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ISHIN NO TO

JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2015
Three kick off race for Osaka governor
The campaign for the Osaka gubernatorial election, which takes place Nov. 22 along with the mayoral election, kicked off Thursday with three candidates.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2015
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's new party debuts
With the launch of Osaka Ishin no Kai on Saturday, which aims to take control of the Lower House within five years, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto kicked off his latest attempt to build an Osaka-based national political movement.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2015
Tensions rise between Osaka LDP, senior party officials after Suga-Matsui meeting
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga flared tensions after meeting with Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, who is running against an LDP candidate in next month's polls.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2015
Ishin no To faction votes to dissolve party; legality of move questioned
Over 200 members of Ishin no To, led by the party's Osaka faction, staged a revolt, voting to dissolve the party.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2015
Ex-Ishin no To members refuse to give up seal, bankbook as party paralyzed by leadership struggle
Ishin no To may be on the verge of vanishing as rebellious members threaten procedures to legally disband the party.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2015
Opposition bloc slams scandal-hit government for shying away from extra Diet session
The opposition camp asks the Lower House speaker for an extraordinary Diet session to hear information about TPP and the policies of new Cabinet members.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2015
Ishin no To expels pro-Abe faction, setting stage for creation of new party
Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) on Thursday expelled Osaka-based lawmakers who demanded that its leadership split the party in two and divide its political funds accordingly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2015
Osaka's double election heats up after candidates finalized
The main candidates for next month's Osaka mayoral and gubernatorial races, both local elections with national political implications, have been finalized.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2015
Battle brews over Ishin no To funds as party works through split
An ugly fight over political funds totaling as much as u00a51.33 billion breaks out as the No. 2 opposition party negotiates a bitter internal split.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
Hashimoto, Matsui launch new national party focused on Osaka
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui have once again ventured into national politics, announcing their new national party and saying it would be Osaka-focused.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Sep 27, 2015
For Hashimoto, much at stake in name of new national party
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is trying to form a new national party to represent the Kansai region, is tasked with deciding on a suitable name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2015
DPJ, Ishin no To discuss common ground, possible joint campaign for Upper House election
The nation's two largest opposition parties agreed Friday to start discussing common ground with a view to fighting the Upper House election next summer with a united front.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015
Heads roll as Matsuno shakes up Ishin no To leadership
Yorihisa Matsuno, head of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party), has sacked three of the party's four top executives, a move likely to accelerate the unfolding disintegration process of the nation's second-largest opposition force.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2015
Will he, won't he? Osaka Mayor Hashimoto keeps public guessing about future role in politics
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto continues to fuel speculation that his political career will not end in November and that he might end up as an outside adviser to, or even a non-elected member of, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet by the end of the year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2015
Hashimoto's new national party likely to closely resemble Ishin no To
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's new national political party, expected to be launched next month, will pursue the same basic neoliberal economic and structural reform policies as those of Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party).
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 5, 2015
Osaka political jockeying continues as speculation grows Hashimoto may run in Upper House poll
Behind-the-scenes maneuvering in Osaka to create a new national political party and secure candidates for November's mayoral and gubernatorial elections continued in Osaka last week, with speculation growing that Mayor Toru Hashimoto will seek to run in next summer's Upper House poll.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2015
Yet another opposition shake-up
The breakup of Ishin no To opens up a new chapter in the saga of the opposition camp, which has remained splintered since the DPJ fell from power in 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 1, 2015
Hashimoto continues to wrestle for support
The breakup of Ishin no To and the announcement by Toru Hashimoto that he plans to launch a new party once again exposes the deep rift between his Osaka followers and his detractors.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2015
Ishin, DPJ agree to work together to challenge ruling coalition
Leaders of Ishin no To and the Democratic Party of Japan agree to bolster cooperation in the Diet and future elections with the aim of taking the fight to the ruling camp.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2015
12 Osaka-based Ishin no To Diet members expected to join Toru Hashimoto's new national party
Other Diet members will be asked to follow and join by Oct. 20, reports quoting unnamed party sources said.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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