Sadakazu Tanigaki
May 25, 2013
A young man in Kanagawa Prefecture always gets nervous when he sees a headline about an execution in Japan. He fears that Sumitoshi Tsuda has been sent to the gallows.
May 10, 2013
Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki denounced the spread of hate speech being used at demonstrations across Japan but stopped short of proposing any legal action against...
April 26, 2013
Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki told reporters at an April 26 news conference that earlier the same day Japan hanged two death-row inmates for the first time in two months.
March 13, 2013
A British-based NGO has taken issue with the Japanese government's contention that 85 percent of the population support the death penalty.
September 11, 2012
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan has announced it will hold an election to choose a new party leader on Sept. 21.
September 10, 2012
With a crowded field lining up for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, incumbent Sadakazu Tanigaki, seeing declining support, bowed out of the race...
September 10, 2012
If given the choice, most voters would pick “none of the above” in the presidential elections of the ruling and main opposition parties, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
September 08, 2012
While Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appears to have a clear path to re-election as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, Sadakazu Tanigaki faces an uphill battle...
September 05, 2012
Much work needs to be done before the current regular session of the Diet closes on Sept. 8. For example, unless the Diet passes a bill enabling the government to issue...
September 05, 2012
It was said that in the old days, Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, would give believers nationwide small boxes containing charms and talismans to ward off evil. The boxes...
August 09, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the heads of two opposition parties agreed Aug. 8 to pass the bills for integrated tax and social security reform and then call a Lower House...
August 08, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda agreed on Aug. 8 with leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito to dissolve the Lower House and hold an election "before long" after ...
June 06, 2012
The political process in Japan has reached an impasse. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan should realize that it alone is not responsible for getting things moving again.
June 04, 2012
With Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda now cozying up to the opposition bloc, ruling party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa may seem like the odd man out.
May 17, 2012
Sadakazu Tanigaki, the leader of Japan’s largest opposition party, is in a bind.
April 02, 2012
The opposition Liberal Democratic Party would accept Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s tax bill if he promises to dissolve the Lower House and expels heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa...
March 02, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s secret meeting with opposition leader Sadakazu Tanigaki may have been an attempt by Noda to bypass political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa--perhaps ...
March 01, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and opposition leader Sadakazu Tanigaki secretly met in Tokyo on Feb. 25 apparently to discuss a possible Lower House dissolution in exchange for...
March 01, 2012
Two great heroes cannot exist side by side. The saying derives from the rivalry between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, two prominent military leaders who fought for supremacy in...
February 27, 2012
The waters have gradually become choppy in the political community, with the time for the government to decide on a bill to raise the consumption tax rate approaching.