TOKYO (AP) -- Official campaigning doesn't begin for another week, but potential successors to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda began rallying their forces Wednesday ahead of a vote to formally name his replacement.... ...full story at AP
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Sep. 25 - Yasuo Fukuda became Japanese prime minister Tuesday, trying to revive the fortunes of his Liberal Democratic Party.
The 71-year-old moderate, Japan's oldest new... |
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Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss… » Barbarian at the Gate or so they say. In case you didn’t know, Japan has a new Prime Minister this week. Here’s a piece from AP: Fukuda wins LDP vote, assured of becoming next prime minister Moderate veteran Yasuo Fukuda easily won election as president ... |
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Tug of war over Mr. Fukuda » Japan Times Opposition forces Wednesday passed a censure motion in the Upper House against Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda — the first such motion ever passed under the postwar Constitution. To counter the censure motion, the ruling forces in the Lower House gave M... |
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Yasuo Fukuda New Japan Prime Minister » Japan Visitor 福田 赳夫Yasuo Fukuda today became Japan's latest Prime Minister following the formality of a vote (338-117 in Fukuda's favor) in Japan's Lower House, which is controlled by Fukuda's party the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).Fukuda succeeds Shinzo ... |
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Fukuda seeks set law on SDF deployments »
Japan Times  Japan needs a permanent law to allow the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces overseas so they can carry out peace activities whenever requested, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Friday. Read more . . . |
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Fukuda, Singh eye FTA deal by mid-'08 »
Japan Times  SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed in talks Wednesday to aim for a comprehensive free-trade agreement by mid-2008, a Japanese official said. Read more . . . |
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