Fukuda elected Japan's prime minister


	Fukuda elected Japan's prime minister

merrie

9-25-2007 9:07 AM

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yasuo fukuda, prime minister, shinzo abe. scandal

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Japanese Prime Minister-elect Yasuo Fukuda arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/20d33b61-ce93-4a8e-bad3-e7a09a31cbb0/3A4B73FE-44DA-42CB-BC54-CD6F375C0E49/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/51B43B48-DA8B-4ED7-9595-CA84399A9E74" alt="Japanese Prime Minister-elect Yasuo Fukuda arrives at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. A quiet compromiser who has promised to bring stability and moderation to Japan's tumultuous political scene, Fukuda was elected prime minister by parliament on Tuesday. 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He also faces mounting calls by the opposition to call snap elections for the lower house, where the LDP rules.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics"><P>Fukuda's first order of business will be winning passage of legislation extending Japan's naval mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. The opposition, which controls the upper house, has vowed to defeat it.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics">"I want to extend my apologies to the people for not being able to complete my duties," Abe said Tuesday </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics">Abe's public approval ratings had fallen to about 30 percent</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3A4B73FE-44DA-42CB-BC54-CD6F375C0E49/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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