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UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN

Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
Abe adviser Nakayama wins seat in Upper House
Kyoko Nakayama, special adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s, was assured of winning a House of Councilors seat Sunday, according to a Kyodo News projection.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2007
Eyes turn to how DPJ wields new clout
and Yukio Hatoyama beam Sunday as they place a flower signifying a win next to a name on the DPJ's list of candidates at party headquarters in Tokyo. SATOKO KAWASAKI PHOTO
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
Sales tax hike, farm trade liberalization now iffy
The projected major defeat for the ruling coalition in Sunday's Upper House election is expected to make it difficult for the government to raise the consumption tax in the near future or to promote farm trade liberalization.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
Ruling coalition suffers huge defeat
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition was thoroughly trounced in Sunday's election, losing its majority in the House of Councilors.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
By-elections go to DPJ, LDP candidates
Attorney Takeshi Shina of the Democratic Party of Japan was headed for victory Sunday in a Lower House by-election in Iwate Prefecture, exit polls showed.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2007
LDP heavyweight Katayama booted out in Okayama
Candidate Kaori Tahara, an indigenous Ainu backed by the small opposition force New Party Daichi, was set to lose her bid for the Upper House, early returns showed Sunday. Tahara, 34, was up against five candidates battling for two seats in Hokkaido.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
Kansai weighs pensions, wealth gap
OSAKA — Voters in the Kansai region went to the polls Sunday with not only the pension scandal on their minds but also the growing disparity between rich and poor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
One thing's sure: Status quo doesn't cut it
An electorate dismayed by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving the ruling bloc went to the polls Sunday to decide the fate of the current leadership in the House of Councilors.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2007
Abe vows to stay on, hints new Cabinet
nation. That is my task."
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007
Reeling from quake, Kashiwazaki residents hope election brings help
Voters in this quake-hit city, many of them still stuck in emergency shelters, voiced both hope and despair for the future as they cast their ballots Sunday in the House of Councilors election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 29, 2007
Abe, Ozawa make last plea for votes
Leaders of the ruling and opposition camps made their final pleas for votes Saturday, the last day of the 17-day campaign for Sunday's Upper House election.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 28, 2007
LDP failing to woo swing voters, females
Embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party has apparently fallen further behind the Democratic Party of Japan in wooing nonaffiliated voters before Sunday's Upper House election and is also losing women's support.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 28, 2007
Farm minister dogged by more dubious expenditure claims
Embattled farm minister Norihiko Akagi, already under fire over a political fund scandal, was hit by another revelation Friday that his two support groups booked a total of about 200,000 yen in mail costs in 2003 by attaching photocopies of the same receipts to their official funds reports.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 26, 2007
Once unthinkable, farmers may vote DPJ
KUMAMOTO — The city of Yamaga, at the northern edge of Kumamoto Prefecture, is a landscape marked with rice paddies. The farmers who tend them are a socially conservative lot — a loyal source of support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 25, 2007
Shimane voters: Has Tokyo helped us?
National polls may show that voter outrage over the pension records fiasco is the primary issue in Sunday's Upper House election.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2007
Tokyo swing voters facing a wide field
vision and (genuine attitude)," analyst Miyagawa said. Shiratori sees broader implications.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 19, 2007
LDP facing crisis in conservative Ehime
Meeting earlier this month with mostly silver-haired voters in the rural town of Kumakogen, veteran lawmaker Katsutsugu Sekiya of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was fighting for his political life.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2007
Ban on online campaigns further besieged
of the Democratic Party of Japan takes part in an event to promote Internet election campaigning in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on June 15. HIROKO NAKATA PHOTO
Japan Times
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 14, 2007
LDP hopefuls in A-bomb cities suffering Kyuma gaffe fallout
In Nagasaki and Hiroshima, ex-Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma's June 30 comments that the 1945 atomic bombings "could not be helped" because they brought an end to World War II have not only angered survivors but stung Liberal Democratic Party-backed candidates running for the July 29 Upper House election.
JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 14, 2007
Constitution pushed out of campaign
The pension records fiasco and concerns about a consumption tax hike have upstaged what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe most wanted to focus on during campaigning for the July 29 Upper House poll — revising the Constitution.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
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Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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