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With Cabinet backing, May girds for Brexit battle in U.K. Parliament
British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday, freeing her to tackle the perilous struggle of getting Parliament to approve it. More than two years after the United Kingdom voted in a ...
After boasting 'gender-balanced' Cabinet, Ethiopia picks first female president
Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday unanimously elected the country's first female president, days after approving one of the world's few "gender-balanced" Cabinets. As seasoned diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde takes the largely ceremonial post, many celebrated Africa's only current female head of state. Africa's first female president, Liberia's ...
Japanese Cabinet opts not to visit Yasukuni Shrine during Autumn Festival
The entire Cabinet along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refrained from visiting Tokyo's war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during this year's four-day autumn festival that ended Saturday. They apparently opted not to visit the shrine, regarded by many as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, because Abe ...
As deficit soars after huge tax cuts, Trump now tells Cabinet to cut budget by 5%
U.S. President Donald Trump, faced with a budget deficit at a six-year high, on Wednesday told his Cabinet to come up with proposals to cut spending by their agencies by 5 percent, but he suggested the military would be largely spared. "I'd like you all ...
Ten days into his new job, Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita said one of his major goals is to strike a balance between management and coexistence when it comes to foreign nationals in Japan. "As we accept foreigners to Japan, I believe the government must carry ...
Satsuki Katayama, the sole female minister named to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled Cabinet, demonstrated her presence from the start of her tenure, as she was seen rushing to buy a new dress just before the declaration ceremony Tuesday at the Imperial Palace in ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to reshuffle his Cabinet and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership in early October if he is elected later this month as party head and prime minister for a third straight term, senior administration officials said Monday. Abe will also ...
Disaster prevention draws more public attention in annual policy survey
More people believe the government should give higher priority to disaster prevention, an annual Cabinet Office survey shows. According to the survey, 28.3 percent of the respondents think disaster prevention should be prioritized, up 2.4 points from the previous year. That is the highest ratio for ...
Former Prime Minister Koizumi sees embattled Abe quitting in June: magazine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, plagued by suspected cronyism scandals and cover-ups and with his ratings sliding, will likely step down in June, former leader Junichiro Koizumi was quoted Monday as telling a weekly magazine. A survey by broadcaster Nippon TV released Sunday showed Abe's support ...
Japan's powerful government personnel body blamed amid cronyism scandals
The powerful new Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs is drawing attention as a factor behind the cronyism scandals dogging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose team set it up.
Minister in charge of Okinawa, Tetsuma Esaki, steps down after stroke
The state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, Tetsuma Esaki, stepped down Tuesday after suffering a minor stroke recently, the government said. A seven-term Lower House member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Esaki, 74, was diagnosed last week with having had ...
