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Commentary / World Sep 2, 2018

Does corruption matter to voters? It depends

by Stephen Mihm

Democrats' main target should be the Republican Party, not the president.

Editorials May 12, 2018

The Kibo no To-DP merger seems to be yet another example of an unprincipled union of political parties in pursuit of numbers.

National / Politics May 7, 2018

Rock bottom in opinion polls, Japanese opposition parties Kibo no To and Democratic Party decide to merge

by Reiji Yoshida

Only 62 of their combined 107 members plan to join the new entity.

World / Politics | FOCUS Apr 16, 2018

GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census

A Trump administration plan to ask people if they are U.S. citizens during the 2020 census has prompted a legal uproar from Democratic state attorneys general, who argue it could drive down participation and lead to an inaccurate count. Yet not a single Republican attorney ...

National / Politics Apr 10, 2018

Japan's Democratic Party and Kibo no To launch merger talks

The Democratic Party and Kibo no To (Party of Hope), both opposition parties, have agreed to launch a joint panel for talks on merging — possibly in early May. The idea of a merger was first raised by the DP. The panel held its first ...

National / Politics Jan 26, 2018

Proposed Kibo no To policy criticizes Abe-backed security laws, but conservative members may balk

by Reiji Yoshida

The leadership of Kibo no To (Party of Hope) on Friday proposed to rank-and-file members that the opposition party strongly criticize the controversial 2015 security laws pushed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a senior member and media reports said. The new policy, proposed during a ...

National / Politics Jan 17, 2018

Alliance negotiations between two Japanese opposition parties break down

Talks between the Democratic Party and Kibo no To on forming an alliance in the Diet end Wednesday amid strong opposition from rank-and-file lawmakers on both sides.

National / Politics Jan 15, 2018

Japanese opposition parties DP and Kibo no To agree to join forces

by Tomohiro Osaki

Opposition parties Kibo no To and the Democratic Party strike a deal to team up against the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the Diet.

National / Politics Dec 22, 2017

Another Japanese lawmaker quits Democratic Party to join CDP

Upper House member Naoki Kazama on Thursday became the second lawmaker to resign from the Democratic Party this month, possibly heralding a string of departures from the struggling opposition party. DP member Yoshifu Arita of the Upper House handed in his letter of resignation on ...

National / Politics Oct 27, 2017

DP leader Seiji Maehara to resign; Atsushi Oshima emerges as candidate to run Kibo no To

by Tomohiro Osaki

Democratic Party President Seiji Maehara steps down over his failure to unite the opposition camp ahead of the general election.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 21, 2017

Identifying the 'liberal' in Japanese politics

by Philip Brasor

The current group of conservative public figures in the United States wants to return to an age when certain middle-class values were ascendant, without acknowledging that many of those values were realized because President Franklin Roosevelt implemented progressive social policies and trade unions had ...