Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi is scheduled to begin his visit in Moscow.

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Three of them, including the new foreign minister, Keizo Obuchi, are accused of taking bribes from an Osaka-based oil trader.

ECONOMIST: Another apology from Hashimoto

The prime minister, Keizo Obuchi, seems to have caught the public mood.

ECONOMIST: Japan

Last week, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi warned Nissan that it should think hard about the impact of its drastic cost-cutting program on workers and subcontractors.

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Instead, they are backing the middle-of-the-road foreign minister, Keizo Obuchi.

ECONOMIST: The ungrateful Japanese

Mr Mori, who stumbled into power last April after his predecessor, Keizo Obuchi, suffered a stroke, has been stumbling ever since, perhaps because his foot keeps straying into his mouth.

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Arriving as one of several visiting participants, Keizo Obuchi, Japan's prime minister, at last filled in some of the details of his country's long-standing pledge to help the region's economies.

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It may have been reached in Japan, where Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi has cut the top corporate income tax rate from 48% to 41%, the highest individual rate from 65% to 50% and even slightly cut social security taxes.

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These are all problems the tragically stricken Obuchi Keizo no longer has to worry about.

CNN: Taking Over

Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo was unpopular and regarded as ineffectual when he took office last year.

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Slumped in the backseat was Japan's prime minister, Obuchi Keizo, his wife Chizuko and a security guard.

CNN: Taking Over

Tokyo says it will stay put at 4.3%, and Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo is promising to keep it there.

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Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo, concentrating on forming his new cabinet, was only informed a few hours after the accident began.

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Japanese Prime Minister Mori Yoshiro lauded his late predecessor, Obuchi Keizo, last week at a memorial service studded with world leaders.

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One has to wonder what possessed Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo to name him to such a potentially sensitive post as parliamentary vice minister of the Defense Agency.

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Japan and South Korea started out together on a new path of cooperation only recently after the late Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo and President Kim Dae Jung pledged to start a new era in relations.

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