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Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), Medvedev’s spokeswoman said…

AP - Japan’s Nikkei index led world markets lower Tuesday as the yen’s rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar and a nine-year best against the euro hit…

AP - Japan’s ruling Democrats lost seats in a parliamentary election Sunday, according to exit polls by local media, dealing a setback to the progressive party’s 10-month-old government.

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AP - Japan’s new prime minister named his Cabinet and vowed to tackle the country’s burgeoning debt Tuesday, but analysts said with elections looming he will be hard pressed to…

AP - Naoto Kan, the straight-talking populist named Japan’s new prime minister, faces a host of daunting tasks, from reviving the nation’s stagnant economy to cutting back its ballooning national…

AP - Japan’s lower house elected Naoto Kan as the new prime minister Friday, handing the outspoken, grass-roots populist the task of quickly reclaiming public support squandered by his predecessor…

AP - Japan’s ruling party picked grass-roots populist Naoto Kan as its new chief Friday, paving his way to replace political blueblood Yukio Hatoyama as prime minister while the party…

AP - Japan’s ruling party scrambled Thursday to find a new leader after the prime minister called it quits, with Finance Minister Naoto Kan widely seen as the most likely…

AP - Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning after just eight months in office, largely because of his broken campaign promise to move a U.S.…

AP - Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.

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