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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…