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Axed DPJ exec calls again for Ozawa to go
...that would not help revamp the party," he said. But Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who leads the DPJ, has basically accepted the party's decision, telling reporters Friday that...
Japan's low birth rate poses demographic dilemma
...while postponing a hike in the country's 5% consumption tax -- despite Japan's burgeoning public debt. The DPJ's plan includes paying cash allowances of more than $3,000 per child to...
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DPJ caught on the horns of a fiscal dilemma
...- all daunting, if not impossible, or politically suicidal, challenges for the DPJ, analysts say. "Seeing the DPJ's budget drafting process, fiscal discipline is weak," said Toshihiro...
Child pornography in Japan: Outraged innocence
...variety, but it floundered. Some lawmakers opposed strengthening police powers to snoop. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan plans to put forward legislation in June. With slow progress...
"After firms cut wages to raise profits, domestic demand was negatively affected." Hajime Kitano, Tokyo-based strategist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., said the revision may have a positive impact on the economy by addressing "discrimination" against irregular workers even if it hurts corporate profits. "The DPJ government wants to change how companies divide their profits among stakeholders in the backdrop of increasing shareholders' power," Kitano said. "The government should now address overprotection of regular workers to seek equal pay for equal work regardless of employment style."
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DPJ rule raises Hague treaty-signing hope
...Ministry officials over the issue of international parental child abduction, said he sees a "sharper focus" by the DPJ-led government as opposed to the previous LDP administrations.
Bank of Japan Eases Policy
...an outright majority. It now controls the chamber, together with two small coalition-partner parties. The DPJ government's popularity has been sliding recently because of a series of...
DPJ member to quit over fund scandal
...her intention to step down to take responsibility for a funds scandal connected to her election campaign, a DPJ source said Tuesday. Chiyomi Kobayashi The resignation is...
From hope to disenchantment
...given for disapproval of his administration was his own lack of leadership. There was more bad news for the DPJ concerning the election slated for the coming summer. Only 28.3 percent...
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Half-year on, Hatoyama struggling
...the fiscal 2010 budget draft is far from what was originally pitched to voters. The DPJ initially predicted it could fulfill its pledges without additional expenditure, but trimming...
DPJ begins new round of waste-cutting
...and organizations by the ministries would be redirected toward financing programs pledged by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan during last summer's general election. The new...
Maehara: Ozawa clouding DPJ's 'historic mission'
...that the country would go into a stalemate if unchanged," the land minister told a news conference. "The DPJ must fulfill its mission. "The public support ratings (for Prime Minister...
DPJ needs schooling on equality
...DPJ, which was the opposition party, objected to the exclusion. Now that the DPJ is the ruling party, it seems to have developed the same anti-chosen gakko reflex, and reflexes are the...
