Japan Times :: Friday, June 26, 2009

• 18. NATIONAL NEWS
  1,200 in medical group leave LDP
  June 26, 2009
  MITO, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) More than a third of the members of a 3,400-strong political body under the Ibaraki Medical Association plan to quit the Liberal Democratic Party, the body said Thursday. continued ...


• 20. NATIONAL NEWS
  Aso to meet pope ahead of G-8 meet
  June 26, 2009
  TRIESTE, Italy (Kyodo) Prime Minister Taro Aso will meet with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on July 7, sources said Wednesday. continued ...


• 22. NATIONAL NEWS - MASAMI ITO
  Aso hints at calling snap election
  June 26, 2009
  By MASAMI ITO, Staff writer
  Despite his dwindling opinion poll numbers, Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday that he will dissolve the Lower House before too long, brushing off growing calls within his own Liberal Democratic Party to find a new leader. continued ...


• 38. EDITORIAL
  Guidelines on fiscal 2010 budget
  June 26, 2009
  Since the days of the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, financial reconstruction through reform of revenue generation and spending has been the core government policy. But the basic budget guidelines adopted by Prime Minister Taro Aso's administration represent a virtual scrapping of that policy line. continued ...