Japan government

Japan government

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  Japan's Nikkei jumps on Abe's stimulus package

  Japan's Nikkei stock index jumped Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a massive spending package intended to breathe life into the ... 

• Tokyo protests to China over 4 ships near islands

  The Japanese government summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to protest four Chinese maritime surveillance ships that spent about 13 hours in waters ... 

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  New Japan PM: Saving economic crisis top mission

  Shinzo Abe took office as Japan's seventh prime minister in six years Wednesday and vowed to overcome the deep-rooted economic and diplomatic crises ... 

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  After landslide, Abe says Japan has difficult road

  After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring it back to power after a three-year hiatus, Shinzo Abe stressed Monday ... 

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  Nationalist Shinzo Abe is likely Japan's next PM

  The Liberal Democratic Party's victory in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday virtually ensures that Shinzo Abe, who resigned as prime minister for ... 

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  Conservative party favored as Japanese vote

  Japanese were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that were expected to put the once-dominant conservatives back in power after a three-year ... 

• China submits oceanic claims to United Nations

  China provided the United Nations with detailed claims to waters in the East China Sea on Friday, apparently padding out its legal argument in an ... 

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  North Korea gears up to launch long-range rocket

  North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile ...