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A quick-smiling former Olympic skeetshooter with a penchant for tailored suits and manga comic books took power as Japan's third prime minister in two years Wednesday, vowing to boost a languishing economy.
Brash, right-leaning former Foreign Minister Taro Aso announced Friday that he will run for ruling party president in a move that would put him on track to take over as Japan's next prime minister.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda promised to tackle reforms and address consumer concerns about rising prices Saturday as his new Cabinet held its first meeting after a shake-up intended to regain voter support.
Japan will send military personnel to Sudan to join U.N. peacekeeping operations in the country's first military dispatch to the African nation, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Monday.
Japan will cut its greenhouse gas emissions 60-80 percent by 2050 and can match or better European reduction levels over the next 12 years, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced Monday.
Rock star Bono bowed deeply and gave Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda an iPod at the start of a meeting Saturday to try to get more Japanese support for the fight against poverty in Africa.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Sunday his ruling bloc will submit legislation providing aid to about 1,000 people exposed to hepatitis C through defective blood-clotting products sold by pharmaceutical companies.
A former top Japanese defense bureaucrat and his wife were arrested Wednesday on suspicion they accepted lavish gifts from companies — including one linked to General Electric — in exchange for contracts, officials said.
Text of President Bush's news conference Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Washington, as provided by the White House.
Russia, Japan agree to seek end to territorial row. AFP 11:30 AM PTTOYAKO, Japan (AFP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Tuesday agreed to resolve a decades-old territorial row "as soon as possible," Japanese officials said.
Japan may send troops to Afghanistan: PMJapan is considering whether to send its first troops to Afghanistan on a reconstruction mission, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Sunday. Tokyo has been a major donor to Afghanistan, pledging 1.3 billion dollars since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. ....
Prime ministers in trouble | The Japan Times OnlineBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda face a sea of troubles. Neither looks likely to keep his job long enough to make a significant contribution to solving the problems in Britain or in Japan.
Japan Approves Bill on Afghan WarThe Japanese government pushed through a special law authorizing its navy to resume a refueling mission.
Will Fukuda Fumble? PJM Tokyo: Is the new Prime Minister taking the country in bold and different directions than his scandal-ridden predecessor, or is it business as usual in Japan? PJM correspondent Garrett DeOrio fears the latter.
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