Word: shintaro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After last week's big win, Liberal Democratic factions huddled in round- the-clock meetings to begin preparing for the annual party convention in the fall. Takeshita, along with Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, 62, and L.D.P. Executive Board Chairman Kiichi Miyazawa, 66 -- both prominent leaders of rival L.D.P. factions -- said that they would go along in principle with a brief extension of Nakasone's reign as party president, but objected to giving him a full, two-year third term. Confronted by the Prime Minister's impressive mandate at the polls, however, they may waver. Nakasone is a talented coalition builder...
Nakasone had planned a second official pilgrimage to Yasukuni. Last week, however, a government spokesman indicated that the visit would be canceled, possibly to ensure a cordial welcome for Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, who arrived in Peking on Thursday for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian. Counseled Wu at a welcoming dinner: "Please benefit from the lessons of history...
...timing of Nakasone's speech was no coincidence. It came just before representatives from Japan and other industrial countries gathered last week in Paris for the annual ministerial meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Shintaro Abe, the Japanese Foreign Minister, admitted beforehand that his country wanted to avoid being made a "scapegoat" at the Paris session. As expected, the U.S. pressed at the meeting for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations. The ministers agreed that those talks should start "as soon as possible." A firm date, probably in 1986, may be set when the leaders...
...trade dialogue with Japan will resume this week, when Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe is to meet with Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington. Talks will also continue at the technical level. But the next top- level trade event will be the seven-nation economic summit in Bonn beginning May 2, when Reagan will confer with the leaders of the major industrial democracies, including Nakasone. The President plans to make trade the main item on the agenda, calling for a new round of negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Several lawmakers voted in favor...
...meeting ended with an agreement for further high-level talks to be overseen by Secretary of State George Shultz and his Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe. While these steps may not be able to alleviate the boeki masatsu, the genial summit may at least help reduce domestic political pressures on both Reagan and Nakasone...