<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Shinzo Abe: News &amp; Videos about Shinzo Abe - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Shinzo_Abe</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Shinzo Abe from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:33:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Shinzo Abe: News &amp; Videos about Shinzo Abe - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Shinzo_Abe</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Shinzo Abe from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Fukuda to Be Japan's Next PM</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Yasuo Fukuda is elected head of Japan's ruling party, but can he  address the issues Japan cares about?
</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan: Forward Into the Past</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662713,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662713,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After the Abe implosion, the gray-headed factions seemed destined to recover their hold on power</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Abe treated for exhaustion, stress</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/abe.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/abe.hospital/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized for gastrointestinal inflammation caused by exhaustion and stress Thursday. His hospitalization comes a day after announcing his resignation following a sound electoral beating and the resignations of several government ministers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surging oil unnerves investors</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stocks are likely to trade lower Thursday, with oil prices hovering near $80 a barrel and the dollar near an all-time low versus the euro.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japanese stocks mixed</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/news/international/japan_markets.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/13/news/international/japan_markets.ap/index.htm</guid><description>Japanese stocks were mixed Thursday as traders were jittery over the outlook for the government after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation a day earlier.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search begins for Abe replacement</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/abe.resign/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/abe.resign/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japanese political leaders are looking for a replacement for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced his resignation Wednesday after an electoral beating and the resignations of several government ministers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>After Abe's Exit, Will Japan Retreat?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661074,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661074,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Prime Minister vowed to restore Japan's place on the world stage. His resignation may be a sign that domestic concerns will turn the country inward again </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's potential PM king of cartoons</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/news/international/bc.apfn.as.fin.com.japan.comic.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/news/international/bc.apfn.as.fin.com.japan.comic.ap/index.htm</guid><description>It was a heyday for comic books on the Tokyo stock market.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks set to back off</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stock futures indicated a weak open Wednesday as record high oil prices and weakness in the dollar weighed on investors and a cloud of uncertainty was cast over Japan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cautious on Wall Street</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>U.S. stock futures indicated a weak open Wednesday as record high oil prices weighed on investors and a cloud of uncertainty was cast over Japan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treasurys ease on currency and rate concerns</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm</guid><description>Treasury prices fell Wednesday, their recent sharp run-up interrupted by concerns about the U.S. dollar and the size of  anticipated rate cuts.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Abe to resign, stocks fall</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/news/international/japan_abe.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/news/international/japan_abe.ap/index.htm</guid><description>Japanese stocks fell Wednesday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to resign after a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Prime Minister To Resign</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661005,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661005,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he will resign, ending a troubled year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dollar hits all-time low vs. euro</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/bc.apfn.euro.dollar.ap/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/12/markets/bc.apfn.euro.dollar.ap/index.htm</guid><description>The dollar sank to an all-time low against the euro Wednesday amid speculation that the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates by as much as half a percentage point.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Showdown for Abe in Japan
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660398,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660398,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is staking his job on Japan's continued support of the coalition forces in Afghanistan. But it's matters closer to home that threaten him most
</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Another Japanese minister admits financial discrepancies</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/japan.minister.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/japan.minister.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Just a week after naming a new Cabinet in an effort to regain public trust, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hit Wednesday with another scandal -- calls for his environment minister to resign over misreported political funds.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Japanese farm minister resigns over farm subsidy scandal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/japan.farm.minister.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/japan.farm.minister.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japan's agriculture minister resigned Monday only a week after his appointment because of a scandal involving misuse of farm subsidies, the fourth Cabinet minister to step down in the past year.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Abe Names New Cabinet</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>In a bid to improve the credibility of his struggling administration, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appoints a slew of political veterans</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan, N. Korea to talk relations</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/japan.nkorea.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/japan.nkorea.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japan and North Korea will hold talks on establishing diplomatic relations next week in Ulan Bator, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The two-day talks from September 5 will be held as part of a six-country deal to scrap Pyongyang's nuclear-arms programs in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan PM taps veterans for cabinet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/japan.cabinet.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/japan.cabinet.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has picked veteran lawmakers for key posts in a new cabinet line-up to be unveiled on Monday, media said, to try to revive faltering support after a massive election defeat.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prime minister gets finger in post</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/japan.finger.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/japan.finger.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A member of a Japanese right-wing group was arrested on Thursday after he sent his severed little finger to the ruling party's headquarters in protest at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to visit a Tokyo war shrine.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abe meets Allied panel critic's son</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/abe.judge.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/abe.judge.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday met the son of an Indian judge who opposed punishing Japanese war criminals convicted by an Allied tribunal, a move that has come under fire in some other Asia countries.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan PM calls for 'broader Asia'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/india.abe.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/india.abe.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on Wednesday for a "broader Asia" partnership of democracies that would include India, the United States and Australia but leave out the region's superpower, China.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Abe a No-Show at Shrine 

