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1. POLITICAL PULSE / 3 pitfalls await govt in Dec. : Commentary ...

   26 Nov 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. The government will have to grapple with three knotty problems in December. The first is the issue of relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' ...
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2. POLITICAL PULSE / DPJ to put power in MPs' hands / Huge change ...

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   18 Sep 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. The administration to be led by Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama is about to drastically change the relationship between ...
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3. POLITICAL PULSE / Content before slogans / LDP, DPJ must present ...

   24 Jul 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. After months of wavering, Prime Minister Taro Aso at last has dissolved the House of Representatives to call a general election as fiery ...
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4. POLITICAL PULSE / 'Moxa revolution' in the making : Commentary ...

   30 Sep 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. "Before long, there will be a 'moxa revolution' in Japan. Voters who thought they had punished [politicians] with a round of moxibustion, ...
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5. POLITICAL PULSE / Ozawa must continue walking thorny path ...

   10 Feb 2010 - Akitoshi Muraoka. Though Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa narrowly escaped the clutches of the nation's strongest investigative organization, ...
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6. Political pulse / 'Heisei Reformation' gets under way : Commentary ...

   30 Oct 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Editor. The administration led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, ...
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7. POLITICAL PULSE / Aso's fate could rest on results of Tokyo ...

   24 Jun 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. It is increasingly likely that the results of the upcoming Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election on July 12 will play a large part in the ...
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8. POLITICAL PULSE / Can Ozawa reshape politics? : Commentary ...

   17 Oct 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. No true democracy can develop without reform of the conventional Japanese political culture in which everything is decided at collusive ...
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9. POLITICAL PULSE / Will Suga speed LDP's fall / Ambitious aide's ...

   10 Jul 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. From 49.5 percent to 19.7 percent. These are Cabinet approval ratings in The Yomiuri Shimbun's nationwide opinion surveys conducted in ...
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10. POLITICAL PULSE / Hatoyama's leadership like soft ice cream ...

    24 Dec 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. People in this country have begun asking themselves a serious question: Is Yukio Hatoyama really qualified to be prime minister? ...
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11. POLITICAL PULSE / Aso aides lack political smarts / Dearth of ...

    12 Jun 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. Dearth of talent compared with past administrations hampering PM. The lack of tactical nous or political wisdom among Liberal Democratic ...
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12. POLITICAL PULSE / Reading between prime ministers' tears ...

    7 Jan 2010 - Akitoshi Muraoka. At the beginning of this new year, I turned my thoughts to the qualifications needed to be prime minister. My musings took me back nearly ...
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13. POLITICAL PULSE / Masuzoe--asset or albatross? : Commentary ...

    25 Feb 2010 - Akitoshi Muraoka. Of late, the largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party has been wallowing in the political doldrums. Although the party's archrivals, ...
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14. POLITICAL PULSE / Ozawa faces damaging fight to survive ...

    27 Jan 2010 - Akitoshi Muraoka. Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa is facing a situation that threatens his political life. ...
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15. POLITICAL PULSE / David pushing Goliath around : Commentary ...

    10 Dec 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. A bizzare scene is unfolding in the Nagatacho political arena in which the tail appears to be wagging the dog. ...
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16. POLITICAL PULSE / Women hold key to DPJ success / Ozawa figures ...

    7 Aug 2009 - Akitoshi Muraoka. With the official start on Aug. 18 of campaigning for the upcoming House of Representatives election less than two weeks away, ...
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