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TerraN_EmpirE

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First Delft is correct. In Japan like the Uk the Head of state is the constitutional Monarch, His Imperial Majesty Akihito. Head of Government is Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Where as Xi Like President Obama in the US is the Head of both Government and State.
That's first. Second The Headline is over zealous. Abe has only stated that there maybe something to the Chinese having a Claim not that there is the operative claim.
 

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Xi actually have a whole list of titles, the three most important ones I think are the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, which corresponds to the head of party (and therefore government under the one party system), head of state and head of military.
 

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Generally speaking there are two main roles at the top of a nation those are the two most critical Head of State and Head of government. normally Head of military is part of head of government. If your in the Head of Government Role your almost always head of your party but that's not as important to external politics. Xi is Head of State He is the absolute top rep of his nation, He is head of Government in that he sets the tone of policy.
Abe is only head of Government. he sets the tone of his national policies, Head of Ruling party, Head of military. But not head of State.
The Emperor has that role as the absolute top ambassador of his nation.
 

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I think for his predecessor Hu it is not until his second term that he became head of military from Jiang.

But the consensus is that Xi has good support of the military from day one.
 

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Japan's trade and industry minister has submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over claims she abused donation funds.

Yuko Obuchi is alleged to have used funds from her political support groups and donations on make-up and other items unconnected to politics.

She handed Mr Abe a letter of resignation during a 30-minute meeting with him, state broadcaster NHK said.

Ms Obuchi was once seen as potentially Japan's first female premier.
 

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Armed RCMP officers approach Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the Canadian War Memorial and a shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)


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Armed RCMP officers head towards the Langevin Block on Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. (*******/Chris Wattie)


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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team responds to a reported shooting at Parliament building in Ottawa Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial has been shot by an unknown gunman and there have been reports of gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. Emergency responders are still on the scene as paramedics performed CPR on the soldier before he was taken away by ambulance. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)


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RCMP intervention team members clear the area at the entrance of Parliament hill in Ottawa Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot by an unknown gunman and people reported hearing gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was rushed away from Parliament Hill to an undisclosed location, according to officials. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)


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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team walks past a gate on Parliament hill in Ottawa Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial has been shot by an unknown gunman and there have been reports of gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. Emergency responders are still on the scene as paramedics performed CPR on the soldier before he was taken away by ambulance. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)


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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team walks past a gate on Parliament hill in Ottawa Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial has been shot by an unknown gunman and there have been reports of gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. Emergency responders are still on the scene as paramedics performed CPR on the soldier before he was taken away by ambulance. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)


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Armed RCMP officers guard the front of Langevin Block on Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the Canadian War Memorial and a shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports. Reuters/Chris Wattie


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Armed RCMP officers approach Centre Block on Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the Canadian War Memorial and a shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)


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Armed RCMP officers approach Centre Block on Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the Canadian War Memorial and a shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)


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Police teams enter Centre Block at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot by an unknown gunman and people reported hearing gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was rushed away from Parliament Hill to an undisclosed location, according to officials. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Justin Tang)


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Armed RCMP officers head in to Centre Block on Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the Canadian War Memorial and a shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)


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Police officers take cover near Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the Canadian War Memorial and a shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports. (Reuters/Chris Wattie)


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A small plane equipped with surveillance equipment flies over the scene of multiple shiootings in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. Police are expanding a security perimeter in the heart of the national capital after a gunman opened fire and wounded a soldier at the National War Memorial before injuring a security guard on Parliament Hill, where he was reportedly shot dead by Parliament's sergeant-at-arms. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

 

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - At least one gunman entered Canada's parliament buildings on Wednesday and many shots were fired just outside the room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing a meeting of legislators.

Harper was safely removed from the building but parliament was locked down. Eyewitnesses said at least 30 shots were fired in dramatic scenes in the heart of the Canadian capital.

"PM (Harper) was addressing caucus, then a huge boom, followed by rat-a-tat shots. We all scattered. It was clearly right outside our caucus door," Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement said.

A spokesman for Harper said: "While the prime minister stated that facts are still being gathered, he condemned this despicable attack."

The suspected gunman was shot dead inside the parliament building, Ottawa police said.

Minutes before the shooting there, a soldier had been shot and fatally wounded at the nearby National War Memorial in Ottawa.

But the incidents, shocking in Canada's normally tranquil capital, were not over.

Ottawa police were searching for more suspects near the war memorial in central Ottawa, and on nearby Parliament Hill, a police spokesman said. Residents were warned to stay away from downtown Ottawa.

Dramatic video footage posted by the Globe and Mail newspaper showed police with guns drawn inside the main parliament building. At least a dozen loud bangs can be heard on the clip, echoing through the hallway.

"All the details are not in, but the sergeant-at-arms, a former Mountie, is the one that engaged the gunman, or one of them at least, and stopped this," Fantino said.

Canadian cabinet minister Jason Kenney said a guard in parliament buildings had also been wounded in the incident.
 

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Vermin are loose everywhere, those creatures who have a hatred for the men, women, boys and girls who love one another and make this world fit for human habitation! Those who hate God and his creation, those who feed on, and disgorge hate and death, every where they spring up...., may God bring swift justice on those who would steal life from the merciful and loving human family, and may God have mercy on the soul of this young man whose life was taken, and those who love him, whose hearts are now broken, and the brother in arms who was wounded...
 

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Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers is pictured in the Senate chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this file photo from June 3, 2011. According to Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino, Vickers shot dead one of the suspects in the October 22, 2014, shooting incident on Parliament Hill. A gunman shot and wounded a soldier in Ottawa and then entered the country's parliament buildings, chased by police, with at least 30 shots fired. Chris Wattie/REUTERS/Files

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A Ottawa police officer and service dog run up Metcalfe Street following shootings in downtown Ottawa October 22, 2014. A Canadian soldier was shot at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa and a gunman was shot and killed in a nearby parliament building, media and witnesses reported.

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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands guard on Metcalfe Street following shootings in downtown Ottawa October 22, 2014.

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Police officers take cover near Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014.

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A Ottawa police officer holds up a length of police tape for pedestrians leaving the downtown area following shooting incidents in Ottawa October 22, 2014.

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Armed RCMP officers guard access to Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa October 22, 2014.
 
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