Former Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso is widely expected to assume the post of Prime Minister this week.

外界普遍预计，日本前外相麻生太郎这个星期将出任首相职务。

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Japanese officials say Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso it is impossible for Iran to stop what he described as research at a laboratory level.

日本官员说，伊朗外长穆塔基对日本外相麻生太郎说，让伊朗停止他所称的实验室研究是不可能的。

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Next week,Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is to become the first foreign leader to visit the new president at the White House.

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In Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso warned of a "very high possibility" the U.N. would level economic sanctions against North Korea.

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