The DPJ will bring the ships home — and open Japan’s economy to the US?

On July 30, 2009 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan Blog7 Comments

After weeks of signs that the DPJ might wholly embrace the foreign policy status quo, Hatoyama Yukio announced on Wednesday that, when the current special measures law for the deployment of Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) refueling ships in the Indian Ocean in support of coalition activities in Afghanistan expires in January, a DPJ-led government would …

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Looking at the 2007 single-seat districts

On July 14, 2007 By Tobias S. HarrisIn Observing Japan BlogLeave a comment

Over at Liberal Japan, Matt points to an article in the Yomiuri Shimbun pointing to a poll that shows DPJ support rising in both major cities and smaller cities and towns in rural areas. Based on this, he concludes — emphatically, by way of music videos — that the election is bound to be a …

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