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Japan expands unilateral sanctions on DPRK

TheJapanesegovernmentonFridaydecidedtoexpanditssanctionsontheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK).Japan'stopgovernmentspokesperson,ChiefCabinetSecretaryYoshi

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Shinzo Abe reshuffles Cabinet, taps Kono as top envoy

‍Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday and tapped Taro Kono, former minister for administrative reform, as foreign minister.

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Shinzo Abe reshuffles Cabinet, taps Kono as top envoy

‍JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbereshuffledhisCabinetandtheleadershipoftheLiberalDemocraticParty(LDP)onThursdayandtappedTaroKono,formerministerforadministrativere

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Ministers to demand softer Brexit as Cabinet meets for first time

TheresaMay'snewCabinetismeetingforthefirsttimesincetheelection,withsomeministerspoisedtodemandasofterBrexitpolicy.ButtheCabinetBrexiteershavebeenboostedbytheret

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Aussie state government refuses to cooperate with watchdog inquest into phone monitoring

​The Victorian State government in Australia has refused to cooperate with a privacy watchdog probe into an audit of ministers' phones being undertaken by the government.

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Philippine vice president quits from Duterte's Cabinet

Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday she is quitting from the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte.

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S.K. cabinet approves independent counsel bill on Choi scandal

​South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the opposition parties to pick candidates for an independent counsel to investigate the influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil.

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Saenuri Party's factional feuding deepens

​Infighting within the Saenuri Party deepened Monday as the ruling party's leadership rejected growing calls to resign over the scandal involving President Park Geun-hye's close confidante.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet, picks controversial Inada as defence minister

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday, appointing a new defence minister with a history of hawkish views, in the third reshuffle since he returned as premier in December 2012.

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Duterte to hold Cabinet meetings at night

Members of the Cabinet of president-elect Rodrigo Duterte should brace for late night meetings as he admitted being at his best at 6 p.m. and would rather begin his workday officially at 1 p.m.

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Philippine President-elect Duterte unveils Cabinet made up of 'men of integrity'

An eclectic mix of leftists, academics and close friends has formed Filipino President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's new Cabinet, which he unveiled yesterday at a news conference.

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Singapore's Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat suffers a stroke

​Singapore's Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat suffered a stroke during a Cabinet meeting, said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday.

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Canadian PM Trudeau appoints 31-member Cabinet

​Liberal leader Justin Trudeau on Wednesday named a 31-member Cabinet here as he was sworn into office as Canada's 23rd prime minister.

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Abe's new Cabinet has no time to lose in addressing Diet: The Asahi Shimbun

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Oct. 7, but retained most key members.

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Abe's new-look Cabinet rocked amid resignation of two scandal-hit ministers

​The recently reshuffled Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had its very foundations rocked Monday, following the doubly-whammy of two of the five female ministers he ushered into his inner coterie one month ago both stepping down the day due to money scandals.

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Japan's opposition parties, lawyers urge gov't to retract new military policy

Following the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deciding to allow Japan's forces the right to exercise collective self-defense in some situations despite monumental national protests on Tuesday, both opposition parties and members of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations have called on the government to retract its decision.

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Japan launches special team to revise collective self-defense relevant laws

The Japanese government has launched a special team under the National Security Secretariat to prepare relevant legislation for exercising the collective self-defense right following the Cabinet's decision the previous day to lift the ban on it, local media reported Wednesday.