japan Tobacco and NTT. |
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http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040719-113421-3105r.htm
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| | The Manila Times Internet Edition WORLD > Japan’s prime minister denies snub by North Korea’s Kim |
| | “The prime minister explained that that was not the case,” Hosoda said, adding that there was no diplomatic slight in the fact that it was Koizumi who greeted Kim at the Daedong Guest House outside Pyongyang where the summit was held. | | | “There were reports that the prime minister was snubbed and he was asked if that was true,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told a news conference after a cabinet meeting. | | | tc "“The prime minister explained that that was not the case,” Hosoda said, adding that there was no diplomatic slight in the fact that it was Koizumi who greeted Kim at the Daedong Guest House outside Pyongyang where the summit was held. |
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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/may/26/yehey/world/20040526wor4.html
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| | Party chief to be Japan's prime minister - 4/4/00 |
| | But acting Prime Minister Mikio Aoki convened an emergency Cabinet meeting to accept the resignations because it had become clear Obuchi, who is under intensive care and being kept alive on a respirator, would not be able to resume his duties. | | | TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet resigned today, opening the way for the ruling party's second-incommand to replace Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, who has been in a coma for three days after suffering a stroke. | | | After the resignations, the LDP president will need to receive the approval of Parliament as prime minister -- a post the candidate was assured because of the LDP's majority. |
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http://www.detnews.com/2000/nation/0004/04/04050004.htm
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| | Japan Prime Minister Comes Under Fire from Businessmen |
| | As businessmen here fired a barrage of criticism at the government, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama and his coalition partners failed Monday to agree on whether they would form a new Cabinet to try to energize an administration supported by only 20 percent of all Japanese voters. | | | Whether to name new ministers will be decided after the present Cabinet on Aug. 4 fixes a ceiling for requests for next year's budget, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kozo Igarashi said. | | | Any shuffling of Cabinet posts, they said, was likely to trigger demands for a change in party officials only a month before Kono himself must face an election for party president when his two-year term expires. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V115/N29/japan.29w.html
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| | For Japan's New Prime Minister, a Quiet Rise to the Top |
| | It was Takeshita who gave Obuchi his moment in history, by appointing him chief cabinet secretary, a post that carried with it the once-in-an-era requirement to announce the name of the new Imperial reign. | | | Although the two men are not particularly close, Obuchi had become so powerful within the Liberal Democratic Party by the mid-1990s that Hashimoto appointed him to the politically sensitive post of foreign minister in 1997. | | | The death of Obuchi's father during his freshman year persuaded him to switch his interests to politics. |
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http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/072598japan-obuchi-profile.html
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| | World: Mori Elected Japan's Prime Minister |
| | In a tearful news conference Tuesday, acting Prime Minister Mikio Aoki announced the Cabinet had resigned because it was clear the 62-year-old Obuchi would not be able to resume his duties. | | | Mori, a former trade minister, won solid majorities in both houses of Parliament following his installment earlier in the day as president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party. | | | ``I had prayed for the prime minister's recovery,'' Mori said in accepting the party presidency. |
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http://www.seacoastonline.com/2000news/4_5_w1.htm
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| | CNN - Who could be Japan's next prime minister? - July 13, 1998 |
| | TOKYO (CNN) -- Amid speculation that Sunday's vote could force Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to resign, political analysts began speculating who might take Hashimoto's place. | | | Japan's election could decide Hashimoto's future - July 11, 1998 | | | Hashimoto may quit after Japan election defeat - July 12, 1998 |
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http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9807/13/japan.whos.next
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| | Online NewsHour: Japan's New Prime Minister: Keizo Obuchi -- July 24, 1998 |
| | PHIL PONCE: Japan's ruling party chose a new leader today to become the next prime minister. | | | After a background report, Walter Mondale, former ambassador to Japan and a Japanese journalist discuss the country's new prime minister. | | | Online NewsHour: Japan's New Prime Minister: Keizo Obuchi -- July 24, 1998 |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec98/obuchi_7-24.html
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| | Schwarzenegger Promotes California During Meeting with Japan's Prime Minister |
| | But for the Austrian-born politician to run for that office, the U.S. Constitution would need to be amended to allow naturalized citizens to become president - a move he favors. | | | Governors of U.S. states frequently lead trade delegations to Japan, but rarely do they get the sort of reception being given to California's governor this week. | | | The state's agriculture secretary, A.G. Kawamura, a descendant of Japanese immigrants, hopes to increase exports to his grandparents' homeland. |
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http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/ef/2004-11-12-voa10.html
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| | Konoe Fumimaro - Japanese Politician and 34th Prime Minister of Japan |
| | Having failed to reach an agreement with the United States to (at least) avoid a war on two fronts, he resigned in October 1941, to be replaced by the War Minister, Tojo Hideki. | | | Konoe Fumimaro (sometimes Konoye, October 12, 1891 - December 16, 1945) was a Japanese politician and the 34th (June 4, 1937 - January 5, 1939), 38th (July 22, 1940 - July 18, 1941) and 39th (July 18, 1941 - October 18, 1941) Prime Minister of Japan. | | | He entered politics in 1920 as a moderate and a protege of Saionji Kimmochi, opposed to the power of the army. |
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http://www.japan-101.com/history/konoe_fumimaro.htm
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| | Pravda.RU Japan: new prime minister |
