Daily Yomiuri Online Click
- No poll before spring, Aso hints
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (Nov. 16, 2008)
Makoto Miura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
WASHINGTON--Prime Minister Taro Aso hinted Friday he would not dissolve the House of Representatives before spring, to allow the government to concentrate on passing the fiscal 2009 budget this fiscal year. continued ... - ASDF backed essay competition / Top officer called for submissions in contest that saw Tamogami lose post
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (Nov. 16, 2008)
A high-ranking Air Self-Defense Force officer sent ASDF units letters that urged senior officers to encourage ASDF members to enter an essay contest that was held in June, according to the Defense Ministry. continued ... - Lawmakers in limbo over general election
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (Nov. 16, 2008)
Ruling and opposition lawmakers are finding themselves in a dilemma over whether they should relax their preparations for a House of Representatives election or stay vigilant about a possible snap general election. continued ...
The Japan Times Click
- Aso priority budget, not poll
(The Japan Times) Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
No dissolution at least till Diet passes '09 spending plan by March
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Prime Minister Taro Aso indicated his intention Friday to dissolve the House of Representatives as early as next spring after the Diet passes the fiscal 2009 budget before the March 31 end of the current fiscal year. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Deviant thinking on defense
(The Japan Times) Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Prime Minister Taro Aso in an Upper House session Thursday said it was "extremely inappropriate" for Mr. Toshio Tamogami, the recently dismissed Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff, to write an essay that contradicted the government's official view on Japan's war-making in the 1930s and '40s. continued ...
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