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The man who hopes to be Japan’s next finance minister envisions an Asia united by a single currency, saying the dollar may no longer reign supreme in the future. The opposition’s ’shadow finance minister’ Masaharu Nakagawa also says he hopes to reshape...
Tags: prime minister, diet session, Democratic Party of Japan, minister taro, Taro Aso, Yukio Hatoyama, censure motion
The House of Representatives will vote on the no-confidence debate today after two days of grilling, with the Abhisit Vejjajiva government expected to sail through the votes. Government Chief Whip Chinnaworn Boonyakiat expressed confidence the coalition...
Tags: Abhisit Vejjajiva, confidence votes, prime minister, Thailand, censure motion
To counter the censure motion, the ruling forces in the Lower House gave Mr. Fukuda a vote of confidence Thursday. The two moves sharpen the confrontation between the ruling and opposition blocs. The opposition forces hoped that the censure motion would...
Tags: Lower House, Mr. Fukuda, democratic parties, Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party, Yasuo Fukuda, Democratic Party of Japan, censure motion, Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito, Social Democratic Party
From The Economist print edition A grey man tries to show his gumption Reuters Looking up for Fukuda? IT HAS, says the ruling coalition's exhausted parliamentary chief, Tadamori Oshima, been a bruising battle. And hardly beautiful: the six-month session...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda, Mr. Fukuda, Fukuda's Liberal Democratic Party, democratic parties, prime minister, minister yasuo, Lower House, sovereign fund, censure motion
Japanese Prime Minister Yauso Fukuda, whose regime is fighting to improve approval ratings, may face a censure motion in the opposition-controlled upper house. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, with likely support from the Japanese Communist...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda, censure motion, prime minister, minister yasuo, Yauso Fukuda, Tokyo, upper house, main opposition, Kyodo News