Democratic Party of Japan

...Hatoyama and opposition leaders to break the impasse - as the opposition has demanded. To get Diet proceedings back on track, DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa called on his opposition counterparts to hold a meeting of the secretaries...

In this article: Diet, DPJ, Kenji Yamaoka, Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito, Hepatitis, Japan Post, Ichiro Ozawa, Tadamori Oshima, and Yukio Hatoyama

...with its most important ally. It is also an early political test of the leadership ability of Hatoyama and his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). To an even greater degree, Japan's probe of the secret nuclear pact with the United States is as...

In this article: Japan, United States, Yukio Hatoyama, Liberal Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Okinawa, and Katsuya Okada

...Japan and private-sector experts, including professors, researchers and economists. The operation will continue until Friday. The DPJ won last summer's election after pledging to rein in wasteful administrative work and use taxpayer money...

In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Convention on Biological Diversity, Yukio Edano, Yukio Hatoyama, U.N., and Nagoya

...have developed since the Democratic Party took power in a historic election win. Aug 30, 2009: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) wins national election, ending five decades of almost constant rule by the Liberal Democratic Party...

In this article: Bank of Japan, DPJ, Deflation, Japan, Recession, Liberal Democratic Party, and Masaaki Shirakawa

Previous governments led by the Liberal Democratic Party consistently denied the existence of the secret nuclear pact, but the new Democratic Party of Japan-led administration is to officially change that stance. "The probe is now in the...

In this article: United States, Tokyo, Katsuya Okada, Liberal Democratic Party, Washington, Japan, and Aiichiro Fujiyama

...to say how the money was used. He also had no comment on the details of the YEN250 million the LDP withdrew Sept. 1, before the DPJ government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama was launched Sept. 16. "I can't comment on the issue,"...

In this article: Hirofumi Hirano, Liberal Democratic Party, LDP, Fiscal year, and Yukio Hatoyama

...the Lower House approved the bill in a plenary session. The vote marked the first time since the DPJ-led administration came into being that the DPJ has railroaded passage of a bill. When it was in the opposition, the DPJ used to criticize...

In this article: Diet, Liberal Democratic Party, Yukio Hatoyama, Komeito, Cash flow, and Koichiro Genba

...ruling coalition partner, New Komeito. In the evening, the legislation was moved to the plenary session of the Lower House, where the DPJ, together with its two coalition partners, has an overwhelming majority. But passage was not expected to...

In this article: DPJ, Diet, Liberal Democratic Party, Koichiro Genba, Recession, New Komeito, and Takeaki Matsumoto

...meet Yukio Hatoyama, whose Democratic party stormed to power in August's historic general election, on Friday evening. The DPJ has said it wants to establish a more "equal" relationship with the US than was enjoyed by the long-ruling...

In this article: Barack Obama, Yukio Hatoyama, DPJ, Asia, Japan, Tokyo, US, Okinawa Prefecture, Climate change, and Democratic Party

...cases remained unsolved. Now it appears the problems involve 850 million pension-related records. The DPJ claimed in its election manifesto that if it gained power it would strive to resolve the problems within two years. But there is a...

In this article: Akira Nagatsuma and Diet