Update 2: Japan&#39;s Cabinet OKs Draft Budget for &#39;05
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Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Monday endorsed a draft 82.18 trillion yen (US$788.7 billion; euro594.62 billion) national budget for fiscal 2005, increasing overall spending to care for an aging population but trimming general and defense outlays.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, replacing several top ministers in an effort to boost his popularity, consolidate political support and quicken the pace of reforms in the world's second-largest economy.
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TOKYO The Japanese government said Monday that it planned to cut its budget deficit by 6 percent next fiscal year in a bid to curb an expansion of the world&#39;s largest public debt.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today is choosing cabinet ministers and party leaders who support the sale of Japan Post, the world&#39;s largest savings bank, as he seeks to quell opposition from within his party.
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The Italian Senate today gave final approval to the government - s 2005 budget, including spending cuts and revenue-raising measures worth 30 billion euros ( 21.2 billion), and designed to keep Italy - s ...
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Japan's upper house of parliament votes to upgrade the defence agency to a full ministry.
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Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Tuesday extended the country&#39;s naval mission to provide logistical support to the US-led coalition in Afghanistan by six months, and approved a plan to supply fuel for the coalition&#39;s helicopters.
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TOKYO Dec 9, 2004 - Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year, the trade minister said.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering proposals to revise the constitution to let women take the throne, according to a draft seen by local media.
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With an eye to North Korea and China, Prime Minister Koizumi&#39;s Cabinet is set to pass new guidelines Friday. By Bennett Richardson | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's brand-new cabinet including heavyweight veterans won an approval rating of around 40 percent in a survey released in Tuesday, more than 10 points higher than the previous cabinet.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s politically sensitive plan to privatize Japan&#39;s postal system and spin off its businesses in 2007 was adopted by the Cabinet on Friday, handing the Japanese leader a victory on a reform issue he has aggressively promoted
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Japanese lawmakers approved a proposal Friday that would rein in the country's fiscal deficit by shifting spending and authority from the national government to regional entities, providing a boost to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform agenda.
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Japan adopted new defense guidelines Friday, including the relaxation of an arms-export ban that will facilitate missile security with Washington, another sign of Tokyo&#39;s
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Japan has approved an overhaul of its military policy to take account of threats from China and North Korea and to allow defense exports to the United States.
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The Bank of Japan made an &quot;appropriate&quot; decision to raise interest rates Wednesday for the first time since last July, the top government spokesman said.