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Three former prime ministers who are now officials in the New Frontier Party spoke to the party’s national convention. The party leader and others also spoke. Translation into English was by…

The vice party leader of the New Frontier Party responded to the prime minister’s speech to the opening session of the Diet, including a request that the prime minister resign. Prime Ministe…

Leaders of the New Frontier Party, which is a coalition of ten different parties, spoke at the inaugural meeting Japanese political parties participated in the first meeting of a new coaliti…

In Japan, a new political bloc, the Reform Coalition, was announced. It is composed of ten opposition parties with 187 members.

Several prominent Japanese politicians, including three former Japanese prime ministers, were in the city of Nagoya to campaign for a local candidate running for a seat in the House of Counc…

Following the election of a new Japanese prime minister, outgoing Prime Minister Hata spoke to the Japanese legislature (Diet) concerning his hopes for the country and his tenure in office. …

Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata announced that he would resign rather than face a parlamentary vote on a no-confidence motion against his minority coalition government. The prime minist…

Japan’s Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata spoke during a train stop concerning the need for expansion of voting rights and education for naturalized Japanese. On June 13th, the emperor and empress…

The two main opposition leaders responded to Japanese Prime Minister Tsutoma Hata’s first policy address, which occurred on May 10th. Yohei Kono, Liberal Democratic Party Leader spoke about…

Tsutomu Hata, a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan for nine weeks in 1994, spoke about completing the political, economic, and administrative reforms of the Hosokawa g…

Various Japanese party leaders announced the nomination of Tsutomu Hata as prime minister and confirmed their support for him. After their remarks, they answered questions from the press. Ap…

In the Japanese equivalent of the State of the Union address, Prime Minister Hosokawa and two of his senior ministers spoke on administrative policies and economic reform to the Japanese Par…

Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa spoke to the House members and outlined the details of his meetings with President Bill Clinton concerning international trade conflicts including J…

In an excerpt, members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese parliament, questioned Prime Minister Hosokawa and other officials. After being elected last year, the pri…

Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa and newly appointed members of his Cabinet spoke in a news conference on the agenda for the Japanese government under the new government. Mr. Hosokawa was ap…

Mr. Hata spoke about the break in the Liberal Democratic Party which resulted in the formation of the Japan New Party, the need for government reforms, and the goals of the Japan New Party.

Mr. Hata spoke about the economic troubles of Japan and the world. He spoke about the need for more investment and less emphasis on the “quick fix.”