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Leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Naoto Kan smiles in Tokyo, 09 November 2003, as he waits for the results of the general election, giving 103 million voters their chance to pass judgement on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government. The ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was projected to retain power but with smaller majority in Japan's lower house after a general election 09 November, according to television exit polls.
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LDP Alters Abes Constitutional Pledge in Japan Election Plans
Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling Liberal Democratic Party is changing its strategy for rewriting the countrys pacifist constitution ahead of parliamentary elections in July, a party executive said. The LDP will omit from its platform Abes from Democratic Underground Read more »
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Japan's PM Abe defends policies as markets settle
leader of Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe (centre) is applauded by his party members after being elected as Japan's Prime Minister at the Lower House of the Parliament in Tokyo on December 26, 2012. Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies from Straits Times Read more »
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Careers › Strengthening the JET Program
Liberal Democratic Party’s plans to double the number of Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) participants in the next three years has once again roused debate about the merits of the program and what it has accomplished in its 26 years of existence. from Japan Today Read more »
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Japan considers English specialist unis
30 Japanese universities will teach in English, under reforms advocated by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's education reform panel. The Japan Times has reported that Toshiaki Endo, head of the panel, will push to have some of its proposals included in from The Australian Read more »
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LDP calls for elections after decision on EU talks date
-- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Čedomir Jovanović has requested that early elections be called after a decision on the EU talks date is made. They came to power by lying and cheating. For the past year they have been tying loose ends left over from from B92 Read more »
