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GOSHI HOSONO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 4, 2019
Tensions within Japan's LDP rise over backing of ex-DPJ heavyweight Goshi Hosono in Shizuoka poll
The two factions at the heart of the battle have a long history of conflict.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2018
Lawmaker Hosono late in reporting ¥50 million loan during election
Former Environment Minister Goshi Hosono borrowed u00a550 million ($455,000) from a securities firm during the general election last October without initially reporting the funds, sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2017
DP defector and ally of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to form new party
A defector from the Democratic Party and an ally of popular Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike reach a broad agreement to launch a new party by Sept. 28.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2017
DP seeks to halt hemorrhaging of its lawmakers following prominent member's resignation
A conservative lawmaker tendered his resignation from the main opposition Democratic Party on Wednesday, setting off what is likely to become a wave of similar moves by others to bolt a party mired in the throes of an existential crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2017
Hosono signals intent to reach agreement with Koike ally, possibly launch new party by year-end
Former Environment Minister Goshi Hosono on Thursday said he'd like to launch a new party with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's ally Masaru Wakasa by year-end.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2017
Ex-minister Hosono to leave opposition Democratic Party
Former Environment Minister Goshi Hosono said Friday he will leave the struggling Democratic Party to form a new group, the latest setback for the main opposition party since the abrupt resignation of its leader last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2016
Hosono may back Renho in DP leadership race
Democratic Party lawmaker Goshi Hosono hints he may support Deputy President Renho, who announced her candidacy last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 12, 2015
DPJ on the rocks amid calls for merger with Ishin no To
Japan's largest opposition party appears to be in danger of falling apart as some core members demand it merge with Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Opposition contests chaotic Upper House vote, assails LDP for amending record of events
Was the vote valid?
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2015
Hosono, Nagatsuma, Renho named as DPJ executives
The Democratic Party of Japan's new president on Tuesday named Goshi Hosono as party policy chief and appointed Akira Nagatsuma and Renho as deputy presidents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 15, 2015
DPJ presidential candidates vow to increase female ranks in Diet
The Democratic Party of Japan's three presidential candidates vow to add more female lawmakers to make the opposition leader strong enough to challenge the Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 14, 2015
Youthful Hosono says he will unite DPJ if he wins leadership race
A portrait of John F. Kennedy stands in Goshi Hosono's office as a reminder to the prospective leader of the opposition of the need to be ready for a crisis.
EDITORIALS
Jan 8, 2015
A crucial test for the DPJ
The priority for the Democratic Party of Japan, which kicked off the race this week to choose its new leader Jan. 18, is to rebuild itself into a force that can, either on its own or through mergers or alliances with other parties, once again present voters with an alternative.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2013
DPJ in disarray, faults Kan for poll disaster
As bad as the drubbing was in Sunday's Upper House election, the Democratic Party of Japan faces an even bigger, not to say familiar, problem — disharmony and lack of governance.
JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2013
DPJ's Hosono meets with Okinawa governor on reversion day
DPJ Secretary General Goshi Hosono meets Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the 41st anniversary of the prefecture's return to Japan, suggesting his party seeks to ease Okinawa's U.S. base burden.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'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.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
'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.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Salone del Mobile’s Maria Porro: ‘Italy and Japan share many things’
Since launching in 1961, the iconic Salone del Mobile furniture fair has firmly established Milan’s status as a leading force in the global design world
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
The unexpected ways in which Japanese words 'make it' into English
The Oxford English Dictionary contains 552 Japanese loanwords in English, a small number compared to the near 25,000 borrowings from French.

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