Toru Hashimoto
May 14, 2013
OSAKA--Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, stunned and flustered a U.S. military commander in Okinawa earlier this month with a suggestion that legalized...
May 13, 2013
OSAKA--Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, said on May 13 that "comfort women" were necessary for Japanese soldiers during World War II, but then softened ...
April 11, 2013
On April 9, Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, spoke to lawmakers of his party about his personal views on the Constitution. I find them quite sensible.
April 05, 2013
Shintaro Ishihara, the co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai) and former Tokyo governor, has resumed his life as a politician after weeks of being out...
April 04, 2013
Students summoned to the principal's office at the municipal-run Higashi Senior High School in Osaka in theory have 18 options to choose from.
January 12, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set in motion his strategy to gain control of the Upper House--and pave the way to achieve his longtime goal of revising Japan’s pacifist...
December 07, 2012
Politicians expressed shock, shifted strategies and pointed fingers after major Japanese dailies predicted the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party would gain an outright...
December 07, 2012
The social media steamroller credited with helping Barack Obama win re-election as U.S. president is playing a bigger role than ever before in Japanese politics as the country...
December 04, 2012
Be careful what you wish for. U.S. officials have long urged Japan to loosen limits on its military, bear more of the burden of its own defense and play a more prominent global ...
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 23, 2012
Signs of discontent and confusion have emerged within the Japan Restoration Party since party founder Toru Hashimoto eviscerated his stance on policy adherence to appease his...
November 20, 2012
People starting out afresh often do so with a change of hairstyle. Toru Hashimoto of the Japan Restoration Party recently began portraying himself in an orthodox "conservative" ...
November 19, 2012
In the rush to form a stronger political party with a Lower House election less than a month away, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s Japan Restoration Party considerably weakened...
November 17, 2012
The parties led by nationalist politician Shintaro Ishihara and popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto announced their merger on Nov. 17, after the former governor of Tokyo made...
November 16, 2012
Shintaro Ishihara and Toru Hashimoto will likely officially announce on Nov. 17 the formation of a coalition of the two new prominent parties they lead.
November 16, 2012
In a summit of east and west, Shintaro Ishihara and Toru Hashimoto failed to iron out their differences on Nov. 16 as the two prominent small party leaders discussed a...
November 14, 2012
Former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara announced the formation of the Sunrise Party on Nov. 13, but he could face a time crunch in negotiating a coalition with other parties.
November 13, 2012
A third-party panel for The Asahi Shimbun Co. has concluded that a story on Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto in Shukan Asahi Weekly Magazine has reinforced discrimination.
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...