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...coasted to the Prime Ministership last September, Shinzo Abe often spoke of his grand ambitions to remake Japan's postwar system and enlarge the country's role on the world stage. But after what is shaping up to be a catastrophic performance in Sunday's elections for the Japanese Diet's Upper House, it may be the Japanese public's turn to reshape the administration of Shinzo Abe - if his government survives...
...from a spent-fuel pool and into the nearby ocean. Tokyo Electric also announced that 100 drums containing radioactive solid waste were toppled, and some radioactive material was detected in one of the main exhaust pipes that emit the plant's treated emissions into the open air. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized the company for failing to respond quickly enough in the quake's aftermath. Tokyo Electric President Tsunehisa Katsumata apologized, saying "We were not aware of the dangers." He added that Monday was a national holiday, which delayed the assembly of response teams...
...want to see why Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) could be headed for a crushing defeat in the Diet Upper House election on July 29-and the Prime Minister himself could be forced to resign just 10 months into his tenure-pop into the social-welfare office in Tokyo's central Minato ward. Most days you'll find a gray brigade of angry Japanese voters who want to know where their pensions have gone-and they want to know now. In May the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) revealed that records of up to 50 million...
...members, for appearing to suggest that the atomic bombings could be viewed as historically justifiable, and not solely, as Japanese are taught, as an unforgivable war crime. Kyuma had touched the third rail of Japanese politics, incurring the wrath of the influential A-bomb victims' groups. Though Prime Minister Shinzo Abe briefly supported his handpicked defense chief, by July 3 it was clear Kyuma had to go. "I told Prime Minister Abe I would take responsibility and resign," Kyuma said to reporters Tuesday afternoon. "I truly apologize for having troubled and caused worry to the people of Nagasaki." Abe replaced...
...whether the Peruvian samurai with the accented Japanese will attract voters here who seem preoccupied with domestic issues, especially if Fujimori has to do all his campaigning via teleconferencing. But Fujimori's election could have a surprising impact on Japanese politics. If the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) loses Diet seats in the July elections, as polls suggest, they could lose their majority in the upper house unless they can form a broader coalition with new allies. If Fujimori can help the PNP win additional seats, the small conservative party would...