</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653265,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1653265,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The country's annual assertion of nationalism has suddenly lost symbolic heft as the Prime Minister skips visiting a shrine to Japan's war dead</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan Debates Its Role in Iraq</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651342,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651342,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Newly in charge of the upper house of the legislature, an opposition leader calls for an end to Japanese involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. His target is Prime Minister Abe, but his country's alliance with the U.S. could suffer collateral damage</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan PM loss seen hurting stocks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/29/news/international/election_market.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/29/news/international/election_market.reut/index.htm</guid><description>A crushing election defeat for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling camp on Sunday could hurt Tokyo shares, boost bonds and raise questions about the chance of an early interest rate hike, market analysts said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strong earthquake jolts Japan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/japan.typhoon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/japan.typhoon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck just off the northwestern Japanese coast Monday morning, knocking down several small buildings and resulting in at least 20 injuries, authorities reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 20 injured in Japan quake</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/japan.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/japan.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A magnitude-6.8 earthquake, centered 17 kilometers below sea level, struck just off the northwestern Japanese coast Monday morning, knocking down several small buildings and resulting in at least 20 injuries, authorities reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nuke reactor 'leaked' after quake</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/japan.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/japan.quake/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Japanese nuclear power plant shut down following a major earthquake on Monday leaked water containing radioactive materials from a reactor, according to the company running the facility.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan's Administration in Meltdown</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1639635,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1639635,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As his defense minister resigns over his comments on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of creating a more muscular Japan looks lost</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan Bristles at U.S. WWII Criticism</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1637191,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1637191,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A congressional resolution on women forced into prostitution by theJapanese military highlights Tokyo's evasion</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide Ends a Japanese Scandal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625862,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625862,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The country's controversial Agriculture Minister is found hanging at the end of a dog leash</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 19:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shinzo Abe Talk Asia interview</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/talkasia.abe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/talkasia.abe/index.html</guid><description>In a rare international television interview Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sits with TALK ASIA's Anjali Rao ahead of his much talked-about and 'delayed' first official trip to the United States. He discusses Japan's current relationship with the U.S., the issue of "comfort women," his stance on North Korea, and Japanese domestic issues including changing the constitution and the economy. His popular wife, likened to U.S. presidential candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton, also joins him to chat as she reveals her fondness for Korean pop culture.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>60 years later, pain still fresh for WWII sex slave</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/comfort.women/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/comfort.women/index.html</guid><description>She's 78 years old, but for Lee Young-soo, life as she knew it ended at age 15 -- when the Japanese government forced her to become a sex slave for its military members during World War II.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Highlights from the world's press</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/02/tbr.papers/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/02/tbr.papers/index.html</guid><description>Journalists are good at reporting what's happened, not so good at predicting what is going to happen. 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Ecuador</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Japan PM vows strong China ties</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/japan.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/japan.politics/index.html</guid><description>Japan's newly elected prime minister,  Shinzo Abe, is ready to work to improve relations with key regional neighbors China and South Korea, according to news reports Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan: Rising sun, setting PM</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386200/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386200/index.htm</guid><description>A silver-haired prime minister furrows his brow as experts brief the Japanese cabinet on a looming national crisis. A trusted aide urges immediate action, but senior ministers scoff that nothing ca... </description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan Decides: Story archive</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/japan.decides.stories/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/japan.decides.stories/index.html</guid><description>Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has elected Shinzo Abe as its new president , virtually assuring him of the role of succeeding Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister of Japan on September 26.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abe favored as Japan's next leader</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/japan.koizumi.successor/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/japan.koizumi.successor/index.html</guid><description>Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, 51, is the front-runner to succeed Junichiro Koizumi as the next president of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, a post which  will carry with it the prime ministership of Japan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The world at risk - July 21, 2006</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/07/8382564/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/07/8382564/index.htm</guid><description>1. MEXICO Calderón's narrow victory is likely to be upheld, but a polarized landscape and a weak mandate will constrain his ability to govern.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abe: Japan still wants NK sanction</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/japan.korea/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/japan.korea/index.html</guid><description>Japan still wants a United Nations resolution on North Korea's missile tests that includes sanctions, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said on Friday, Reuters news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>