Ichiro Ozawa
May 22, 2012
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, clearly frustrated over Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s wavering ways, has resorted to threats to force decisive action on...
May 21, 2012
More than half of the people in Japan oppose plans to restart reactors at the Oi power plant in Fukui Prefecture, and an overwhelming majority distrusts the government’s...
May 09, 2012
Lawyers serving as prosecutors on May 9 appealed the acquittal of Ichiro Ozawa, meaning that the political heavyweight’s legal battle will continue in the Tokyo High Court.
May 09, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda again put his political life on the line on May 8, when Diet deliberations finally started on legislation to raise the consumption tax rate.
May 07, 2012
Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan on May 7 approved a plan for restoring the party membership of Ichiro Ozawa, its former president, who was found not guilty...
May 02, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s attempt to lay down the law in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan has infuriated opponents of his proposed tax hike and fueled fears the...
April 30, 2012
Several “rules” exist about Ichiro Ozawa, the power broker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
April 29, 2012
MOOKA, Tochigi Prefecture--Ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa blasted the Noda administration over its policy to raise the consumption tax rate in his first public remarks...
April 27, 2012
Japan’s political world is bracing for a major confrontation over government plans to raise the consumption tax following the acquittal of Ichiro Ozawa on charges of...
April 27, 2012
In a nutshell, what the Tokyo District Court sought to determine in the trial of Ichiro Ozawa was whether the political heavyweight conspired with his aides to falsify...
April 27, 2012
Few court rulings have impacted politics more profoundly than the 1983 Tokyo District Court decision on the Lockheed payoff scandal.
April 27, 2012
The Tokyo District Court on April 26 found political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa not guilty of falsifying political fund reports.
April 26, 2012
After emerging victorious in his legal battle, kingmaker Ichiro Ozawa will return to the ruling party for an expected showdown with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda that could...
April 26, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had little to say about the man who poses perhaps the biggest hurdle to passing legislation to raise the consumption tax rate.
April 26, 2012
For decades, Ichiro Ozawa has hovered around the center of political power. He has created parties and then ripped them apart, forged several alliances and created bitter...
April 26, 2012
The Tokyo District Court on April 26 found political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa not guilty of falsifying political fund reports.
April 11, 2012
As revelers caroused under the cherry blossoms at countless parties held in the nation’s capital, one gathering was a more somber affair.
April 09, 2012
The Finance Ministry is pushing to start Diet deliberations on a bill to raise the consumption tax rate before a court verdict on political fund-related charges against ruling...
April 06, 2012
Ichiro Ozawa’s faction in the ruling party plans to set up study groups and has opened its own website, fueling speculation the political heavyweight is preparing to form a...
April 02, 2012
When I wake up in the morning while traveling, I sometimes feel the exhilaration of finding myself in a new, unfamiliar place that allows me to start a day that is different...