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JAPAN
Jul 1, 2002

September to see Cabinet shuffle, claims Yamasaki

The secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Sunday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is planning a Cabinet shuffle in September.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2002

Top ruling party officials should join Cabinet: panel

Top officials of the nation's reigning political party should join the Cabinet to put more policymaking power into the hands of the prime minister, a Liberal Democratic Party panel said in a proposal revealed Sunday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2001

Cabinet paving way to female prime minister?

The new Cabinet breaks with tradition in several ways -- it has a record number of women, including the first female foreign minister, and a woman is third in line to take over the prime minister's job in an emergency.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Disapproval rating for Mori's Cabinet remains above 70%

Public support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori remains low at 23 percent while the disapproval rate remains above 70 percent despite a slight improvement in both figures from the previous survey, the latest Kyodo News poll showed Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2000

New Cabinet looks familiar

As expected, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has completed his Cabinet reshuffle. Yet at a time of political tumult, there is much that is familiar in the new Cabinet and LDP leadership, and the means by which they were chosen. Despite being assaulted on all sides, Mr. Mori and the Liberal Democratic Party...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 1999

Obuchi cancels Cabinet reshuffle

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi decided to delay the reshuffling of his Cabinet on Thursday due to the unfolding nuclear crisis in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, although most of his picks were to be appointed today.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 1997

Prime minister, Cabinet urged to have more clout

The authority of the prime minister and the functions of the Cabinet should be strengthened, the 13 members of the Administrative Reform Council, headed by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, agreed Aug. 18.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2019

Indonesian President Joko Widodo sets sights on $7 trillion economy with new cabinet

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's new Cabinet is taking shape, with some well-known business figures set to join his team as he pledges to put the world's fourth most-populous country on path to become a $7 trillion economy by 2045.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2019

Visits to Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by ministers may resume after more than two years

Since conservatives close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined his Cabinet in a reshuffle last month, there has been speculation that visits to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Cabinet ministers may resume after a halt of 2½ years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 18, 2019

Silent heroes: Sign language interpreters give voice to Japan's top government spokesman

Kohei Ehara sits quietly in the far corner of the spacious conference room in the Prime Minister's Office, largely unnoticed by a group of reporters waiting for Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to start his daily briefing.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2017

A contrite Abe takes blame for support plunge

Taking a recent plunge in his Cabinet's support rate to heart, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admits that his government's recent handling of alleged favoritism scandals was at fault for stoking voter distrust.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 20, 2014

Abe's female Cabinet picks warrant a closer look

In a Sept. 5 Twitter post, university instructor Akiko Orita pointed out that four of the five women appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his new Cabinet do not use their legal names. Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi, state minister in charge of abduction issues Eriko...
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JAPAN / History
Aug 14, 2013

Papers that pushed for Pacific War revisited

Papers from the long-locked safe of the late Lt. Gen. Teiichi Suzuki, an Imperial Japanese Army wartime Cabinet minister, reveal his faulted argument that Japan had the wherewithal to wage war against the Allies.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2008

Fukuda: No midmonth reshuffling of Cabinet

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda dismissed speculation Friday that he would reshuffle his Cabinet before the Diet opens later this month to shore up his poor public approval ratings.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2007

Fukuda elected prime minister in Diet faceoff

New Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda was elected prime minister by a divided Diet on Tuesday afternoon amid the political turmoil stemming from Shinzo Abe's sudden resignation announcement two weeks ago.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2006

Abe wants NSC-style body, extra advisers to boost agility of Cabinet

Having been forced to deal with a string of disputes ranging from North Korea's missile tests to territorial disputes and rows over history, Shinzo Abe, newly elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is stressing the need for a government that can make decisions quickly and decisively.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2006

Aso, Nakagawa eyed for No. 2 LDP post

Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe is considering Foreign Minister Taro Aso and senior party colleague Hidenao Nakagawa as candidates for secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party if he becomes its next president, LDP sources have said.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2002

Cabinet reshuffle to focus on reform

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he will reshuffle his Cabinet on Monday in line with a new policy agenda aimed at accelerating structural reforms.
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
May 4, 2001

Heresy of Koizumi key to his Cabinet's soaring popularity, Fukuda says

It is the heretical style of new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that has sent his Cabinet's approval ratings soaring, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2001

People want social support, hope, economic stability from the Cabinet

Support for the victims of a volcanic eruption and economic stability are just two of the many things the public wants from the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2001

Opinions split on Tanaka promotion

While Junichiro Koizumi's appointment of Makiko Tanaka as foreign minister took the nation by surprise, some experts warn she could be a mixed blessing for the new prime minister despite her strong popular appeal.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2001

Ministry funded Cabinet Secretariat on the sly: officials

Some of the Foreign Ministry's discretionary diplomacy funds were given to the Cabinet Secretariat every year despite legal restrictions on the transfer of budget funds between government organs, some government officials said Wednesday.

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