| | Former Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi, 59, has been elected a new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. | | | The new leader won 298 votes out of 487 in the presidential ballot, defeating the former prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. | | | The exact nature of reforms proposed by the new LDP president is not widely known outside Japan. |
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http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/04/24/4077.html
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| | TIMEasia.com: News -- Wanted: One Prime Minister |
| | The LDP sorely lacks a powerful shogun like the late Noburu Takeshita who not only served as Prime Minister but was a master at misshitsu seiji, the behind-the-screen politics of grooming new leaders and smoothing over intra-party squabbles. | | | This means whoever succeeds Mori will probably serve as Prime Minister for a very short time, basically a cameo role. | | | For now that's a politician named Yoshiro Mori who fell into the job when the previous Prime Minister, the good-natured Keizo Obuchi, unexpectedly suffered a stroke in April of last year. |
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http://www.time.com/time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,100591,00.html
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| | AM Archive - Japan's Prime Minister faces fo confidence |
| | PETER MARTIN: Revealing what may be his secret details of Japan's negotiating position with North Korea to the British Prime Minister. | | | A former diplomat, Koichi Kato [phonetic] is a Harvard educated English speaking advocate of economic reform. | | | PETER MARTIN: He advised voters to sleep in on election day. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s214398.htm
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| | Asia Times: Japan: New prime minister should call early elections |
| | Japan's cabinet has resigned en masse, opening the way for the election of a new prime minister by parliament to replace the incapacitated Keizo Obuchi. | | | It would therefore be a courageous and precedent-breaking act if Mori, after a brief interim period of assuring orderly continuation of government affairs, dissolved parliament and called early general elections well ahead of the Okinawa summit. | | | Japan: New prime minister should call early elections |
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http://www.atimes.com/editor/BD05Ba01.html
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| | BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC Japan's new Prime Minister names cabinet |
| | One of Japan's most popular politicians, she is herself the daughter of a powerful prime minister from the 1970's, Kakuei Tanaka, who normalised Japan's relations with China. | | | The new reformist prime minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi, has named his cabinet after winning parliamentary approval for his own appointment. | | | She's one of a number of women in the cabinet, which also includes academics and one surprise appointment: a seventy-nine year-old party veteran, Masajuro Shiokawa, as finance minister. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1292367.stm
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Japan's prime minister faces growing opposition to war shrine visits |
| | Koizumi was cautioned this month over his Yasukuni visits by senior officials in his own party, a group of former prime ministers and a powerful conservative group representing families of the war dead. | | | Tokyo's relations with China and South Korea have hit a new low in recent weeks over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's 2.5 million war dead, including convicted war criminals. | | | Japan's government came under fire Monday for comments by the education minister suggesting that textbooks should avoid the issue of foreign sex slaves forced to work in wartime brothels for Japanese forces. |
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050613-0449-japan-warshrine.html
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| | Joint Press Conference with Prime Minister Koizumi, Prime Minister's Official Residence, Japan |
| | Prime Minister Koizumi, you said that Japan has adopted a positive stance on the proliferation security initiative. | | | Australia and North Korea indeed do have diplomatic relations but these are not really deep relations as you can understand from what Prime Minister Howard has said just now. | | | A question for Prime Minister Howard with regard to the Iraq war. |
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http://www.pm.gov.au/News/interviews/Interview366.html
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| | NPR : Japan's New Prime Minister |
| | Yesterday, political veteran Yoshiro Mori was overwhelmingly elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan. | | | Mori succeeds Keizo Obuchi who is in a coma following a stroke he suffered over the weekend. |
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| | TIME.com Print Page: Nation -- Japan's Prime Minister Dilemma |
| | The two other candidates, Health Minister Junichiro Koizumi and former cabinet secretary Seiroku Kajiyama, are scrambling to corral enough votes to force a runoff election. | | | The foreign minister has the support of the LDP's largest faction, which has strong-armed about 200 lawmakers into publicly backing him. | | | TOKYO, Japan: All eyes are on Keizo Obuchi as Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party gets ready to select the country's next prime minister Friday afternoon. |
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http://www.time.com/time/nation/printout/0,8816,14156,00.html
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| | AM Archive - Competition to replace Japan's Prime Minister |
| | Which for all, but one, of the last 35 years has returned the same party to office. | | | Ritaro Hashimoto, a smooth party machine man with shiny intense black hair, he has no clearly stated economic policy, apart from apologising for the mistakes he made last time he was Prime Minister. | | | Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party will elect its new leader and Japan's Prime Minister by itself next Tuesday and the man who's already stitched up most of the factional numbers, is a recycled Prime Minister. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s278713.htm
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| | South Asia News Views Discussion Info Network - Japanese Prime Minister Arrives In India |
| | Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has begun his visit to India to strengthen bilateral relations and also garner support for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. | | | China opposes Japan's bid for a seat on the Security Council and says Japan must further atone for its 20th century atrocities before joining the Security Council. | | | Iraq's parliament endorses last-minute changes to the constitution to win support of Sunnis in Saturday's vote. |
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http://southasia.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=302
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| | Japan's prime minister to resign |
