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Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe is currently the Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Japan. In September, 2006, Abe was elected as the president of the LDP. He has a commanding majority in the lower house, and will likely succeed... [more]

Shinzo Abe is currently the Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Japan. In September, 2006, Abe was elected as the president of the LDP. He has a commanding majority in the lower house, and will likely succeed Koizumi as prime minister of Japan.

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http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Market-Report/japan-agribusiness-report-q1-2010-192848.asp The victory of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in August 2009´s general election is bound to have repercussions on the country´s agricultural sector. The defeated Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had been in uninterrupted power since 1955 except for a brief period of less than a year in the early 1990s. The LDP enjoyed a very strong...  
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The Liberal Democratic Party launched its "tours with lawmakers" program on Sunday, with Shinjiro Koizumi, a son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and a first-year lower house member, leading participants on a visit to a Self-Defense Forces facility in Kanagawa Prefecture. Some 50 participants, selected from about 5,200 applicants, went to the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Yokosuka base where they were expected to tour an escort ship...  
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The Liberal Democratic Party, which fell from power in the Aug. 30 general election after ruling Japan for more than five decades, plans to adopt a new platform in late January. The party's study group in charge of figuring out how the LDP can regain power submitted a report containing basic ideas for a new platform to LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki on Dec. 15. Without naming the Democratic Party of Japan, the study group said that the LDP...  
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Revelations that Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama received ¥900 million from his mother — allegedly as a loan — has put the Democratic Party of Japan on the defensive, as opposition parties, the ex-long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in particular, seek to grill the fledgling administration over the dubious funding. Although many criticize Hatoyama as the heir of a political dynasty who lacks common sense, they also acknowledge he is likely to...  
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Two days after the Aug. 30 Lower House election ended decades of power by the Liberal Democratic Party, the LDP-led government withdrew ¥250 million from a controversial Cabinet secret fund, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said Friday. The revelation came as the present government led by the Democratic Party of Japan faces pressure to disclose what is dubbed the Cabinet's "kimitsu-hi" (secret fund).  
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The once dominant Liberal Democratic Party has withered so miserably since losing the general election Aug. 30 that it looks as if it could suffer a total collapse or disintegration. Nearly three months after the Democratic Party of Japan unseated the LDP, the new government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama still appears too shaky to garner much voter trust, but even more conspicuous is the LDP's self- inflicted defeatism and its failure to...  
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A bell will sound Monday to mark the opening of the extraordinary Diet session and the legislative debut of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's administration. But neither the ruling Democratic Party of Japan nor the opposition, which now mainly means the once long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, are likely to come out swinging.  
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The Liberal Democratic Party, as the new embodiment of the opposition camp, wasted no time Wednesday in lashing out against the Democratic Party of Japan administration, grilling the Cabinet for lacking a long-term vision on national strategies and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's political funds scandal. But the tactics occasionally backfired on the LDP, which was desperate to make an impression after finding itself in the opposition for only...  
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http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/Summary-Market-Report/japan-defence-and-security-report-q4-2009-162289.asp Japan´s main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has chosen stability over reform by electing former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki as its new leader on September 28 2009. Tanigaki won 300 out of the 498 ballots cast by party legislators and regional chapters. He is only the second-ever LDP president not to automatically...  
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Mainichi Daily NewsJapan: No Sale of Postal SharesNew York Times... nation's huge postal service, a symbolic move to roll back the small-government policies of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi earlier this decade. ...Japan Blocks Postal Service PrivatizationWall Street JournalLaw passed to freeze sales of Japanese postal sharesXinhua2ND LD: Diet enacts law to freeze sale of postal sharesistockAnalyst.com (press release)The Japan Times...  
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BBC NewsWriting off reform in JapanThe AustralianJust about the only reforming leader Japan has ever enjoyed, Junichiro Koizumi, campaigned against his own Liberal Democrat party machine and many of his ...Japan steps up stimulus spendingSydney Morning Heraldall 762 news articles »  
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Mainichi Daily News'Turtle' who refuses to hide in his shellFinancial Times... politics of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic party, of which he was a member until he fell out with its then-leader Junichiro Koizumi in 2005. ...FOCUS: Junior coalition party chief Kamei holding sway over gov't policyKyodo News[Op-Ed] Hatoyama's Dilemma동아일보all 22 news articles »  
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Data on mental health published by researchers at George Mason UniversityBehavioral Health Central (blog)Koizumi and colleagues published their study in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research (Distance Matters in Choice ...and more »  
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Takenaka Says Hatoyama Government Lacks Policy 'Control Tower'Bloomberg“The decision-making system in the current government is very messy,” Takenaka, who served in cabinet posts under Junichiro Koizumi from 2001 to 2006, ...and more »  
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The Japan TimesKoizumi mum about Yasukuni during China tripThe Japan TimesJunichiro Koizumi avoided discussing his controversial visit to Yasukuni Shrine during talks with top officials in Beijing in 2001 when he was prime ...  
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