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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2015
Drone with radiation symbol found on roof of prime minister's office
A drone about 50 cm wide equipped with what appeared to be a small camera, a smoke flare and emblazoned with a radiation symbol was found on the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tokyo office on Wednesday morning, officials and media reports said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2014
Thai king meets PM, ministers easing health concerns
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej met the country's prime minister and two other ministers on Sunday, helping to ease concern over his health after he was admitted to a hospital last month.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2014
DPJ takes aim at newly appointed female Cabinet members
The Democratic Party of Japan appears to have identified the Cabinet's three newly appointed female members as a weak point of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2014
Abe, Suga both away from Tokyo at the same time
The last few days were rather unusual for the prime minister's office in Nagatacho, Japan's political center: Both Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga were not there.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2014
Abe matches Koizumi by naming five women to lineup
Only once before Abe's Cabinet shake-up on Wednesday have there been five female ministers at the same time.
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2014
Wiser Abe Cabinet logs record 500 days in office
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Friday marked the 500th day since its inception in December 2012, extending its record as the longest-serving lineup in the postwar era.

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