Japan's ruling party poised to pick Fukuda for PM
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Japan's ruling party was poised on Sunday to pick Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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Fukuda is elected head of Japan's ruling party, assuring he'll succeed Shinzo Abe. But can he  address the issues Japan cares about?
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A dovish ruling party elder was seen pulling ahead Saturday in the race to become Japan&#39;s next prime minister after he and a former foreign minister formally applied to succeed Shinzo Abe.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Tokyo's Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive party fortunes and end a political vacuum.
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HIROSHIMA, Japan  - Shinzo Abe announced his   candidacy on Friday to be Japan's next prime minister, a post   he looks certain to win, and said he wanted his country to   forge a stronger role on the world stage and improve ties with   Asia.
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Japan's Yasuo Fukuda, a seasoned moderate who favors closer ties with Asian neighbors, was picked as prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, ensuring him the nation's top job.
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Japan's ruling party is likely to see big losses in the Upper House elections on Sunday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat.
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Yasuo Fukuda, a moderate ruling party veteran, was Saturday seen pulling ahead in the two-way race to become Japan&#39;s next prime minister, reports said.
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The moderate veteran politician Yasuo Fukuda easily won election as president of Japan's struggling ruling party on Sunday, assuring his selection as the new prime minister in a parliamentary vote later this week.
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Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day.
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Japan's ruling party elects Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe as next leader, and likely prime minister.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party's fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's backers are trying to set the stage for him to keep his job if his ruling bloc gets trounced in a parliamentary election on Sunday, but analysts wonder whether the strategy will work.
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Shinzo Abe, a conservative advocate of a   more muscular Japanese foreign policy, was overwhelmingly   elected ruling party leader on Wednesday, setting the stage for   him to be chosen as prime minister next week.
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Japan's ruling party is to elect a new leader, in a vote that will also almost certainly decide the next PM.
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Yasuo Fukuda, the front-runner to be Japan&#39;s next prime minister, pledged Sunday to strengthen ties with China and said he would not visit a war shrine seen as a symbol of Tokyo&#39;s wartime past.