Abes opponents say his post-election energies will quickly switch from the economy to his lifelong obsession. I have an extremely strong sense of crisis about whats coming, said Katsuya Okada, leader of the Democratic Party, last week. Okada said a resounding victory for the LDP would completel
Date: Jul 06, 2016
Category: World
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Ruling, opposition camps switch into campaign mode day after election date confirmed
Also Thursday afternoon, DP leader Katsuya Okada signed a policy accord with the partys support body, the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nations largest labor organization and known as Rengo.
Date: Jun 02, 2016
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Spotlight: Japan's security laws come into effect as public protests erupt, opposition seeks laws' scrapping
opposition parties have stated they will take issue with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition over this, in this summer's upper house elections, and make this a central theme. Prior to that the head of the main opposition Democratic Party Katsuya Okada is calling for the law to be scrapped."Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe changed the interpretation of the Constitution by force. Is it OK to change the Constitution's pacifism so easily?" Katsuya Okada was quoted as saying during a public speech on Monday.
Date: Mar 29, 2016
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Feature: About 37000 protesters rally against Japan's controversial security laws in Tokyo
"We have to stop the 'reckless driving'of the Abe administration. This is the last chance to realize the politics in which it is possible to change ruling parties," Katsuya Okada, chief of the new opposition party, said in his party's recent inaugural convention in Tokyo.
Date: Mar 29, 2016
Category: World
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Japanese government expects Bank of Japan move to bolster Abenomics
At a press conference on Friday, Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada said: "There's a feeling that the economy has reached an impasse. The central bank's monetary easing measures have achieved no sufficient effects, and the situation has reached a deadlock."
Date: Jan 30, 2016
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Japan's Abe Stops Short of Direct Apology Over World War II
Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada, who heads the largest opposition bloc in parliament, said Mr. Abes policies had raised tensions with Japans neighbors and made a reconciliation over history harder. He said, Each of the phrasessuch as colonial rule, aggression, deep remorse
Date: Aug 14, 2015
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Opposition parties up in arms over Abe's vow to pass security legislation
At a stage when the legislation has not even been submitted, it is unheard-of to make a promise in a foreign nation about the timing for passage of such important bills, Katsuya Okada, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, said in a statement released on April 30. It shows extrem
Date: May 01, 2015
Category: World
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BOJ refrains from more stimulus even as price target slips
By contrast, the head of Japan's top opposition party, Katsuya Okada, last week said nothing further was needed, flagging the danger of a "bubble." A leader of one of the nation's top business lobbies also doubted the central bank's "unnatural actions" would help.
Date: Apr 30, 2015
Category: Business
Source: Google
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