Kyodo :: News Articles :: Thursday July 23, 2009

• Foreign minister in DPJ gov't to order unsealing secret nuclear pact
  Date: Jul 23 09:38 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The foreign minister would order the Foreign Ministry's top bureaucrat to disclose documents concerning a secret Japan-U.S. pact allowing the entry into Japan of nuclear-armed U.S. ships and airplanes if the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took power, a party executive said Thursday. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99K6FG80&show_article=1
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• DPJ ready to be more flexible on foreign policy issues
  Date: Jul 23 05:06 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan seems ready to adopt a more pragmatic foreign policy with an eye toward taking power at the Aug. 30 general election, reversing its previous stance of adamantly opposing the overseas dispatch of Self-Defense Forces. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99K2FVO0&show_article=1
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• Political parties' main election pledges
  Date: Jul 23 02:23 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The following is a list of political parties' main policy pledges for the Aug. 30 general election of the House of Representatives. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99K03J00&show_article=1
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