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YOUR PARTY

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 11, 2016
Once ousted from Diet, Watanabe makes comeback with Upper House win
Yoshimi Watanabe, who led the now-defunct Your Party, staged a political comeback Sunday after winning a House of Councilors seat 1½ years after he was voted out of the Lower House.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
May 22, 2016
Osaka Ishin in existential crisis as election looms
A year after Osaka city voters rejected Osaka Ishin no Kai's most fundamental policy proposal in a referendum, the party finds itself heading south.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 8, 2015
Inoki joins four other Upper House members to form new party
Wrestler-turned-politician Antonio Inoki, who left the conservative Jisedai no To (Party for Future Generations) last month, will set up a new political party with four other Upper House lawmakers, according to sources close to the move.The new party will be named Party to Revitalize Japan and will be headed by Kota Matsuda, a former Your Party member and founder of the nationwide Tully's Coffee Japan Co. chain. Matsuda and the three others had belonged to Your Party until the small opposition party decided to disband in November. The three members are Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazuyuki Yamaguchi and Taro Yamada. Inoki exited Jisedai no To following the party's crushing defeat in the Dec. 14 Lower House election, when only two of its 48 candidates won seats in the 475-seat chamber.They will likely report it to general affairs minister on Thursday through the election administration commission in Tokyo. The new party will aim to create a small government by promoting deregulation and administrative reforms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2014
Ex-Your Party chief Watanabe grilled over unreported borrowings
Prosecutors interrogate the leader of now-defunct Your Party over unreported withdrawals he made from the bank account of his political support group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 15, 2014
Office of ex-Your Party chief searched in September over more shady fund dealings
Prosecutors searched former Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe's office and other related locations in September in connection with a funding scandal that forced him to quit as head of the now-defunct opposition party, sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 20, 2014
Two Your Party lawmakers apply to join DPJ
Two House of Representatives lawmakers from Your Party applied Thursday to join the Democratic Party of Japan, the nation's largest opposition party, a day after the smaller group decided to disband.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 15, 2014
Abe may dissolve Lower House on Tuesday, call snap December election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to announce Tuesday the dissolution of the Lower House and call a snap election in December, senior ruling party lawmakers say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 15, 2014
Two opposition parties consider merging ahead of expected snap election
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and Your Party, a small opposition group, are considering merging ahead of the snap election that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call soon, party officials said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2014
Female Your Party member interrupted by sexist heckles
The sexist nature of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is revealed after a member is verbally harassed by her male colleagues while addressing the national birthrate problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2014
Hashimoto seeks Your Party tie-up
In a development that could create further tensions between the two main factions of soon to be divided Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), co-leader Toru Hashimoto and Your Party head Keiichiro Asao announced a plan to coordinate key policies with the aim of forming a political alliance after Nippon Ishin's formal breakup.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 2, 2014
Ex-Your Party head Watanabe faces criminal complaint
Members of an Osaka civic group file a criminal complaint against former Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe over ¥500 million in dubious loans that made him step down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2014
Asao takes helm of Your Party
Your Party formally appoints Secretary-General Keiichiro Asao as its new president to replace founder Yoshimi Watanabe, who exited amid an ¥800 million loan scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2014
Veteran lawmaker Asao to run in Your Party leadership race
A veteran lawmaker of Your Party said Wednesday he will run in the upcoming party leadership election after its chief resigned over a money scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2014
Your Party looks to pick new chief after Watanabe's exit
The embattled Your Party is set to name a new leader as early as Friday to replace Yoshimi Watanabe, who Monday expressed his intention to resign as party chief amid a money scandal.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2014
DHC chairman calls resignation 'impressive' move
Following the resignation Monday of Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe amid a scandal involving ¥800 million in loans from major cosmetics company DHC Corp., its chairman, Yoshiaki Yoshida, issued a statement later the same day.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2014
Your Party chief emailed ¥500 million loan request before '12 election: Yoshida
Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe sent an email message to a corporate executive asking him for a loan of ¥500 million shortly before the December 2012 general election, the businessman said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2014
Your Party chief probed over ¥800 million in loans before two elections
Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe borrowed ¥800 million before two national elections but failed to list the money in his political funds reports, a businessman alleges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 18, 2013
Defectors from Your Party form new opposition force
Former Your Party Secretary-General Kenu00adji Eda launches his new party with 14 fellow defectors hoping to build a viable counter to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2013
Eda gambit viable, just for subsidy?
Cresting criticism of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his strong-arm tactics to pass the state secrets bill, ex-Your Party Secretary-General Kenji Eda hopes to form a new opposition party by year's end, qualifying him for subsidies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2013
Eda stirs opposition shake-up
At the center of a possible realignment of the opposition camp, former Your Party Secretary-General Kenji Eda manages to gather some 50 Diet lawmakers as he launches a policy study group expected to lead to a new party.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
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'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
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'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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