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Kazuaki Nagata
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2009
Ruling bloc submits extra budget bill to Diet
The government submitted to the Diet Monday the fiscal 2009 extra budget bill, which is expected to become the main focus of confrontation between the ruling bloc and opposition parties as the ordinary Diet session nears its end.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2009
Hereditary politicians a fact of life
What does Prime Minister Taro Aso have in common with predecessors Yasuo Fukuda, Shinzo Abe, Junichiro Koizumi and Yoshiro Mori, and others who came before them?
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2009
Consumer bills clear Lower House
The House of Representatives passed bills Friday to create a consumer affairs agency after both ruling and opposition forces reached a compromise.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2009
DPJ-appointed panel analyzes scandal woes
At the request of the Democratic Party of Japan, four professors met Saturday to discuss DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa's handling of an unusually timed donations scandal that has embroiled his chief secretary and dimmed the opposition's prospects for taking power next election.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2009
Aso stimulus push juggles election window
Prime Minister Taro Aso embarked Friday on the new task of delivering on a ¥56.8 trillion economic stimulus package, again leaving the key question of when he might dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election up in the air.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2009
DPJ would ban corporate funds in political arena
A key political reform committee of the Democratic Party of Japan, whose leader, Ichiro Ozawa, is mired in an illicit funds scandal, unveiled a draft report on political funds Thursday that seeks a complete ban on corporate donations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2009
DPJ pushes ¥21 trillion two-year stimulus plan
The Democratic Party of Japan proposed an economic stimulus package Wednesday that would feature ¥21 trillion in spending over the next two years to help the nation weather its worst postwar recession.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2009
North's launch spurs Lower House censure
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution Tuesday to protest North Korea's rocket launch, but two of five opposition parties did not support the measure.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2009
U.S., Seoul to back Japan at UNSC
Japan, the United States and South Korea were to jointly press for a new resolution to be adopted against North Korea's rocket launch at a session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2009
Ruling bloc rams '09 budget through Diet
The ruling bloc enacted the ¥88 trillion fiscal 2009 budget, the biggest ever, and related bills by using its huge majority to ram them through the more powerful Lower House Friday, after they had been earlier rejected by the opposition-controlled Upper House.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2009
DPJ ire over Ozawa slowly ebbs
Discontent toward Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa eased a bit in his own party Friday, although some openly questioned whether he should stay on amid the scandal embroiling his top aide over illicit funds from a contractor.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2009
DPJ still faces rough road ahead
His political future in the balance, Democratic Party of Japan chief Ichiro Ozawa caught a much needed break Tuesday when prosecutors chose to limit their indictment of his chief secretary to violating the Political Funds Control Law and forgoing perhaps more damaging charges related to rigging bids...
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2009
All eyes on Okubo as DPJ treads water
The political funds controversy hanging over the Democratic Party of Japan is likely to start boiling Tuesday when prosecutors decide whether to indict DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa's top secretary, Takanori Okubo, whose period of custody ends the same day.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2009
Charges against Okubo to shape Ozawa's fate
Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa indicated Tuesday he will decide whether to resign by March 24 depending on what charges, if any, are brought against his chief secretary, Takanori Okubo.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2009
DPJ seeks new rules on donations
Amid the political fundraising scandal involving the arrest of party President Ichiro Ozawa's chief secretary, Democratic Party of Japan executives are calling for a rule barring companies that bid on public works projects from donating to political parties.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2009
Ozawa denies wrongdoing, vows to stay on
Despite rising public pressure to resign as president of the Democratic Party of Japan over the scandal involving alleged illicit donations from Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ichiro Ozawa said Tuesday he will stay at his post and denied any wrongdoing on his part.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 10, 2009
Nintendo secret: It's all in the game
It's a common belief that the video game industry is recession-proof.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2009
Handouts passed; Aso wins breather
The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc rammed an unpopular bill needed to finance the fiscal 2008 second extra budget through the powerful Lower House on Wednesday after it was rejected earlier by the opposition-controlled Upper House.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2009
Lower House passes ¥88 trillion budget
The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc passed the ¥88 trillion fiscal 2009 budget bill and related legislation Friday through the Lower House, paving the way for implementing the biggest initial budget ever by the March 31 end of the fiscal year.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2009
Opposition bill lowers hepatitis patients' costs
Four opposition parties jointly submitted a bill Friday to the Lower House that would greatly reduce medical costs that hepatitis B and C patients need to shoulder for expensive interferon treatment and antiviral medication.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Alert raised for volcano in southwestern Japan
Shinmoedake, a volcano located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in November 2019
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.

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