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Policymakers and military experts in the United States are watching closely what is likely to be a fundamental political change across the Pacific in Japan. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is almost certainly set to gain control of...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Barack Obama, DPJ, The Social Democratic Party, Europe, Keiichiro Asao, Jubilo Iwata
China's Ministry of National Defense will launch an official bilingual website on Aug. 1, Thursday's China Daily reported. "The launch of the MND website is a major step for the PLA to open up to the outside world," said Senior Colonel Huang Xueping,...
Tags: Japan-U.S, Democratic Party of Japan, excess workers, Tokyo Verdy, Barack Obama, racist taunt, false statement, world cup, local government, DPJ
The Liberal Democratic Party is running a cartoon attack ad in an attempt to discredit opposition pledges to improve child care and abolish road tolls. The cartoon, carried on the LDP's Web site, depicts a dinner conversation in a high-rise restaurant...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, West Japan Railway Co., democratic parties, DPJ, prime minister, Liberal Democratic Party, cast doubt, pay cuts, LDP, education board
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is headed for a rout at an August 30 general election expected to puncture its decades-long domination of politics, opinion polls showed on Monday. The poll results came a day before Prime Minister Taro Aso is due...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, lower house, prime minister, minister taro, Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, House of Representatives, DPJ, general election, LDP
Upcoming elections, to be held by mid-October at the latest, could snap the ruling party’s almost unbroken grip on the world’s second-biggest economy: the Liberal Democratic party has ruled for all but 11 months of the past 53 years. Now power may be...
Tags: democratic parties, Democratic Party of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, Liberal Democratic Party, Kaoru Yosano, DPJ, nearly equal, fiscal policy, opposition parties, general elections
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan formally launched its new leadership Tuesday under President Yukio Hatoyama, with his scandal-tainted predecessor Ichiro Ozawa serving as one its acting presidents, an appointment that drew fire from the ruling...
Tags: Ichiro Ozawa, Yukio Hatoyama, Democratic Party of Japan, DPJ, key post
With the Democratic Party playing a central role, let's do a thorough cleanup of Japan," Yukio Hatoyama appealed to party members at the top of his voice after he was officially named to revive the opposition Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ's) fortunes...
Tags: Yukio Hatoyama, Democratic Party of Japan, Itsuo Inouye/AP Japan, DPJ, Katsuya Okada, Ichiro Ozawa, Liberal Democratic Party, New Democratic Party, opposition party
Japan's opposition Democratic Party picked Yukio Hatoyama, a political blueblood who has pledged to cut wasteful spending and reduce bureaucrats' policy clout, as leader on Saturday to revive its chances in a looming election. But it was unclear how much...
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Two party stalwarts announced they are seeking to replace the leader of Japan’s largest opposition party, who resigned last week amid a political funding scandal. Democratic Party of Japan Secretary-General Yukio Hatoyama and Vice President Katsuya Okada...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Katsuya Okada, Mr. Okada, DPJ
The DPJ will in the next few months contest a general election against a long-ruling Liberal Democratic party, which – while weakened by scandals, gaffes and policy setbacks – has enjoyed a rebound recently.
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic party, DPJ, Ichiro Ozawa