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 Topic: PoliticsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 08:32 AM
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(Kyodo) _ A set of bills to privatize Japan Post -- the centerpiece of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform initiative -- was approved Tuesday by a House of Representatives panel and is expected to clear the lower chamber in a plenary session later in the day.
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 01:30 AM
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(Kyodo) _ A new constitution draft prepared by a panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party addresses five kinds of rights that are not stated in the current Constitution promulgated in 1947, including people's right of access to government information, party sources said Saturday.
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Read full article: ' LDP constitution draft addresses right to gov't info' (3272 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, October 07, 2005 - 07:33 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japan and North Korea are expected to resume next week their stalled governmental talks that could pave the way for normalizing diplomatic ties between them, a Seoul daily reported Thursday. "The North and Japan have come close to an agreement that the negotiations would resume next week," the JoongAng Ilbo quoted an anonymous South Korean foreign ministry official as saying.
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, October 03, 2005 - 07:32 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japan is ready to have ministerial-level talks with China over Chinese gas and oil exploration in East China Sea fields, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Sunday after lower-level talks ended at odds Saturday. "In some cases, (Japan) will accept ministerial-level talks," Nakagawa told reporters.
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Read full article: 'Japan eyes ministerial talks with China over gas field development' (531 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 07:33 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi demonstrated a strong determination Monday to again seek enactment of the bills to privatize Japan Post in his policy address at a special Diet session. "I respect the voice of the people and take it upon myself to realize postal privatization," Koizumi said, referring to his party's landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi resolves to resubmit, enact postal bills in Diet speech' (3461 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 07:06 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Junichiro Koizumi was reelected Wednesday as prime minister of Japan at a special Diet session convened following his ruling party's landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election. Koizumi obtained 340 of the 479 votes cast in the House of Representatives, with most independents, mostly ousted in effect from his Liberal Democratic Party for opposing postal privatization bills, joining the 327-member ruling bloc in voting for him.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi reelected as premier, to retain Cabinet until Nov.' (3794 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, September 22, 2005 - 07:06 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Junichiro Koizumi was reelected Wednesday as prime minister of Japan at a special Diet session convened following his ruling party's landslide victory in the Sept. 11 general election. Koizumi obtained 340 of the 479 votes cast in the House of Representatives, with most independents, mostly ousted in effect from his Liberal Democratic Party for opposing postal privatization bills, joining the 327-member ruling bloc in voting for him.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi reelected as premier, to retain Cabinet until Nov.' (3794 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 07:15 AM
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A special session of Japan's parliament was set to re-elect Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister on Wednesday following a landslide win by his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in an election this month.
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Read full article: 'Japan parliament set to re-elect Koizumi as PM' (2371 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 07:19 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japan and North Korea confirmed they will make efforts to settle contentious bilateral issues and normalize diplomatic ties in an appropriate manner based on a bilateral document signed in 2002 by the leaders of the two nations, according to a joint statement adopted on Monday at the six-party nuclear talks in Beijing.
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Read full article: 'Japan, North confirm effort to settle pending issues, normalize ties' (3117 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, September 19, 2005 - 09:25 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed Saturday to hold closer consultations to make sure the political process in Iraq will move forth smoothly and steadily, a Japanese official said.
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