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Democratic Party of Japan (JP)

Type: Organization

Name: Democratic Party of Japan (JP) (Democratic Party of Japan, DPJ, Minshuto, Democratic Party of Japan (Japan))

Nationality: Japan

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Democratic Party of Japan (Japan)

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Time Running Out for Japanese Abductees in Korea

The issue involves the fate of more than a dozen Japanese who were snatched by North Korean agents and spirited away to the North, ostensibly to train more agents in Japanese language and manners for future espionage. Most of these disappearances took ... [Published RealClearWorld - 15 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Democratic Party of Japan (JP), Pyongyang

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Silvio Berlusconi

Italy readies youth jobs plan as government struggles

By ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday began preparing a plan to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people. But the left-right ... [Published Sharenet - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Enrico Giovannini, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, Ascani, Unemployment

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Shinzo Abe

As Hashimoto self-destructs, party also reels

Recent remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto justifying the Imperial Japanese Army’s “comfort women” brothel system have upset relations with the United States and South Korea and enraged human rights activists both at home and abroad.The impact on domestic ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Tōru Hashimoto, Shinzo Abe, Miura (Japan)

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Democratic Party of Japan (JP)

Lawmakers Urge Japan to Apologize for Historical Distortions

Ruling and opposition lawmakers are urging Japanese politicians to apologize for their inflammatory remarks and acts concerning historical issues.In a news conference Wednesday, members of the parliamentary gender equality and family committee called ... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Japan, Democratic Party of Japan (JP), DIE REPUBLIKANER

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Liberal Democratic Party (JP)

Japan Power Report 2013: New research report available at Fast Market Research

Home Latest News Submit News About Us FAQ News Search: Environment: Next Release Japan Power Report 2013: New research report available at Fast Market Research New Energy research report from Business Monitor International is now available from Fast Market ... [Published UK PRWire - May 20 2013]

Entities: Liberal Democratic Party (JP), Japan, Nuclear

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Japanese parties voice support to democratic referendum in Western Sahara

(SPS) - Members from different parties represented in the Parliament of Japan have voiced support to a political solution to conflict of Western Sahara through a democratic referendum, informed Saharawi diplomatic sources.In a statement of concern on ... [Published Sahara Press Service - May 20 2013]

Entities: Western Sahara, Referendum, Democratic Party of Japan (JP), Satsuki Eda, Mito (Japan)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

House of Councillors

Editorial: Diet must protect press freedoms in 'my number' bill

The House of Councillors is deliberating on a bill to introduce a system to give each Japanese citizen an individual number to streamline the government's management of social security programs. The bill has already cleared the House of Representatives, ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Diet, Organism, Social Security, House of Councillors

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Japan's '3 Arrows' May Run Into German Wall

Shubiya district, Tokyo, JapanJapan's bold monetary experiment is producing entirely predictable results: liquidity driven soaring equity prices and the sinking yen.It will take more time to see the impact of all that on the real economy. The policy change ... [Published CNBC - May 20 2013]

Entities: Japan, Group of Eight, Democratic Party of Japan (JP)

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Support for Abe Cabinet slides to 70.9%: poll

Public support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has weakened but remains strong at 70.9 percent, compared with 72.1 percent last month, a Kyodo News survey said Sunday.It was the fourth time the Cabinet’s rating has topped 70 percent in the ... [Published Japan Times - May 19 2013]

Entities: Shinzo Abe, Liberal Democratic Party (JP), Tōru Hashimoto

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Support rate for Japan's Abe down to 70.9 pct

TOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Support rate for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has edged down almost 2 percent to 70.9 percent, compared with 72.1 percent in the previous poll last month, according to a Kyodo News survey showed on Sunda ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 19 2013]

Entities: Shinzo Abe, Japan Restoration Party, Democratic Party of Japan (JP), Liberal Democratic Party (JP)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Japan Presses Issue of Kidnapped Citizens

Written by Todd CrowellMegumi Yakota: MissingTime runs out as a recalcitrant North Korea refuses to come clean on missingThe new conservative government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making a new push to try and resolve the decades-long dispute with ... [Published Asia Sentinel - May 16 2013]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Democratic Party of Japan (JP)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

The Nuclear Village in Japan: restarting nuclear power

After an earthquake and tsunami created a creeping nuclear catastrophe two years ago the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) said it would get the country out of nuclear energy by 2040. Although it quickly backtracked, almost all of Japan’s 50 commercial ... [Published Law in Action - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Power, Nuclear, Japan, Democratic Party of Japan (JP), Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Quotes

"It is clear that if we don't act now to create jobs for young people, in 10 years time there won't be enough workers to pay their own parents' pensions, and the country will be dead" Anna Ascani, a 25-year-old PD lawmaker, told Reuters

Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles [Published Canadian HR Reporter - 13 hours ago]

Mr Lee added: "If you read a Chinese narrative, it's very different from reading the Japanese narrative. So from time to time, you see controversies from what appears in the Japanese history books... We should move forward and not keep on reopening old issues. Because if we keep on reopening old issues, it becomes more difficult to develop the relations and cooperation which you need in order to thrive in the 21st century."

