Opposition lawmakers criticized Thursday's Cabinet reshuffle, saying it was an attempt by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to distract the public from the alleged cronyism scandals dogging the conservative leader. The reshuffle followed claims that Abe influenced the approval process for a new veterinary school to ...
Veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa is calling for launching a new party through the merger of three opposition parties to oust Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the next general election. "We can't win if we fight separately," Ozawa, president of the opposition Liberal Party, said in ...
As well as uncovering government waste, the bean counters have pushed back — politely — over state secret exemptions.
Seikatsu no To (People's Life Party) has rebranded itself as the Liberal Party, adopting the name of a recently defunct conservative party in a bid to lure right-of-center voters away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The party registered its name change at the internal ...
Columbia University's Gerald Curtis recently wrote, "It is a sad commentary on Japan's politics that after nearly 70 years of democracy a competitive party system has all but disintegrated." The Democratic Party of Japan is a culprit in this disintegration and slim hopes for a ...
Diet heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, leader of Seikatsu no To (People's Life Party), admitted Monday that the opposition camp failed to give voters an alternative to the ruling bloc in the Lower House election but stressed that change is still possible if they join hands. "The ...
The Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that found a former secretary to veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa guilty of failing to report political funds, the top court said Wednesday. On Tuesday, the court's No. 3 Petty Bench led by Justice Masaharu Ohashi turned down ...
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe loosened the limits of the pacifist Constitution to drop a ban on the Self-Defense Forces fighting overseas, many experts said it was a step toward becoming a "normal country" able to do more in its own defense. But Ichiro Ozawa, ...
Ichiro Ozawa of the minor opposition force Seikatsu no To (People’s Life Party) raised more political funds than any other Diet member in 2012, reclaiming the top spot.
With only four days before the nation goes to the polls, veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa slammed the opposition camp Wednesday for failing to cooperate in the fight against the ruling bloc in the Upper House election. But Ozawa, who leads the small opposition Seikatsu no ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies cater to big business at the expense of the people and will only widen the wealth disparity between rich and poor, Seikatsu no To (People's Life Party) President Ichiro Ozawa said in a recent interview. "You need to prepare ...
Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former aide to veteran politician Ichiro Ozawa, said Thursday he will resign as a Lower House member but will not drop his appeal against a court conviction that he falsified political funds reports of Ozawa's fund management body. Ishikawa, who belongs to ...
