DP chief Renho looks likely to let Noda resign as secretary-general
Democratic Party leader Renho is leaning toward replacing Secretary-General Yoshihiko Noda after the main opposition party's lackluster showing in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, a party lawmaker said Thursday. The former prime minister voiced his desire to step down to his aides after the July ...
Renho discloses family registry as critics call move setback for minorities
Leader of largest opposition party takes unusual step in bid to prove she has resolved her dual nationality status
Renho to disclose family registry in bid to quell furor over dual nationality
Born to a Taiwanese father, the Democratic Party leader says she will show documents to dispel questions of foreign citizenship in a move seen by critics as caving to xenophobia.
Tokyo vote prompts crisis of confidence for Renho's Democratic Party
Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election dealt a hard blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with his Liberal Democratic Party suffering a historic defeat and securing only 23 seats — the lowest-ever figure for the LDP. But another big loser in the election may face problems ...
Will there be a price to free education?
During a Lower House budget committee debate on May 8, Akira Nagatsuma of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to clarify remarks he had recently made about revising the Constitution. On May 3, which happened to be Constitution Day, ...
Renho takes Abe to task over policies on ‘womenomics,’ Constitution
Renho, leader of the struggling Democratic Party, says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies are failing Japan’s women and the pacifist charter.
Abe says defining SDF in revised Constitution is 'the responsibility of our generation'
The remarks were among only a handful he would make on his desire to amend the charter during a face-off with Democratic Party leader Renho.
Democratic Party struggles for relevance in face of LDP-Komeito juggernaut
It would be an understatement to say the Democratic Party, Japan's biggest opposition party, is struggling. The DP has recently seen an exodus of 13 official candidates in the run-up to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. In a further blow, one influential member has quit ...
The DP leadership needs to take the revolt and defection of its members seriously and rebuild the party before it's too late.
The Democratic Party's first convention since Renho took over as its chief highlighted the difficulties confronting the top opposition party.
At party convention, DP shies away from plan to phase out atomic power by 2030
The Democratic Party postpones adopting a bold target of slashing the nation’s reliance on nuclear power to zero by 2030.
Abe's kanji gaffe makes Twitter's trend tally
Reading kanji characters can be treacherous, and it seems even Prime Minister Shinzo Abe isn't immune to the pitfalls. Abe has become the butt of online ridicule after misreading a kanji while delivering a speech from a script at an Upper House plenary session earlier ...
