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CABINET

JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2014
Business leaders urge new Cabinet to address reforms, growth steps
The nation's business leaders on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new Cabinet to swiftly address economic reforms and growth strategy to get the economy out of decades of deflation.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2014
Foul play ruled out in Cabinet Office official's January death on a raft
The cause of the death of a 30-year-old Cabinet Office official found in January in a rubber raft drifting off the coast of Kitakyushu was drowning, the Japan Coast Guard said Tuesday, ruling out foul play.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2014
Ishiba backs down, hints he will accept Cabinet post if offered
LDP lieutenant Shigeru Ishiba drops his opposition to entering the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, playing down speculation he intends to run again for LDP president.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2014
Abe looking to appoint Ishiba to new Cabinet post next week: report
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking to appoint Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba to a newly created ministerial post for regional revitalization in his reshuffled Cabinet to be announced Wednesday, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 26, 2014
Fukushima's high number of disaster-related suicides likely due to nuclear crisis: Cabinet Office
The number of suicides in Fukushima Prefecture linked to 3/11 is higher than elsewhere, most likely because of the nuclear disaster, according to the Cabinet Office.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2014
LDP No. 2 Ishiba to turn down Cabinet post in Abe reshuffle: senior party official
Shigeru Ishiba, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is ready to reject Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's offer of a Cabinet position.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2014
Cabinet may top record for women
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to have at least five female ministers in his Cabinet following a reshuffle that will take place in the first week of September, according to government and ruling party sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 18, 2014
Who's at the table for Abe's reshuffle?
Rumors and speculation are swirling in Nagata-cho, Japan's political nerve center. The hot topic: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to reshuffle the Cabinet and the leadership of his Liberal Democratic Party next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Three ministers visit Yasukuni on surrender day anniversary; Abe refrains
Three Cabinet ministers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Government project aims to promote translations of Japanese books abroad
The government has launched a project to translate Japanese-language books about culture, history and advanced technology to bolster international understanding of the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 13, 2014
Japan suffers biggest economic slump since 2011 quake as tax hike bites
The April 1 consumption tax hike drove the economy into its biggest contraction since the March 2011 quake and tsunami, Cabinet Office data show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2014
All eyes on Ishiba as Abe closes in on date for Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to retain Yoshihide Suga as chief Cabinet secretary along with three of his deputies in a Cabinet reshuffle that will likely take place on Sept. 4, a government source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 1, 2014
Abe hopes to tap women in September reshuffle of Cabinet, LDP leadership
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that he plans to reshuffle his Cabinet and Liberal Democratic Party leadership in the first week of September.
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2014
Weak state secrets oversight
An expert panel's proposal to create at least two oversight bodies staffed by Japanese bureaucrats falls far short of what's needed to prevent the arbitrary designation of government information as state secrets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 26, 2014
Timing eyed for Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to replace more than half of his 18 ministers in the first week of September in what would be his first Cabinet reshuffle since taking office in December 2012, senior government officials said.
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2014
Japanese government to make fuel-cell cars the official vehicle for all ministries
The Abe administration has instructed all ministries and other offices to introduce fuel-cell cars as official vehicles, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 20, 2014
Abe expected to ax more than half his ministers in upcoming Cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe envisions replacing more than half of his 18 ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle expected in early September, ruling coalition officials said Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 16, 2014
U.K.'s Cameron promotes women
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday pushed through his biggest government shake-up since coming to power in 2010, promoting women and Euroskeptics to senior roles in an appeal to voters in next May's national election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2014
Abe wins battle to broaden defense policy
The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe authorizes a reinterpretation of war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution, allowing Japan for the first time since World War II to come to the aid of an ally under attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2014
Abe moves to boost control of bureaucrats
The government has decided to create a new body that's seen as a political maneuver by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to tighten his grip on powerful government bureaucrats.

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