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ELECTION 2012

JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 6, 2012
LDP set to win majority in general election: Kyodo survey
The Liberal Democratic Party is on course to win a majority in the Dec. 16 general election, returning to power after three years, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday, based on responses from voters who are not among the significant ranks of the undecided.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 6, 2012
The undecided to play key role in poll
Terue Ishimura has yet to decide which party she will vote for in the Dec. 16 general election. But one thing is clear — she won't be supporting the ruling Democratic Party of Japan again.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 6, 2012
Kada sorry for late lists of Mirai candidates
Nippon Mirai no To (Tomorrow Party of Japan) leader and Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada apologized Wednesday for her newly formed party's chaotic and delayed submission of proportional representation candidate lists for the Dec. 16 general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 6, 2012
Parties ditch 'manifestos' for less-tainted terms
In 2009, the year of the last Lower House election, the buzzword among politicians was "manifesto"— a term meant to convey their policy goals and vision if they won power.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 6, 2012
Nuclear foes face election dilemma
Tokyo fashion designer Yasuko Maruko, 44, is an absolute beginner when it comes to becoming a politician, yet she is bidding for a seat in the Diet in the Dec. 16 general election in the hope of steering Japan toward a future without nuclear power.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 5, 2012
Voters cite nuclear power worries, hopes for economy
Voters had mounting concerns, including over nuclear fears and the economic slowdown, as official campaigning began Tuesday for the Dec. 16 general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 5, 2012
Parties posture with grand pronouncements, few details
Privatization of Japan Post was the focal point in the 2005 general election. The 2009 election ended in a lopsided victory for the Democratic Party of Japan and the ouster of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party. This Dec. 16, voters will go to the polls to cast their judgment on nuclear power in light of the Fukushima meltdown crisis, whether to open up Japan's trade and proceed with the consumption tax hike, among other issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 5, 2012
Fukushima key stumping ground as campaign starts
The fate of the nation's nuclear power program, its long-struggling economy, the sales tax hike, and recent strained ties with China and South Korea will be key points for voters to consider in the Dec. 16 Lower House election, for which official campaigning started Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 5, 2012
Pledges avoid long-term plans to mend economy
Party pledges for the Dec. 16 general election have highlighted the sense of urgency for economic reforms as the nation remains mired in deflation. But the pledges also reveal a dearth of long-term strategies.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 5, 2012
Lower House polls over last 20 years
Following are Lower House elections over the past 20 years. Prime ministers at the time of dissolution are in brackets.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 3, 2012
Ishihara nuke flip-flop puts party in crisis
With the kickoff of the Dec. 16 Lower House election campaign just one day away, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) is in chaos after party leader Shintaro Ishihara declared Friday that he would revise a promise to abolish nuclear power by the 2030s.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 3, 2012
Nippon Mirai pledges 2022 atomic phaseout, tax freeze
Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada on Sunday unveiled her new party's hastily compiled policy platform for the Dec. 16 general election, calling for the elimination of nuclear power by 2022 and freezing the government's plan to raise the sales tax.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 2, 2012
LDP's Abe named top political fundraiser among party leaders in 2011
Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe raised the most funds among party leaders last year but Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who heads the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, only placed sixth, according to government data.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 2, 2012
LDP book hints ploy to divert sales tax yield to public works
In October, a group of influential Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers led by former transport minister Toshihiro Nikai published a 746-page book that remains little known to the public. The story: the hidden pump-priming plan the LDP might adopt should it return to power in the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 2, 2012
Abe's rightism: Campaign ploy or governance plan?
The main election slogan of the Liberal Democratic Party, which polls say will prevail in the Dec. 16 general election, is "Restoring Japan," underlining its determination to reclaim the power it lost three years ago.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 1, 2012
Vows DPJ made to get in sounded too good to be true
Goshi Hosono, the handsome policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, is one of the few politicians who has retained his popularity despite predictions the party is headed for a crushing defeat in the Dec. 16 Lower House election.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 1, 2012
Kada party seen banking on Ozawa
Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada's Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party) is expected to issue an 80-point platform Sunday that will be a combination of ideas espoused by Ichiro Ozawa's Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daichi (People's Life First), antinuclear groups, renewable energy advocates and supporters of Kada in Shiga, especially women.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 1, 2012
Voters get little to go on when it comes to nuclear issue
In Lewis Carroll's classic "Through the Looking Glass," Humpty Dumpty declares, in a rather scornful tone, that words mean what he chooses them to mean, no more no less.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 1, 2012
DPJ's promise to change the system failed
The Democratic Party of Japan rode to power in 2009 and ended decades of Liberal Democratic Party rule by promising to turn politicians into the true decision-makers and end the practice of bureaucrats calling the shots on behalf of ministries instead of the people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 1, 2012
Media grill party chiefs in televised debate
With campaigning for the Lower House election set to kick off in a few days, the leaders of 11 parties gathered for a televised discussion Friday that saw most of the questions thrown at Liberal Democratic Party chief Shinzo Abe, whose party leads the opinion polls.
'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.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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