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December 01, 2012
Now that most parties have announced their campaign platforms, or manifestoes, for the Lower House election on Dec. 16, debate on key policy issues among them has begun in...
November 30, 2012
He came across as a decisive leader, the kind Japanese voters would warm to. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto struck a welcome contrast with politicians of established parties, such...
November 29, 2012
The Japan Restoration Party called for writing a new Constitution in its campaign platform released on Nov. 29, adopting the long-held policy of recently appointed leader...
November 21, 2012
Rather than campaign under the banner of the party he helped create, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has said he will not run in the Dec. 16 Lower House election and...
November 20, 2012
PHNOM PENH--The trade ministers of Japan, China and South Korea on Nov. 20 agreed to start negotiations in early 2013 on a trilateral free trade agreement after their leaders...
November 20, 2012
PHNOM PENH--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda proposed on Nov. 20 that Japan and the United States speed up discussions on Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade...
November 20, 2012
PHNOM PENH--Japan's ruling party will only officially endorse candidates in the Dec. 16 Lower House election who pledge to support Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's initiative to ...
November 20, 2012
WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama and Southeast Asian leaders launched an initiative aimed at expanding trade and investment ties between the United States and 10 countries in ...
November 17, 2012
The Democratic Party of Japan released a draft of its election manifesto that strengthens its anti-nuclear stance but makes little mention of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s...
November 17, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Nov. 16 dissolved the Lower House for a snap election, and voting to choose the new members of the chamber will take place on Dec. 16, after a...
November 13, 2012
Tensions are again rising in the already fractious ruling Democratic Party of Japan, this time over Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s moves to dissolve the Lower House this...
November 12, 2012
A record-high 64 percent of voters do not support the Noda Cabinet, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey, which also revealed low expectations for the new party planned by...
September 18, 2012
The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, have agreed to start negotiations for...
September 06, 2012
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—Japan will not join talks this year on creating a free-trade zone for the Pacific region, as ruling party members remain opposed to Tokyo's entry and...
June 29, 2012
Tomoyuki Taira, a novice lawmaker, was already thinking about leaving the ruling Democratic Party of Japan before Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced that two nuclear...
June 06, 2012
KAZAN, Russia--Japan-U.S. talks over Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement negotiations have ground to a halt, with both sides reluctant...
June 05, 2012
The chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said on June 4 that he was “greatly confused” by U.S. demands for auto industry concessions in bilateral...
June 02, 2012
The United States is seeking concessions in six areas related to automobiles in preliminary talks to determine if Japan should be allowed to take part in negotiations to join...
May 19, 2012
The United States is pressing Japan to give ground on nontariff barriers to car imports in bilateral talks over Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
May 17, 2012
DALLAS--Talks on a regional free trade agreement between the United States and eight countries in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region made good progress over the past week,...