Fukuda and his cabinet

2007-09-26 12:22:51

Fukuda wins Japan's ruling party presidential election

2007-09-23 15:36:03

Former chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda (C) bows to parliamentarians of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after he was chosen as the party president at the LDP parliamentarian meeting, at the party headquarters in Tokyo September 23, 2007. [Reuters]

Special edition papers reporting Japanese PM Abe's resignation

2007-09-12 16:52:12

Special edition papers, reporting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision that he would resign, are being distributed in Tokyo September 12, 2007. Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struggling after a bashing at the polls and suffering low support rates, said on Wednesday that he would resign. [Reuters]

Japan's ruling party secretary general Taro Aso

2007-09-12 16:38:16

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party secretary general Taro Aso (C), who is also Foreign Minister, heads to a party meeting at the parliament in Tokyo September 12, 2007, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation. [Reuters]

Protest against extension of special anti-terrorism legislation

2007-09-12 16:24:34

Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (front) and other protesters, holding candles, shout slogans during a protest rally against an extension of special anti-terrorism legislation in front of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo on September 11, 2007.

Japan's prime minister says he'll resign

2007-09-12 13:43:09

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe announced he will resign, ending a year-old gov't that has suffered a string of damaging scandals. Full Coverage  China, ROK Reaction

Japanese Buddhist monks protest against anti-terrorism legislation

2007-09-12 16:23:50

Japanese Buddhist monks hold banners as policemen stand guard during a protest rally against an extension of special anti-terrorism legislation in front of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo on September 11, 2007.

Nikkei ends in negative territory after Abe's resignation

2007-09-12 16:22:37

A businessman looks at an electronic monitor displaying the Nikkei's close and a news report of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing his resignation in Tokyo on September 12, 2007. Japanese stocks ended in negative territory on Wednesday after the shock resignation of Prime Minister Abe, with the Nikkei average down 0.5 percent as thin trade and political uncertainty took their toll. [Reuters]

Abe's wife pets a baby kangaroo in Sydney

2007-09-12 16:21:16

Akie Abe, wife of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pets a baby kangaroo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's leaders' spouse programme in Sydney on September 8, 2007. [Reuters]

People wait for Abe's stumping speech for upper house election

2007-09-12 16:19:45

People wait for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stumping speech for upper house election on a pedestrian overpass in Matsudo, near Tokyo in this July 26, 2007 file photo. [Reuters]

Democratic Party reacts to Abe's resignation

2007-09-12 16:16:59

Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, speaks to the media during a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on September 12, 2007, following the announcement of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation.

Japan's PM Abe meets Russia's President Putin

2007-09-12 16:03:27

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral session on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on September 8, 2007. [Reuters]