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Opposition LDP picks Tanigaki as new leader as it tackles renewal
Tōkyō :: Japan | 2 months ago
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The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party chose former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki as its new leader on Monday, the choice apparently showing its desire to play it safe for the sake of party unity as it works on renewal. Tanigaki, 64, was...
Tags: Defeated Japan LDP, Democratic Party of Japan, Sadakazu Tanigaki, Liberal Democratic Party, LDP Policy Research Council, finance minister, minister sadakazu, minister taro, prime minister, Japan, Tōkyō
Japan opposition crushes LDP in historic election
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility The win by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ends a half-century of almost unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and breaks a deadlock in parliament, ushering in a government that has promised to focus spending on consumers, cut wasteful...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, democratic parties, LDP, prime minister, DPJ, Taro Aso, minister taro, Liberal Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama
Japan election set to break political mould
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility Japan's political leaders made their final pitches for votes ahead of landmark polls Sunday that could end half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule and bring to power a centre-left party. Polls predict the opposition Democratic Party of Japan...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, prime minister, The Liberal Democratic Party, minister taro, Miyuki Hatoyama, Mrs Hatoyama, rule party, Taro Aso, Yukio Hatoyama
Japan commemorates anniversary of Hiroshima bomb attack
Hiroshima :: Japan | 3 months ago
Credibility The vow by Prime Minister Taro Aso to maintain the ban on the possession, production or import of nuclear arms comes after North Korea raised regional tensions with a nuclear test earlier this year. "I promise again that Japan will continue to adhere...
Tags: Hiroshima Japan, atomic bombs, U.S, prime minister, minister taro, United States, 64th anniversary, Taro Aso, nuclear weapon, bombs survivor
Japan PM accuses NKorea as election campaign launched
Niigata :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility Prime Minister Taro Aso kicked off a campaigning tour ahead of this month's general election on Saturday by focusing on the issue of kidnappings of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents during the Cold War. Aso went to a coastal area in Niigata, north...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Niigata Prefecture, Megumi Yokota, minister taro, Niigata City, Taro Aso, prime minister
Japan at "historic turning point"
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility Japan's opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, widely tipped to become the next prime minister, said on Monday the country was "at a historic turning point" as it nears elections next month. Hatoyama pledged government reform, foreign policy shifts, higher...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, DPJ, democratic parties, prime minister, minister taro, Taro Aso, lower house, opposition parties, main opposition
Japan PM cancels visit to disaster-hit region
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility It is feared more disasters could occur," Aso told reporters before he was to take off at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (AFP)
Tags: Junior Chamber International Japan, minister taro, Taro Aso, prime minister, Yokohama
Japan PM dissolves parliament, calls elections
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility Japan 's prime minister has dissolved the powerful lower house of parliament and called national elections. The speaker of the lower house announced the move Tuesday, setting the stage for a vote that could trigger a rare change in Japan's political leadership.
Tags: lowering house, prime minister, Taro Aso, minister taro, Democratic Party of Japan, Lower House, Liberal Democratic Party, general election, Japan Business Federation, aso dissolved
Japan ruling party headed for defeat: polls
Tōkyō :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility 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
Aso ducks ouster bid: dissolution Tuesday
Aso :: Japan | 4 months ago
Credibility After days of chaos within the Liberal Democratic Party, the movement to oust Prime Minister Taro Aso as party president effectively failed Friday, setting the stage for a Lower House dissolution Tuesday and a general election Aug. 30. LDP lawmakers,...
Tags: LDP, Lower House, minister taro, Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, prime minister, rules liberal, Democratic Party of Japan
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