News Source: Japan Today
| about 1 month ago
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan beat the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party in House of Councillors by-elections in Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures on Sunday, giving a boost to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s new government as it...
News Source: Japan Times
| about 1 month ago
The Democratic Party of Japan won two Upper House by-elections Sunday, the first national-level races since Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama took office last month, according to Kyodo projections. In Kanagawa Prefecture, economist Yoichi Kaneko, 47, of...