G8 leaders attend a tree planting ceremony at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
U.S. President George W. Bush (C), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda (R) leave after a tree planting ceremony at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa during G8 Summit in Toyako, Japan on July 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Alex Volgin)
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Taro Aso was elected Japan's new prime minister Wednesday by the country's parliament, replacing Yasuo Fukuda, and he immediately announced his Cabinet.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who is set to leave office, and his Cabinet Friday endorsed a bill to extend the country's Indian Ocean refueling mission.
Ichiro Ozawa won another term Monday as president of the Democratic Party of Japan, allowing him to lead the main opposition to form the next government.
Although Germany shed its "historical guilt" for the 1939-45 war by the 1980s, most Japanese leaders have yet to abandon the cringing tone that they employ in the presence of those coming from countries that collectively defeated Japan. Recently resigned Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was a typical example of this, especially with regard to policy toward China.
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