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ELECTION 2003

JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 11, 2003
SDP, JCP setbacks spell trouble for Constitution
The setbacks suffered by the Social Democratic Party and the Japanese Communist Party, which were both reduced to less than 10 seats in Sunday's House of Representatives election, mark a sharp decline in forces committed to opposing any change to the war-renouncing Constitution.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 11, 2003
Vote validates SDF's Iraq dispatch: Koizumi
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday that the solid majority won by the ruling coalition in the House of Representatives election represents a public vote of confidence in his intention to send Self-Defense Forces units to Iraq.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 11, 2003
Scandal-tainted politicos ousted
The results of Sunday's election may have left a bitter taste in the mouths of some of the nation's big names.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 11, 2003
NCP to disband, merge with LDP
The New Conservative Party will disband and join the Liberal Democratic Party, party executives said Monday.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 8, 2003
Campaign financing still high, murky
"Five pass, four fail."
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 7, 2003
Illusory promise of freeways exacts a toll
There is no such thing as a freeway in Japan. For decades, it has been a given for drivers that if they use expressways they must pay the tolls, even though they've been promised that someday when the construction debts disappear so will the tollbooths.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 5, 2003
Fate of justices in voters' hands
In the shadow of intense campaigning for Sunday's Lower House election, nine people are quietly waiting for voters to decide whether they deserve to stay in the nation's top judicial posts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 4, 2003
Party campaign strategies smack of desperation
With the coming election in mind, former House of Representatives member Kaoru Yosano last spring departed the Liberal Democratic Party faction led by Shizuka Kamei.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 4, 2003
Abductions equal terrorism: candidates
Some 93 percent of candidates in Sunday's House of Representatives election believe that the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korea constitutes terrorism, according to the results of a survey released Monday.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 4, 2003
Candidates pile on abduction bandwagon
OSAKA -- It was an unusually warm day in late October when a small crowd gathered around a candidate speaking outside Izumigaoka Station near Kansai airport.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 4, 2003
Foreigners are 'sneaky thieves,' governor says
Kanagawa Gov. Shigefumi Matsuzawa qualified his assertion Sunday that "all" foreigners are "sneaky thieves," stating instead that only "some" are. Matsuzawa was delivering a campaign speech in support of a candidate running in the Nov. 9 House of Representatives general election near a railway station in Kawasaki when he made the remarks in question.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2003
Nov 4, 2003
Another Ishihara proclaims Diet quest but some media see birthright elitism
Tokyo's No. 3 constituency, encompassing Shinagawa and northern Ota wards as well as the Izu Islands, has captured heavy media attention ahead of the Nov. 9 general election, as one of Japan's most well-known political families hopes to put yet another member in office.

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