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Japan’s ruling bloc wins upper house elections

July 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly 1 Comment

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections July 21, giving it control of both chambers and a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms. The win is an endorsement of the Liberal Democratic […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Chinese, Elaine Kurtenbach, Kyodo News, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Mari Yamaguchi, NHK, NTV, Naohisa Hayashi, New Komeito, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, japan

Conservative LDP wins landslide victory in Japan

December 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly Leave a Comment

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory Sunday, Dec. 16, after three years in opposition, according to unofficial results, signaling a rightward shift in the government that could further heighten tensions with China, a key economic partner, as well as […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, DPJ, East China Sea, Japan Restoration Party, Kazuhisa Kawakami, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Momoko Mihara, NHK, New Komeito, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Senkaku Daioyu, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 52 | December 22 - December 28, Yasukuni Shrine, Yukiko Kada

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