| | TOKYO (AP) — Unpopular Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori met Saturday with ruling party elders and expressed his intention to resign, Japanese media reported. | | | Mori was himself chosen behind closed doors after his predecessor, Keizo Obuchi, was felled by a stroke. | | | Because they are the largest party in Parliament, the Liberal Democrats are able to decide who is installed as prime minister. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-03-10-mori.htm
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| | Bush Meets with Leaders of Congress, Japan's Prime Minister, FBI Officials |
| | Bush Meets with Leaders of Congress, Japan's Prime Minister, FBI Officials | | | "The Prime Minister also talked about ways that Japan will share intelligence," Bush said, noting that the United States and Japan will "work cooperatively on the diplomatic front." | | | Prime Minister Koizumi said the Japanese "are ready to stand by the United States to fight terrorism." |
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http://www.usembassy.it/file2001_09/alia/a1092501.htm
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| | Japan’s prime minister fires economic adviser |
| | Koizumi cut from his Cabinet Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, the nation’s chief bank regulator. | | | TOKYO (AP) - In his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office more than a year ago, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today fired a top economic adviser who shied away from reforms, underscoring his desire to get this country out of its decade-long fiscal slump. | | | Stressing the need for continuity, Koizumi retained most of his main ministers, including Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma and his two top economic advisers - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, and Heizo Takenaka, the economic and fiscal policy minister. |
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http://www.showmenews.com/2002/Sep/20020930News011.asp
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| | Remarks by the President and Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan in Photo Opportunity |
| | Remarks by the President and Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan in Photo Opportunity | | | 12:31 P.M. : It's my honor to welcome my friend and a strong leader, the Prime Minister of Japan, to Sea Island, Georgia. | | | THE PRIME MINISTER: (As interpreted.) First of all, I would like to express my condolences to the pass away of President Reagan. |
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http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rm/33319.htm
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| | The Connection.org : Scrutinizing Japan's New Prime Minister |
| | Today, though, Koizumi is under fire for visiting a controversial shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals. | | | The Connection.org : Scrutinizing Japan's New Prime Minister | | | Japan's Prime Minister Koizumi is called the Japanese John McCain; a maverick who won his post in April on a platform of economic reform and record popularity. |
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http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2001/08/20010815_a_main.asp
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| | USATODAY.com - Pariliament re-elects Japan prime minister |
| | Koizumi's ruling coalition triumphed in Sept. 11 lower house elections, and the Cabinet resignation was a procedural move allowing Koizumi to form a new government after being re-elected as prime minister by parliament later Wednesday. | | | The 480-member lower house cast 340 votes to re-elect Koizumi. | | | TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament re-elected Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister Wednesday, following the ruling coalition's landslide victory in elections last week. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-09-21-parliament-japan-pm_x.htm?csp=34
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| | Lebanese Prime Minister visits Japan |
| | Hariri was heading a Lebanese delegation of cabinet members and businessmen for the visit, the second by Hariri to Japan in as many years. | | | Japan requested the extradition of the five to stand trial in Japan on terrorism charges. | | | But Lebanese authorities said they would consider handing them to Japanese authorities after they finish serving their sentence in Lebanon. |
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http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971103/1997110315.html
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| | Japan- Prime Minister Junichiro KOIZUMI |
| | Government Type: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. | | | In 2005, Japan began a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. | | | While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. |
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http://www.whoyoushouldknow.com/archive/asia/japan
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| | Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan After Bilateral Meeting |
| | Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan After Bilateral Meeting | | | PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI: I'm very happy to be able to see the President in person, the first time after his reelection. | | | PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI: Successful reconstruction and nation-building in Iraq is just not an important matter for Japan and the United States, it's an issue for the entire international community. |
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http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2004/38523.htm
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| | Japan:Visit of Indian Prime Minister- A Review |
| | The last official visit of an Indian Prime Minister was in 1992 when the Congress Party Prime Minister Narasimha Rao visited Japan. | | | The Indian Prime Minister's visit to Japan can be termed as successful when viewed as a progression in the on-going process of build-up of Japan-India relations. | | | Symbolically, the Indian Prime Minister’s visit was significant in that it was nearly a decade’s interregnum that separated the two official visits of Indian Prime Ministers. |
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http://www.saag.org/papers4/paper377.html
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| | Bush phones Prime Minister of Japan and apologizes for accidental collision |
| | Before leaving the White House January 13 on a domestic trip, President Bush called Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori of Japan from the Oval Office to express to him personally his regrets for the accidental collision of a U.S. submarine with a Japanese trawler off the coast of Hawaii. | | | "So it was appropriate" for him to personally speak with the Prime Minister this morning. | | | The President expressed his regrets, apologized for the accident and said the United States will do all it can to be of assistance to the Japanese government and the Japanese people." |
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http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-us0003.html
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