Underwood William - Redress Crossroads in Japan: Decisive Phase in Campaigns to Compensate Korean and Chinese Wartime Forced Laborers
Jul 28, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Redress Crossroads in Japan: Decisive Phase in Campaigns to Compensate Korean and Chinese Wartime Forced Laborers William Underwood On the eve of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of World War Two, and the first anniversary of progressive political leadership by the Democratic Party of Japan...Tags: Aircraft Factory, Campaigns, Crossroads, Decisive Phase, Democratic Party, Fifth Anniversary, Japanese Government, July 14, Korean Women, Laborers, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagoya, Political Leadership, Protests, Redress, Seoul, Volunteer Corps, William Underwood, World War Two, Yen
Governing Japan: Diet of worms
Jul 15, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
The result of the election on July 11th, in which the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lost control of the upper house of Japan's Diet (parliament), is awful news not just for the prime minister, Naoto Kan, and his party. On the face of it, it is awful news for Japan as well. Mr Kan faces t...Tags: Democratic Party, Diet Of Worms, Dpj, Economic Stagnation, Economist, Face, Faces, Governing Japan, Lost, Naoto Kan, News Japan, Parliament, Political Failure, Prime Minister, Upper House, Vote
Japanese women face gender gap despite new milestones
Jul 13, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
The past month has seen a flurry of female firsts in Japan. The Bank of Japan this week appointed its first female branch manager in its 128-year history. Japan Airlines Corp. announced its first female pilot captain. East Japan Railway now has female station masters in Tokyo for the first time. ...Tags: Bank Of Japan, Democratic Party, East Japan Railway, Female Firsts, Female Pilot, Former Model, Gap, Gender Gap, Girl Power, Japan Airlines, Japanese Women, Member Of Parliament, Recent Developments, Standing As One, Station Masters, Telegenic, Upper House Elections, Wall Street Journal, Women Face, Women In The World
Ozawa’s aggressive election strategy proves unsuccessful
Jul 11, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
All but one Democratic Party of Japan candidate fielded at the initiative of former Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa as second DPJ runners in multi-seat constituencies failed to be elected in Sunday's House of Councillors election. The DPJ fielded two candidates, including women handpicked by Ozawa...Tags: Candidacies, Constituencies, Democratic Party, Dpj, Election Strategy, Electoral Districts, Girls, Ichiro Ozawa, Initiative, Japan, Party Branches, Runners, Secretary General, Worries
The Perils of Naoto Kan
Jul 8, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
A change in leadership in Japan passes almost un-noticed these days, but the ascension of Naoto Kan to the role of prime minister could have a long-lasting impact on the strategic landscape. Kan is the fifth Japanese prime minister in four years. He takes over from Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned af...Tags: Ascension, Democratic Party, Hamlet, Indecision, Japan, Japanese Prime Minister, Landscape, Leadership, Military Base, Naoto Kan, Newsweek, Okinawa, Perils, Politician, Pragmatism, Relocation, Sensitive Issue, Tar Baby, Wilier, Yukio
Kan Cabinet’s support rate at 60% or higher: newspapers
Jun 10, 2010 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
The public support rate for new Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet stood at 60 percent or higher, with his ruling Democratic Party of Japan gaining popularity ahead of the upcoming upper house election, opinion polls by major dailies showed Thursday. The Asahi Shimbun said the support rate for th...Tags: Asahi Shimbun, Dailies, Democratic Party, Disapproval, Japan, Naoto Kan, New Prime Minister, Newspapers, Opinion Polls, Poll, Popularity, Predecessor, Resignation, Upper House Election, Yukio
Women bring fresh air to Japan’s new parliament
Sep 16, 2009 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Japan's new government boasts a record number of women, including two cabinet ministers, slightly shifting the gender balance in a country with historically low female representation in politics. The election victory of the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) altered the demographic map o...Tags: Air Japan, Cabinet Ministers, Democratic Party, Demographic Map, Election Victory, Female Representation, Fresh Air, Gender Balance, Japan Government, Last Election, Member Chamber, Parliament
Ex-PMs’ kin join new Myanmar party
Sep 15, 2009 Europe
Daughters of former premiers to join Democratic party ahead of next year's polls.Tags: Ahead, Democratic Party, Myanmar, Pms, Polls
Japan to demand US forces clean up pollution
Sep 14, 2009 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Japan's incoming government plans to oblige US forces stationed in the country to clean up any environmental damage when they move bases, a report said Monday. The coalition led by the centre-left Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which takes power this week, wants to add an environmental clause t...Tags: Democratic Party, Dpj, Environmental Damage, Environmental Restoration, Incoming Forces, Incoming Government, Japan Government, Local Governments, Pollution, Sofa, Status Of Forces Agreement
First couple find trouble getting away from it all - even at home
Sep 13, 2009 Asia, Japan, Japan: In English
Democratic Party of Japan chief Yukio Hatoyama and his wife took their first neighborhood stroll Saturday since winning the Aug. 30 Lower House election, visiting a Tokyo shrine and buying bread as reporters followed their every move. (Japan Times)Tags: Democratic Party, Japan Times, Neighborhood, Tokyo, Yukio
