Shinzo Abe

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1. Yahoo! News: Shinzo Abe
2. Wikipedia: Shinzo Abe
3. Official Site: Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
4. BBC NEWS: Profile: Shinzo Abe
5. TIME: A Sudden Sayonara for Shinzo Abe (September 13, 2007)
6. New York Times: Governing Party in Japan Suffers Election Defeat
7. Guardian Unlimited: Japanese prime minister resigns (September 12, 2007)

Shinzo Abe Recent News

• Shinzo Abe news in The New York Times and BBC News
• BBC News: Abe 'sorry' for sudden departure (Sept 24, 2007)
• Financial Times: Fukuda makes a play to succeed Abe (Sept 14, 2007)
• Guardian Unlimited: Japan PM Race Between Aso and Fukuda (Sept 14, 2007)
• Sydney Morning Herald: Surprise favourite has no connection to Abe (Sept 14, 2007)
• ABC News: The Talk of Tokyo: Japan's Abe Resigns (Sept 13, 2007)
• BBC NEWS: What led Shinzo Abe to resign? | Timeline: Abe's road to resignation (September 12, 2007)
• Bloomberg.com: Abe Wants to Triple Trade With India in Three Years (August 22, 2007)
• TIME: A Rout for Japan's Ruling Party

Shinzo Abe Background and Profiles

• Official Site: Profile of Prime Minister
• People's Daily Online: Profile of Shinzo Abe
• BBC NEWS: Abe elected as new Japan premier

Shinzo Abe Blogs and Commentaries

• News Groper: Fake Shinzo Abe Blog
• Google Blog Search: Shinzo Abe
• ZNet: Abe's "normal" Japan

Shinzo Abe Photos

• Yahoo! News Photos: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
• Google Image Search: Shinzo Abe
• Flickr: Shinzo Abe
• Yahoo! Image Search: Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe Videos

• Japanese Governmental Videos: Weekly Videos
• YouTube & Google Video: Shinzo Abe
• Video: Japan's PM accepts poll defeat (Time: 2:00)

Shinzo Abe Criticism and Controversy

• washingtonpost.com: Shinzo Abe's Double Talk
• Economist: "The unbearable weight of Shinzo Abe"
• asahi.com: LDP pressure led to cuts in NHK show
• International Herald Tribune: Japan to order more public media coverage of North Korea abductees
• BBC NEWS: Japan PM apology on sex slaves
• New York Times: Japan Official Resigns Over Remarks

Shinzo Abe Timeline

• Sept. 21, 1954 -- Born in Tokyo; second son of Shintaro and Yoko Abe
• March 1977 -- Graduates from the department of political science in the Faculty of Law at Seikei University in Tokyo and goes on to study politics at the University of Southern California
• April 1979 -- Starts working at Kobe Steel Ltd.
• November 1982 -- Leaves Kobe steel and becomes executive assistant to his father, who is foreign minister.
• May 1991 -- Father dies.
• July 1993 -- Wins his first House of Representatives seat, running for the Liberal Democratic Party in his father's constituency in Yamaguchi Prefecture
• July 2000 -- Becomes deputy chief Cabinet secretary in the second Cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
• April 2001 -- Remains deputy chief Cabinet secretary in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's first Cabinet.
• September 2003 -- Becomes LDP secretary general.
• September 2004 -- Becomes acting LDP secretary general.
• September 2005 -- Wins fifth term in Lower House.
• October 2005 -- Becomes a Cabinet member for the first time as chief Cabinet secretary in Koizumi's third Cabinet.
• Sept. 1, 2006 -- As expected, announces he will run in the LDP presidential election.
• Sept. 20, 2006 -- Wins the LDP election, beating Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki.

Shinzo Abe Satire and Humor

• News Groper: Fake Shinzo Abe Blog
• Political Cartoon: Shinzo Abe and Kim Jung Il

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