S'pore hopes for "ambitious review" to existing FTA with Japan: PM Lee [Published Channel NewsAsia - 14 hours ago]

...not to rely on excessive monetary expansion, with pointed remarks that "Japanese problems, in the end, are mainly of a structural kind," and that "it is, therefore, especially important to present a reliable path to return to sustainable public finances and … to tackle structural challenges."

Japan's '3 Arrows' May Run Into German Wall [Published CNBC - May 20 2013]

...that the adviser's presence in Pyongyang had allowed North Korea to "proclaim to the world that it is not isolated in the international community. "With the otherwise secret North Korean RECOMMENDED: Read this story at csmonitor.com Become a part of the Monitor community"

Japan's 'secret' trip to North Korea disrupts united stance against Pyongyang [Published Yahoo! News - May 17 2013]

More Content

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Italy readies youth jobs plan as government str... [Published Sharenet - 10 hours ago]
Pyongyang aid hinged to abductees; report hints... [Published Japan Times - 12 hours ago]
Nationalism rearing ugly head with greater freq... [Published Japan Times - 12 hours ago]
Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government ... [Published Canadian HR Reporter - 13 hours ago]
S'pore hopes for "ambitious review" to existing... [Published Channel NewsAsia - 14 hours ago]
Time Running Out for Japanese Abductees in Korea [Published RealClearWorld - 15 hours ago]
As Hashimoto self-destructs, party also reels [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]
Lawmakers Urge Japan to Apologize for Historica... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - 17 hours ago]
Japan Post to appoint ex-Toshiba chairman Nishi... [Published GlobalPost - 20 hours ago]
Japan Power Report 2013: New research report av... [Published UK PRWire - May 20 2013]
Pakistan, Islam and Democracy [Published Informed Comment - May 20 2013]
Japanese parties voice support to democratic re... [Published Sahara Press Service - May 20 2013]
Atoms In Japan---Japan's Prime Minister Support... [Published Noodls - May 20 2013]
71% say Hashimoto's comfort women remarks 'inap... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 20 2013]
Editorial: Diet must protect press freedoms in ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 20 2013]
Japan's '3 Arrows' May Run Into German Wall [Published CNBC - May 20 2013]
Support for Abe Cabinet slides to 70.9%: poll [Published Japan Times - May 19 2013]
Support rate for Japan's Abe down to 70.9 pct [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 19 2013]
The other costs of concrete [Published Japan Times - May 18 2013]
As LDP rides high, are factions biding time? [Published Japan Times - May 17 2013]
Japan's 'secret' trip to North Korea disrupts u... [Published Yahoo! News - May 17 2013]
The Nuclear Village in Japan: restarting nuclea... [Published Law in Action - May 17 2013]
Japan's LDP Denounces Pacifist Constitution [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 17 2013]
Tougher penalties on illegal welfare recipients... [Published GlobalPost - May 17 2013]
11 women in Diet decry Hashimoto [Published Japan Times - May 16 2013]
Japan Presses Issue of Kidnapped Citizens [Published Asia Sentinel - May 16 2013]
Hashimoto wants U.S. military members to use se... [Published Japan Update - May 16 2013]
Your Party chief hints at ending alliance with ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 16 2013]
DPJ’s Hosono meets with Okinawa governor on rev... [Published Japan Times - May 15 2013]
TPP-fearing farmers get lip service? [Published Japan Times - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Pakistan, Islam and Democracy [Published Informed Comment - May 20 2013] Pakistan, a country 97 percent Muslim, has just made its first successful transition from one elected, civilian government to another since its founding in 1947. The country has had long bouts of military rule, and a history of coups against elected ...
The Nuclear Village in Japan: restarting nuclea... [Published Law in Action - May 17 2013] After an earthquake and tsunami created a creeping nuclear catastrophe two years ago the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) said it would get the country out of nuclear energy by 2040. Although it quickly backtracked, almost all of Japan’s 50 commercial ...
Japan: Nothing Fails Like Success [Published Zero Hedge - May 13 2013] (co-authored with my Tokyo-based colleague Masashi Murata)Abenomics appears to be off to a fairly successful start, despite the volatility in the JGB market. The yen is sharply lower. Equities are dramatically higher. The Japanese economy itself is likely ...
Japan: Nothing Fails Like Success [Published Zero Hedge - May 13 2013] (co-authored with my Tokyo-based colleague Masashi Murata) Abenomics appears to be off to a fairly successful start, despite the volatility in the JGB market. The yen is sharply lower. Equities are dramatically higher. The Japanese economy itself is ...
Japan’s political parties flock to Line after b... [Published The Next Web - May 13 2013] There’s more evidence of the rising importance of messaging apps in Asia after Line announced ( Google Translate ) that ten political parties in Japan have opened official accounts on its service in a bid to increase their engagement and communication ...

Audio/Video

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Japan's Noda steps down after election defeat [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Dec 16 2012]
Japan heads to the polls [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Dec 16 2012]
Japan elections: Nationalist fervour on the rise [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Dec 15 2012]