Tokyo: Japan Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is to be voted in on Tuesday as the country's sixth prime minister in five years amid doubts he can unite his fractious ruling party while tackling myriad economic ills and a nuclear crisis. Noda, a 54-year-old fiscal hawk who wants to curb Japan's huge public debt, was elected head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in a bruising run-off. He had...
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Tokyo: Japan's ruling party elected Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda its new chief on Monday, paving the way for him to be the next prime minister and inherit the daunting task of recovering from the huge tsunami and nuclear crisis. Noda, 54, is known as a fiscal conservative and has lately been battling a sluggish economy, bulging national debt and the yen's record surge, which hurts Japan's exporters by making their...01:32 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Tokyo: The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced on Friday that he was stepping down after almost 15 months in office as his government's ratings plunged due to handling of nuclear crisis triggered by tsunami. Kan appeared on national television to announce that he was resigning as the leader of the ruling Democratic Party, effectively ending his tenure as Prime Minister. His exit paves the way for election of Japan's...01:52 PM, Aug 26, 2011
In a new book, the wife of Japan's PM Naoto Kan questions whether he is fit for the nation's top job. ...12:55 PM, Jul 24, 2010
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Prime Minister-elect Naoto Kan says he won't oppose US Marine base in Okinawa. ...04:06 PM, Jun 08, 2010
Kan served as finance minister and deputy prime minister in prime minister Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet. ...11:39 AM, Jun 04, 2010
Yukio Hatoyama faced pressure from within his own party to step down ahead of July's upper house elections. ...11:05 AM, Jun 02, 2010
His DPJ had won a total victory in August 30 parliamentary elections. ...02:57 PM, Sep 16, 2009
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