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KIBO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
In fresh blow to Koike, majority of Upper House DP members rule out joining Kibo no To after election
More than half of Democratic Party's 47-member caucus say they won't link up with upstart party after poll, top official says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 12, 2017
Koike's Kibo no To takes a hit as popular Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura cuts support
Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura has withdrawn his support for Kibo no To in a blow to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who is also the fledgling party's chief. This setback comes less than two weeks after Omura agreed to cooperate with Koike and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, who serves as Nippon Ishin no Kai's co-leader.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2017
Survey projects big election win for Abe's coalition, but many voters remain undecided
Abe's gamble to call a snap election looks like it could pay off, with the ruling bloc on track for a big win, according to a survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 11, 2017
LDP's secretary-general says election loss 'impossible,' the party is not in danger
As Japan braces for a snap election later this month, Toshihiro Nikai, the No. 2 man of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday dismissed it as "impossible" that his party will lose big enough to put the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the LDP in jeopardy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS,Decision 2017
Oct 10, 2017
Yuriko Koike’s tactics fail to inspire hope as Lower House election kicks off, analysts say
Just hours before his announcement last month that he would dissolve the Lower House for a snap election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was blindsided by his biggest political adversary of late: Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. The telegenic, populist governor had upstaged Abe by announcing that she would create a new political party, Kibo no To (Party of Hope), in a bid to boot him out of power in the Oct. 22 vote.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2017
Party leaders make pledges as campaign begins for Oct. 22 Lower House election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's LDP faces a reorganized opposition, including Yuriko Koike's Kibo no To and a new liberal party led by Yukio Edano.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2017
Judging the Abe administration
Voters should see through recent dramatic events and identify what each party stands for in substance so they can make a rational decision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2017
Main parties ignoring Japan's top security threat
Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2017
Koike's policies on foreign affairs and security receiving more scrutiny ahead of election
With Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's newly established Kibo no To (Party of Hope) expected to become a major force in the House of Representatives after the Oct. 22 general election, her prospective foreign and security policies have begun to attract attention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2017
Almost 40% of LDP candidates back U.S. military action against North Korea, survey finds
A survey finds nearly 40 percent of ruling Liberal Democratic Party candidates planning to run in the Oct. 22 general election support U.S. military action against North Korea if nuclear and missile issues cannot be resolved through diplomacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2017
At debate, Abe pins election hopes on tough stance against North Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe justifies his decision to call a snap election as a chance to seek a mandate from the public about his North Korea policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2017
Abe hopes to corral parties' support for revising pacifist Constitution
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his Liberal Democratic Party will seek to cooperate broadly with other parties in proposing the first-ever revision to the 70-year-old Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2017
Abe's LDP to face divided opposition in three-way battle for Lower House
A showdown between opposition parties is intensifying, with the new conservative party Kibo no To (Party of Hope) set to launch an offensive in the upcoming Lower House election against the left-leaning Constitutional Democratic Party led by Yukio Edano, a former senior member of the Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2017
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike defends her party's policy of not granting foreign residents in Japan the right to vote
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike defends her recently launched party's policy of denying foreign residents here the right to vote or run in local elections, stating that such measures are necessary to protect the national interest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2017
Kibo no To and Osaka's Nippon Ishin in cautious collaboration with wide policy overlap
The basic platform of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new Kibo no To (Party of Hope), with promises of freezing the scheduled income tax hike to reducing the salaries and number of Diet members, has a familiar ring for many members of the Osaka-centered Nippon Ishin no Kai, which has agreed to cooperate with Koike in the coming election.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2017
Tokyo Gov. Koike's upstart party Kibo no To vows to halt tax hike, debate war-renouncing Article 9
The newly formed Kibo no To (Party of Hope), releases its platform for the Oct. 22 election, featuring promises to freeze a planned sales tax hike and promote debate on amending the war-renouncing Article 9.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2017
As Tokyo assembly closes, Koike still not running in Lower House election
The answer is no. Period.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2017
In the shadow of Yuriko Koike's rise, some insiders see an isolated populist
Koike appears to have carved out a position as the most popular politician in Japan, but insiders see a starkly different image of the media-savvy leader.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 5, 2017
Kibo no To puts tax hike insanity in the spotlight
Win or lose on Oct. 22, the energized opposition force coalescing around Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is already changing the political conversation for the better in three specific ways.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2017
Yuriko Koike's Kibo no To will push for a halt in sales tax hike, end of nuclear power: sources
The party's stances indicate an effort to differentiate itself from the similarly conservative ruling bloc headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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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’
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Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
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Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
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