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A fire early Sunday destroyed the residence of the late Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, one of the most prominent venues in modern Japanese politics and a place where Prime Minister Taro Aso spent some of his youth. The blaze...
Tags: Shigeru Yoshida, Democratic Party of Japan, fire guts, prime minister, DPJ, Ichiro Ozawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, short circuit, fundraising scandal, minister taro
President Ozawa, you've always had a reputation for 25 years as being a man behind the scenes in Japanese politics...Rather I'm very much good at, fond of, working at practical things and therefore I don't like to be showy on the stage. In responding...
Tags: Ichiro Ozawa, Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese, democratic parties, DPJ
A senior employee of Taiwan's presidential office was indicted Friday on charges of providing classified information to rival China, a prosecutor said. Wang Jen-bing was charged with violating the national security law by leaking documents gathered during...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, China, Liberal Democratic Party, North Korea, U.N., U.S, DPJ, Iwao Uruma
Most people will get at least 12,000 yen ($121; £86) under the $20bn plan. But there are fears many Japanese, who have a strong tradition of saving, will hang on to the cash and not spend it. The cash hand-out forms the centrepiece of a stimulus package...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ichiro Ozawa, prime minister, Taro Aso, minister taro, prosecutors raided, opposition leader, DPJ, japan opposition
Panasonic Corp. will slash about $1.5 billion from its planned investment in two new flat-screen TV plants and shut down unprofitable businesses as demand for high-end electronics falls globally, the company's president said Friday. Panasonic President...
Tags: Japan Airlines, Democratic Party of Japan, Kokusai Kogyo Osaka Co, Kenshin Kawakami, anticrime device, DPJ, osaka taxi
The Democratic Party of Japan's reluctance to participate in Diet proceedings or vote on some bills increased the likelihood that the ruling bloc will extend the extra Diet session beyond its Nov. 30 close. The DPJ boycotted Upper House sessions Tuesday...
Japan’s main opposition party threatened to boycott parliament from tomorrow after Prime Minister Taro Aso refused to say when he would submit a second extra budget for the recession-hit economy. Aso told reporters that Democratic Party leader Ichiro...
Tags: Ichiro Ozawa, Japan, prime minister, Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, DPJ, leaders ichiro, minister taro, extra budget, main opposition
Forward Keiji Tamada scored a crucial equalizer as a disappointing Japan struggled to a 1-1 with Uzbekistan in Asian World Cup qualifying yesterday. After a prolonged bout of Uzbek pressure, Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura lofted the ball into the...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Bank of Japan, Uzbekistan, U.S, Keiji Tamada, money market, world cup, cup qualifier, DPJ, Yukichi Maeda
Choe Sang-hun reported from Seoul, South Korea, and Helene Cooper from Washington. South Korea — North Korea welcomed its removal from Washington's list of terrorism sponsors and confirmed on Sunday that it would resume disabling its main nuclear weapons...
Tags: North Korean, United States, U.S, DPJ, Mio Nishimaki, South Korea
Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, will change his constituency to somewhere in the Kanto area from his home in Iwate No. DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama told a TV program Sunday. The third two-year term...
Tags: Japan Sumo Association, Steel Partners, Japanese, DPJ, Ichiro Ozawa