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New Japan PM: Saving economic crisis top mission

New Japan PM: Saving economic crisis top mission
By ERIC TALMADGEASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO (AP) - Shinzo Abe took office as Japan's seventh prime minister in six years Wednesday and vowed to overcome the deep-rooted economic and diplomatic crises facing his country. Abe was elected as Japan's leader hours earlier Wednesday, bringing back to

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party that has run Japan for

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party that has run Japan for

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party that has run Japan for

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party that has run Japan for

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister

Shinzo Abe returns as Japan's prime minister
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Old-guard veteran Shinzo Abe was voted back into office as prime minister Wednesday and immediately named a new Cabinet, ending three years of liberal administrations and restoring power to his conservative, pro-big-business party that has run Japan for

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's coast. Armed with index-size cards, beachcombers will log

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's coast. Armed with index-size cards, beachcombers will log

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter

West Coast girds for more tsunami debris in winter
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volunteers who patrol California beaches for plastic, cigarette butts and other litter will be on the lookout this winter for flotsam from last year's monstrous tsunami off Japan's coast. Armed with index-size cards, beachcombers will log

Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM

Japan's Cabinet resigns to make way for new PM
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet resigned Wednesday to clear the way for a vote in parliament to formally install the nation's new leader, Shinzo Abe, a conservative whose nationalist positions have in the past angered Japan's