Kyodo :: News Articles :: Wednesday July 22, 2009

• Happy Science leader Okawa to run in general election
  Date: Jul 22 09:10 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Ryuho Okawa, who heads the Happy Science religious corporation, will run in the Aug. 30 general election by placing himself at the head of the list of Happiness Realization Party candidates for the Tokyo proportional representation block, he said Wednesday. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99JGVDO1&show_article=1
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• Koizumi's son rejects 'double candidacy' in general election
  Date: Jul 22 08:27 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Shinjiro Koizumi, a son of former Prime Minister Juichiro Koizumi who plans to run in the Aug. 30 general election, will limit his candidacy to a single-seat constituency in Kanagawa Prefecture and refrain from simultaneously running in the proportional representation block, he said Wednesday. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99JGB600&show_article=1
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• LDP, DPJ launch full-fledged preparations for Aug. 30 election
  Date: Jul 22 07:39 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo) — The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday embarked on full-scale preparations for campaigning toward an Aug. 30 general election, one day after Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the House of Representatives. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99JFKLO1&show_article=1
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• Former People's New Party lawmaker switches allegiance to DPJ
  Date: Jul 22 06:40 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A former lower house member of the People's New Party has amicably switched to the Democratic Party of Japan, demonstrating the close ties between the two opposition parties ahead of the next month's general election, their leaders said Wednesday. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99JEP200&show_article=1
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• Local LDP chapters criticize that turmoil puts party in jeopardy
  Date: Jul 22 06:07 AM US/Eastern
  TOKYO, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Election chiefs of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party from across Japan on Wednesday accused the LDP leadership of damaging the party's reputation with the recent intraparty turmoil ahead of an Aug. 30 general election and demanded a good campaign platform be adopted quickly. continued ...
  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99JE9I04&show_article=1
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