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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2017
Yukio Edano's liberal party rides wave of Twitter support, nearly catching up to Abe's LDP
A liberal-minded political party founded by ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has been sweeping its way through Japan’s Twitter community, amassing more than 100,000 followers in just a few days since its official launch on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2017
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new party Kibo no To releases its first list of candidates
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new party Kibo no To releases its first list of candidates for the Oct. 22 Lower House election, which includes 110 Democratic Party members.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2017
Koike denials of a Lower House run likely to take wind out of Kibo no To's election sails
Speculation that Koike may run for a Lower House seat fast loses steam as the governor dismisses the prospect she would make a bid to return to the Diet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2017
Yuriko Koike says her new party will seek to topple Abe's ruling bloc in coming poll
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Monday her newly founded political party will field candidates in a majority of seats in the Oct. 22 Lower House election, aiming to take power from the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2017
Leading Kibo no To member says Koike-led party unlikely to take power after Lower House election
Masaru Wakasa, a founding member of Kibo no To (Party of Hope) says Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new national party is unlikely to win enough seats in the Oct. 22 general election to seize power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2017
Kibo no To and Nippon Ishin no Kai agree not to directly challenge each other in Tokyo and Osaka city districts
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui agreed Saturday that her new Kibo no To (Party of Hope) and his Nippon Ishin no Kai will not challenge each other in single-seat districts in their respective cities in the upcoming snap election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 30, 2017
Yuriko Koike's energized challenge exposes risk of Abe's snap poll decision
A fast-growing challenge by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc has highlighted the risk of his gamble on a snap poll.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2017
Yuriko Koike to vet DP refugees on key policies before laying out welcome mat
Members of the moribund Democratic Party will be vetted carefully before being allowed to join her upstart Kibo no To (Party of Hope), conservative Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2017
Opposition realigns ahead of election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has triggered a surprise realignment in the opposition camp that could pose a potent threat to the survival of his administration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2017
Could Japan be ready for 'Koikenomics?'
In calling the latest of what's been a five-year flurry of election after election, Shinzo Abe admitted what households have long known: Abenomics is a dud.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2017
Democratic Party may field no candidates in snap poll as ranks look to run as part of Yuriko Koike's new force
The leader of Japan's main opposition force, the Democratic Party, will propose that the party stand no candidates in next month's Lower House election, and let its members run under the banner of the new party led by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 26, 2016
JAXA to release Kenya's first microsatellite for free from ISS in 2017
Japan's space agency has announced that it will release Kenya's first satellite — for no fee — from its Kibo laboratory at the International Space Station.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 8, 2015
Japan to stay in space station project through 2024
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that Japan will remain part of the U.S.-led International Space Station project when it is extended until 2024.

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