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Tetsushi Kajimoto
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2005
Maehara backs changing war-renouncing Article 9
Democratic Party of Japan President Seiji Maehara said Monday that the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution should be revised in a way that allows Japan to exercise its right to both self-defense and collective defense.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2005
Postal bills fly through Lower House
got what he wanted by fair means or foul," Kamei said after the vote. "It seems as if the 'age of civil wars' has been revived in modern society and I fear that democratized Japan will disappear."
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2005
DPJ hopes postal bills fix reputation
The Democratic Party of Japan submitted a counterproposal Monday to the government's postal privatization bills, pledging to abolish the postal life insurance and a postal deposit certificate system by Oct. 1, 2007.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2005
LDP OKs postal reform; dissent a notable no-show
The Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday unanimously endorsed the hotly contested postal privatization bills that triggered the Sept. 11 general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005
Maehara posts junior ranks but Hatoyama is DPJ's No. 2
The Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday formally endorsed new executives and a "shadow Cabinet" under newly elected leader Seiji Maehara, letting many junior members and those in the party's middle ranks assume key posts.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2005
DPJ picks Maehara for top spot
The Democratic Party of Japan elected young conservative Seiji Maehara as its new president Saturday, passing over veteran former party leader Naoto Kan after suffering a devastating defeat in the House of Representatives election last week.
Japan Times
Sep 17, 2005
Kan to again seek DPJ helm
Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan announced Friday he will run for the DPJ helm, following Seiji Maehara's decision the previous day to also run.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2005
Ozawa might throw hat into ring for DPJ chief
Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa suggested Thursday he might run for the party presidency when the vote is taken Saturday, after the resignation of Katsuya Okada over the DPJ's huge setback in Sunday's general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2005
Ailing DPJ prepares to pick new boss
A day after being clobbered in Sunday's general election, the Democratic Party of Japan said it will vote for a new party leader this weekend.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2005
Seiko Noda and Yukari Sato in desperate battle in Gifu
GIFU -- A showdown between two female candidates has all eyes fixed on this sleepy conservative city in the Chubu region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2005
Upcoming election to put LDP-Komeito cooperation to test
Ominous clouds hung over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, New Komeito, on the eve of Tuesday's start of official campaigning for the Sept. 11 general election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 30, 2005
Okada hopes to shift election focus
Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada is calling for voters' support in the Sept. 11 general election to bring about regime change and rebuild Japan in the face of ballooning government deficits and a rapidly aging population.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2005
Postal rebel Yashiro to run against New Komeito pick
Former posts minister Eita Yashiro declared Monday he will run as an independent in the Tokyo No. 12 district in the Sept. 11 general election and tendered his resignation from the Liberal Democratic Party, alleging he was betrayed by LDP executives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 29, 2005
Tanaka says New Party Nippon focusing on decentralization
Yasuo Tanaka, head of the brand-new New Party Nippon, is aiming his party at building public hope for a brighter future by working at the local and prefectural level to wrest power from central administrative and political authorities.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 26, 2005
SDP stays course, hopes for election luck
The Social Democratic Party's campaign for the Sept. 11 general election will be a continuation of its same platform: Japan must maintain its peace stance, SDP leader Mizuho Fukushima said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 25, 2005
JCP hits Koizumi reforms as good for big business, bad for the people
Japanese Communist Party Chairman Kazuo Shii hopes his party will make a vigorous case against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform drive, prospective tax hikes and moves to amend the pacifist Constitution as it braces for the Sept. 11 Lower House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 24, 2005
New parties to team up against LDP: Watanuki
Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) will cooperate with another new party in the Sept. 11 general election and oppose Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization drive, leader Tamisuke Watanuki said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2005
Vote on Koizumi's record, not postal reform, scholar says
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may want to make his postal privatization quest the focal point of the Sept. 11 election, but economics professor Masaru Kaneko argues voters should instead cast their ballots based on how he has steered the economy and society.
JAPAN / POLL SHOWDOWN
Aug 23, 2005
Rebels who don't quit LDP face penalties
All of the Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatization bills in the House of Representatives should leave the party when running in the Sept. 11 general election, LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2005
LDP rebels launch another new party
Koki Kobayashi and three other rebels from the Liberal Democratic Party formed a new party Sunday, with Yasuo Tanaka, the outspoken governor of Nagano Prefecture, taking the top position.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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