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JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Hashimoto likely to retire from Diet

Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is expected to retire from the Diet without running in the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, members of the Liberal Democratic Party said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

LDP rebels mulling new party

Liberal Democratic Party rebels who voted against the government's postal privatization bills in the House of Representatives are still considering forming a new party ahead of the Sept. 11 election, a key dissenter said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2005

Will the LDP land on its feet Sept. 11?

A showdown has begun for the Sept. 11 House of Representatives election, a poll that may witness a drastic change in the political landscape.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2005

Koike takes on Kobayashi as LDP hits postal rebels

The Liberal Democratic Party has stepped up its offensive against the rebels who voted against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills, tapping Environment Minister Yuriko Koike to run against one of Koizumi's leading opponents in the Lower House election scheduled for Sept. 11....
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2005

Politicians begin plotting strategies for Sept. 11 poll

Campaigning for the Sept. 11 Lower House general election effectively got under way Tuesday, one day after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi dissolved the chamber on the heels of the House of Councilors' rejection of his postal privatization bills.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2005

Defeat leaves LDP split as election looms

Monday's rejection by the House of Councilors of the postal privatization bills has left the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party sharply divided as it faces a general election in the coming weeks and a possible fall from power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2005

Upper House nixes postal bills, Koizumi likely dismiss Lower House

The House of Councillors on Monday voted down a set of bills to privatize Japan Post in a move Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has threatened would lead to a snap national election.
COMMENTARY
Dec 27, 2004

Democracy by cookie cutter

LONDON -- U.S. President George W. Bush claims his policy is to promote democracy because democratic countries do not wage aggressive wars.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2004

DPJ member quits over law violations

Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yuzuru Tsuzuki submitted his resignation to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, shortly after the Supreme Court upheld suspended sentences handed to his aides for paying election campaign workers in violation of the election law.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2004

Hashimoto to quit faction over shady dental donation

Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Friday that he will resign as chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction because of a political donation scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2004

Former Prime Minister Suzuki dies at Tokyo hospital, aged 93

Former Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki died at a Tokyo hospital Monday, his family said. He was 93.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2004

Mr. Koizumi survives a rebuke

One salient feature of Sunday's Upper House election is that voters displayed a delicate sense of balance, just as they have before in national elections. In effect, they sharply rebuked Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for making light of public opinion, but stopped short of punishing him so severely...
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2004

DPJ triumph, LDP setback confirmed by final results

The Democratic Party of Japan won more seats than the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's House of Councilors election, marking the first time the LDP was outperformed by an opposition party since 1989, final results show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION '04
Jul 2, 2004

Abductions are candidate's cause celebre

Independent candidate Teruaki Masumoto, 48, hoped to keep a fire alive as he tried to get the attention of passersby outside Tokyo's Iidabashi Station on June 24, the day campaigning for July 11 House of Councilors election kicked off.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PARTY LINE
Jul 2, 2004

JCP says Koizumi's reforms to hurt small companies, jobs

The Japanese Communist Party hopes to thwart Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform initiatives, saying they favor big corporations and would destroy small companies and erode job security, JCP leader Kazuo Shii said.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2004

Kin of kidnapped fret lack of focus on Pyongyang in Upper House poll

KOBE -- Seven months ago, on the eve of the House of Representatives election, North Korea's abductions of Japanese was one of the main campaign topics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2004

Smarting from pension snafu, LDP has modest poll hopes

The Liberal Democratic Party must "humbly accept" the harsh public outrage over its recent forced passage of contentious pension reform bills as it strives to retain its strength in the July 11 House of Councilors election, the LDP secretary general said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2004

Power of LDP support groups waning

About 5,000 people gathered in Sapporo on May 23 to attend a convention of the national association of special post office chiefs, a longtime supporter of and the biggest vote-gathering machine for the Liberal Democratic Party.
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2004

New democracy masters coalition-building

HONG KONG -- Ironically, at a time when the United States is trying to bring instant democracy to the Middle East, Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation in the world, is undergoing a complex, three-tiered democratic election virtually unnoticed.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2004

Government relieved as LDP wins all Lower House by-elections

Government and ruling coalition leaders breathed a sigh of relief Monday after the Liberal Democratic Party won all three House of Representatives by-elections held Sunday in a possible prelude to July's House of Councilors poll.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2004

DPJ to field activist singer Kina

The Democratic Party of Japan plans to field Okinawan singer Shokichi Kina, who held a peace concert last year in Baghdad, as a candidate in the House of Councilors election in July, party lawmakers said Saturday.
COMMENTARY
Mar 23, 2004

A decade of empty slogans

For all the shouting from the rooftops, political reform in Japan has made little headway. The latest reminder is the arrest of Kanju Sato, a former Lower House veteran of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, on charges of embezzling the salary of a state-paid secretary.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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