Yukio Hatoyama
TOKYO - Japan's prime minister and a powerful challenger wooed fellow party members ahead of a vote Tuesday that could bring the country a new leader in the face of pressing economic and international concerns.
TOKYO - Japan's Defense Ministry stressed the importance of U.S.
TOKYO - Japan's ruling party faced the prospect of political gridlock Monday after an election setback that could undermine its attempts to reduce a ballooning budget deficit and revive growth in the world's second-largest economy.
TOKYO - Voters handed a stinging defeat to Japan's ruling party in weekend elections, rejecting a proposal to increase taxes and handicapping a fledgling government struggling to keep the world's second-largest economy from financial meltdown.
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan is blaming his ruling party's loss in parliamentary elections on his talk about possibly raising the sales tax - but says he isn't resigning.
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