TOKYO (REUTERS) - In a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's new trade and industry minister will resign as early as Sunday over allegations that groups backing her misused political funds, ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) - With a telegenic presence, powerful ruling party mentors and a talent for avoiding making political enemies, Japan's new trade and industry minister, Yuko Obuchi, may have what it ...

Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/Files By Linda ...

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Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi leaves the upper house of parliament in Tokyo September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - With a telegenic presence, ...

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With the markets unfazed by the data, the prime minister has an even stronger mandate to continue his fiscally robust economic policies. election by October 2000 and that his popularity is on the wane ...

For someone who has been plying the treacherous waters of Japanese politics since 1963, Keizo Obuchi has made scarcely a ripple. He is not identified with any major government policies, has no ...