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Former reconstruction minister Hirano says he will quit DPJ
Iwate :: Japan | 1 month ago
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Former reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano announced Saturday that he will leave the Democratic Party of Japan and run in the upcoming Upper House election as an independent, a local DPJ official said. Hirano, 58, an Upper House member, expressed
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Communists, SDP struggle to remain relevant
Kai :: Japan | 5 months ago
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The JCP, headed by Kazuo Shii, slid from nine seats to eight, while the SDP, led by Mizuho Fukushima, was reduced to just two seats from five. Both parties pledged to scrap the Democratic Party of Japan-led government's sales tax hike, halt all
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Liberals left behind in turn to the right
Noda :: Japan | 5 months ago
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Take the word "liberal," which represented a fairly clear political position until American "conservatives" demonized it...The former are seen to favor government schemes that guarantee the welfare of the populace while the latter are strictly hands-
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Abe eyes large fiscal 2012 extra budget if LDP returns to power
Tōkyō :: Japan | 6 months ago
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Lower House election and he thus is installed as the prime minister. "The supplementary budget should be large-scale," Abe said. "It will be compiled to firmly support the economy." The former prime minister also said the extra budget will be
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Grassroots support key in party votes
Noda :: Japan | 8 months ago
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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to officially announce as early as this week his bid to seek a second term as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, while Sadakazu Tanigaki, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, is also hoping
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Japan PM Noda to call election in November: report
Tōkyō :: Japan | 9 months ago
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Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda has told top opposition politicians he plans to call a general election in early November, Kyodo news agency reported Thursday. The agency cited senior lawmakers from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
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Support for Cabinet flat despite passage of tax hike; swing vote rises to 48.5%
Noda :: Japan | 9 months ago
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According to the results of a Kyodo News poll carried out over the weekend, the Cabinet is polling at 27.9 percent support, virtually unchanged from 28.1 percent a month ago. Its disapproval rating stood at 59.0 percent, down from 60.0 percent in the
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Opposition vote to oust Noda fails
Ōsaka :: Japan | 9 months ago
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ITO Staff writer Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Cabinet survived a no-confidence vote Thursday, bringing him one step closer to achieving his goal of doubling the consumption tax. Noda's Democratic Party of Japan-Kokumin Shinto (People's New
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LDP chief holds tax bill hostage to election
Hiroshima :: Japan | 9 months ago
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Staff writer Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda needs to give assurances that he will dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election before the Liberal Democratic Party votes for his social security and tax reform bills in the Upper House, the leader
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LDP plots five-year platform for coming poll
Tōkyō :: Japan | 10 months ago
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The draft, reworked from the previous version in May, calls for issuing new government bonds dedicated to financing reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, including disaster prevention measures. While keeping its call for doubling the
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