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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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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...
- Tanigaki unlikely to turn around LDP fortunes (search.live.com)
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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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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- By-elections to pit DPJ, LDP candidates (feedburner.com)
- Japan's LDP tries to revamp party by choosing new leader (channelnewsasia.com)
Is former Prime Minister Taro Aso solely to blame for the crushing defeat of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Aug. 30 general election at the hands of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)?
No, because even before the election campaign started, the party was beset by internal chaos and complacency.
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Koizumi, 67, served five years as prime minister from 2001 to 2006, earning a reputation as a reformist who reinvigorated the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the 2005 election around the issue of privatization of the national postal system. Now ...
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HONOLULU, EAST-WEST WIRE — Japan entered a new political era last week after Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) head Yukio Hatoyama took over as prime minister. The long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is severely and possibly permanently crippled, and facing a leadership crisis.
But it is not certain what this new era heralds or how much will really be new. Like his last three short-lived (LDP) predecessors, Hatoyama is the relatively...
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(TOKYO) Japan's defeated Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday picked a former finance minister as its new leader, handing him the challenge of rebuilding a battered party that had ruled for most of the past 54 years.
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- Japan's LDP Taps New Leader (search.msn.com)
- Defeated Japan LDP picks ex-finance minister as leader (search.live.com)
- LDP picks Tanigaki as leader (search.msn.com)
In a bid to forge stronger ties with the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, the Japan Medical Association's political arm on Tuesday officially withdrew backing for the Liberal Democratic Party. Nihon ...
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guardian.co.ukOne dynasty too many?Indian ExpressThe new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has surprised everyone by defeating the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which is like the Congress Party of Japan. In the last sixty years, the LDP has been in power in all but two short spells. ...Japan's defeated LDP searches for new leaderAFPObama to meet leaders of Japan, RussiaXinhuaNew Japanese government declares war on powerful civil...
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Time - Found 6 hours agoYukio Hatoyama knows that change in Japan doesn't come easily. On Wednesday, Sept. 15, he became the country's 60th Prime Minister and only the fourth since 1955 from a party other than the long-ensconced Liberal Democrats (LDP). At his first presser since officially assuming the post, he asked the ...
Japan's New Prime Minister - Time
Japan elects leader with Obama...
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(From L to R) Former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki, 64, former Senior Vice Justice Mi... Three lawmakers submitted their candidacies Friday for the leadership election later this month of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, setting the stage for a ...
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MSN Malaysia NewsJapan's defeated LDP to choose new leaderAFPTanigaki argued that the LDP failed to pay attention to the disadvantaged during market-led reforms by former premier Junichiro Koizumi from 2001 to 2006. ...Lessons from Japan for Pakatan RakyatMalaysia KiniProfiles: Three candidates challenge for LDP presidency in JapanXinhuaEx-finance minister takes helm of Japan's LDPAFPall 45 news articles »
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GulfNewsChina's Hu, Japan's Hatoyama Agree to Extend Thaw in RelationsBloombergFormer Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual visit to Yasukuni shrine from 2001 to 2006 aggravated bilateral ties. Relations with China had already been ...Japan's Hatoyama to visit China for 1st time as PMeTaiwan NewsHatoyama sets global markerAsia Times OnlinePolitics of frustrationWashington TimesThe Japan Times -The Japan Times -The Japan Timesall 1,500 news...
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- China-Japan-S. Korea to discuss N. Korea (news.google.com)
Times OnlineJapan's Wooden CabinetWall Street JournalMr. Kamei is best-known for opposing former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's deregulation and privatization drive earlier this decade. ...Japan Strives to Balance Growth and Job StabilityNew York TimesJapan's new cabinet: Key figuresBBC NewsFACTBOX-Key quotes from Japan's new foreign ministerReutersBusiness Times (subscription) -Xinhua -Daily Timesall 2,526 news articles »
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- Q+A: How will the new Japan government affect banking, markets? (news.google.com)
- Book reveals new look at Japan's 'forced deaths' (news.google.com)
Deregulation made us poorerThe Japan TimesSorman also claims that the reforms of Junichiro Koizumi were opposed by bureaucrats and the public. Yet, it was well-reported the world over that Koizumi, ...
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