Tomoko Abe: SDP Must Return to Coalition

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tokyo -- Social Democratic Party policy chief Tomoko Abe told PanOrient News in an exclusive interview that her small, liberal party needs to return to a coalition with the ruling DPJ if it hopes to retain relevance in the Japanese political world, but the current party executives are resisting that course of action.

"A small party cannot do everything itself," she said, "but needs to act as part of a larger coalition in order to see its policies realized."

Abe cited the Green Party of...

Harunobu Yonenaga: Why I Support Ozawa

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Tokyo -- Harunobu Yonenaga is a 1st term DPJ member of the House of Councillors who has declared in support of Ichiro Ozawa for party president. Yonenaga, 43, hails from an election district in Yamanashi Prefecture and heads the DPJ's international section.

PanOrient News caught up with Yonenaga at the DPJ headquarters last night and had the following conversation.


PanOrient News: We've heard that many people are supporting Ichiro Ozawa because they are unhappy that the 2009 Manifesto ha...

No Deal!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Tokyo -- Today's meeting between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and heavyweight lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa did not produce any agreement for Ozawa to drop his leadership bid, as many analysts had anticipated.

The two rivals did agree, however, that the ruling party must stay united no matter what the outcome of the DPJ presidential elections on September 14.

After the meeting, Kan formally announced his candidacy for reelection.

Some reports suggest that the main sticking in the negotiations was t...

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