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Japanese election upends long-ruling party

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Japan's ruling party conceded a crushing defeat Sunday after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule as voters were poised to hand the opposition a landslide victory in nationwide elections, driven by economic anxiety and a powerful desire for change. The left-of-center Democratic Party of Japan was set to win 300 or more of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament, ousting the Liberal Democrats, who have governed Japan for all but 11 months since 1955, according to exit polls by all major...Read Full Story

Japan cabinet resigns for govt change

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Prime Minister Taro Aso's cabinet resigned en masse Wednesday, paving the way for the launch of a centre-left government that ends the long conservative rule of Japan, a government official said. Aso convened the cabinet for a brief meeting at which all of the ministers resigned, the official said. Yukio Hatoyama, head of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), was to be voted in as prime minister two and a half weeks after his party's stunning election victory changed the country's political...Read Full Story

New Japan leaders vow 25 percent cut in emissions

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Japan's incoming prime minister promised Monday to aim for a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 — among the most ambitious cuts proposed by an economic power and significantly more aggressive than the current plan. The reduction, which will be measured from 1990 levels, was immediately hailed by environmentalists, who are watching target proposals closely ahead of a major international climate conference in December. Prime Minister Taro Aso's current plan was to cut...Read Full Story

Japan's PM faces uphill battle even on home turf

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Shuttered store-fronts line the main street of the home district of Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, where some people speak in hushed tones about his prospects in elections this month. For decades Iizuka has been the solid heartland of the powerful Aso clan, which ran the coal mines that were the economic backbone of this town on southern Kyushu island before they closed down in the 1960s. The family name is still ubiquitous -- there is the Lafarge Aso Cement Co, Aso System Solution, the...Read Full Story

Japan centre-left wins election by landslide: exit polls

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Japanese voters swept to power an untested centre-left party Sunday in an electoral avalanche that ended more than half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule, according to exit polls. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), led by Yukio Hatoyama, was set to storm home with more than 300 seats in the 480-seat lower house of parliament, according to exit polls of major television stations. Voters frustrated with the government's handling of Japan's worst post-war recession...Read Full Story
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Beware a sharp turn to the right in Tokyo
IS controversial Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara about to become Japan's next prime minister? There is speculation that an alliance is being forged by Mr Ishihara; Shizuka Kamei, leader of the People's New Party (and a former police officer); and Takeo Hiranuma, leader of the Sunrise Party of Japan. All of them are from the right wing of the political spectrum.  
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Kamei, Hiranuma, Ishihara to launch party in March
Shintaro Ishihara have agreed to launch a new political party in March, political sources said Friday. Confirming the agreement at their meeting Wednesday night, they are working out a platform for the new party and plan to coordinate with other parties on ...  
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Kamei, Hiranuma, Ishihara to launch party in March
Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) leader Shizuka Kamei, Tachiagare Nippon (Sunrise Party of Japan) chief Takeo Hiranuma and Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara have agreed to launch a new political party in March, political sources said Friday. Confirming the agreement at their meeting Wednesday night, they are working out a platform for the new party and plan to coordinate with other parties on candidates for the next House of Representatives...  
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John Roco:Nobutero Ishihara(Liberal Democratic Party,Tokyo Governor Shintaro...
General Secretary Nobutero Ishihara of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, 2nd highest ranking official and possibly a future Prime Minister of Japan, asserted in Washington that Japan should position military forces, an armed forces bases for troops on the Senkaku's or Diaoyu's or Diaoyutai Islands. He is son to Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara one who denies Japanese responsibility in the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 a particularly heart...  
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Antinuke petitioners to lobby assembly
"It depends on how each metropolitan assembly member views the issue. After (Tokyo Gov. Shintaro) Ishihara's (critical) comments (in December), it's clear he doesn't support the plan," Eiko Nakamura, head of the group Let's Decide Together/Citizen ...  
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