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Akihiro Hatsushika of Japan's CDP opposition party suspected of sexual assault

National / Crime & Legal Dec 17, 2019

Akihiro Hatsushika of Japan's CDP opposition party suspected of sexual assault

The Metropolitan Police Department sent papers on the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's Akihiro Hatsushika to public prosecutors last week over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in a taxi in May 2015, according to police sources. Hatsushika, 50, in his third term ...

Japan's ruling LDP loses two out of two Lower House by-elections in possible harbinger for July polls

National / Politics Apr 21, 2019

Japan's ruling LDP loses two out of two Lower House by-elections in possible harbinger for July polls

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party was dealt a crushing blow when it lost the Lower House by-elections in both Okinawa and Osaka.

Voting kicks off in Japan as Abe seeks Upper House supermajority

National / Politics Jul 10, 2016

Voting kicks off in Japan as Abe seeks Upper House supermajority

Voting began Sunday in an Upper House election that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has billed as a chance to pass judgment on his economic policies. Opposition parties, however, are focused on preventing a resounding victory for the prime minister that would allow him to ...

National / Politics Jul 9, 2016

Japan to survey teen voting rate in Upper House election

The government has decided to conduct a blanket survey of all 18- and 19-year-olds to check their voting rate in House of Councilors election on Sunday, a source in the internal affairs ministry said. The survey will cover all 2.4 million teenagers now eligible to ...

Battle lines drawn for July Upper House poll

National / Politics | DECISION 2016 Jun 22, 2016

Battle lines drawn for July Upper House poll

by Shusuke Murai

As the campaign for the July 10 Upper House election kicked off Wednesday, the major parties unveiled their platforms to win over voters. The ruling coalition regards the House of Councilors election as a key test of its economic policies, keeping mention of its more ...

Economy in focus as campaigning starts for Japan's July 10 Upper House race

National / Politics Jun 22, 2016

Economy in focus as campaigning starts for Japan's July 10 Upper House race

Political parties kick off their official House of Councilors election campaigns around the country with speeches on the economy.

Abe plays economic card but opposition targets his 'hidden' agenda in Upper House election battle

National / Politics | DECISION 2016 Jun 22, 2016

Abe plays economic card but opposition targets his 'hidden' agenda in Upper House election battle

by Tomohiro Osaki

The poll could pave the way for Abe to revise the U.S.-drafted Constitution nationalists see as a humiliating remnant of WWII.

National / Politics Apr 14, 2016

Rengo to pare support for new Democratic Party till it knows how much clout ex-Ishin ranks wield

Japan's largest labor organization, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), is poised to pare back its support for the newly formed opposition Democratic Party, sources said Wednesday. Its decision-making central executive committee on Thursday will consider a proposal to change the wording in Rengo's statement ...

National / Politics Mar 18, 2016

Japan gets its own Democratic Party

by Tomohiro Osaki

The new opposition party formed to take on the conservative ruling coalition announces that its official English name will be the Democratic Party.

National / Politics Mar 14, 2016

Introducing Minshin To, Japan's new main opposition force

by Reiji Yoshida

In English tentatively called the Democratic Innovation Party, Japan’s new main opposition force will be named Minshin To.

National / Politics Mar 11, 2016

DPJ, Ishin no To narrow names of new opposition party down to two

by Tomohiro Osaki

After weeks of intense debate, the Democratic Party of Japan and Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) are finally on the verge of sorting out the first daunting challenge of their scheduled merger later this month: what to name their new party? After asking the ...

Abe tells opposition leader's beauty queen daughter to run for LDP

National / Politics Mar 4, 2016

Abe tells opposition leader's beauty queen daughter to run for LDP

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told the 20-year-old daughter of an opposition party leader to run for the LDP during a meeting Friday to celebrate her win in a beauty pageant. Mika Matsuno, a sophomore at Keio University's Faculty of Letters, visited Abe at his ...

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