referendum
May 22, 2013
A referendum to be held in the western Tokyo suburb of Kodaira on May 26 represents a novel approach to democracy.
February 27, 2013
TAIPEI--Taiwan's main opposition party called on Feb. 26 for a change in the law governing referendums to give voters a fair chance to decide whether to halt construction of a...
November 19, 2012
Shizuoka's prefectural assembly has rejected a bill to hold a public referendum that would have put the restart of the nuclear reactors in the prefecture to a yes-or-no vote....
October 16, 2012
VILNIUS--Lithuanians rejected a plan to build a nuclear plant to cut dependence on imports of Russian energy, in a non-binding referendum that does not kill off the project but ...
October 15, 2012
The Shizuoka prefectural assembly on Oct. 11 voted down an ordinance calling for a referendum on the restart of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, which is operated...
September 21, 2012
The governor of Shizuoka Prefecture submitted a bill to the prefectural assembly on Sept. 19 calling for a referendum on the restart of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant.
August 28, 2012
The governor of Shizuoka Prefecture said he will support holding a local referendum on restarting the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, which is regarded as a ticking time bomb.
August 24, 2012
NIIGATA--A citizens advocacy group on Aug. 23 said it has collected enough signatures to call for a prefectural referendum on the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s idled...
June 25, 2012
The Tokyo metropolitan assembly voted down an ordinance that proposed a referendum on whether people in Tokyo oppose the restart of nuclear reactors operated by Tokyo Electric...
June 21, 2012
The Tokyo metropolitan assembly dashed the hopes of 320,000 Tokyoites by rejecting their petition for a referendum on the future of nuclear power plants.
May 11, 2012
In an effort likely to just be a symbolic one, a citizens group submitted petitions containing 323,076 signatures to the Tokyo metropolitan government on May 10 calling for a...
March 28, 2012
OSAKA--With opposition led by powerful Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, the city council here on March 27 rejected a referendum to put the issue of nuclear power on the ballot,...
February 26, 2012
Toru Hashimoto, the reformist mayor of Osaka who has captured the political spotlight with his Osaka Ishin no Kai (Osaka restoration group), is calling for a national...
February 11, 2012
Shintaro Ishihara, the outspoken governor of Tokyo, says he has no intention of supporting a referendum on nuclear power being sought by a citizens group.
February 10, 2012
Although a citizens group said it has met the legal requirement calling for a referendum on the use of nuclear power in Tokyo, the Tokyo metropolitan electoral management...
February 07, 2012
A citizens group seeking a local referendum on the use of nuclear power in Tokyo said it has collected enough signatures to file a petition calling for an ordinance to hold the ...
February 04, 2012
MOSCOW--The Russian government has denied that it is open to holding a referendum on the future of the disputed Northern Territories, after its foreign minister appeared to...
January 24, 2012
With two weeks to go before the expiry of a deadline to win backing for a local referendum on the use of nuclear power, a Tokyo-based citizens group is still short of 120,000...
January 23, 2012
A signature-collecting campaign is under way to hold a referendum in Tokyo to allow citizens to express their views on nuclear power generation. But the campaign, organized by...
January 10, 2012
A citizens’ advocacy group set up to press for referendums on the use of nuclear power says it has collected enough signatures in Osaka to petition the city government for a...