Koichi Nakano

Japan’s Abenomics Haunted by Ghost of General MacArthur

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution for the first time risks alienating voters who support his economic agenda and dividing his coalition government before July elections.

Noda’s Election Decision Looms After Winning Japan Party Contest

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s victory in a ruling party leadership race brings him closer to a decision on whether to call elections as he confronts a slowing economy and a territorial spat with China.

Support for Japan's Ruling DPJ Rises in Polls After Kan Named New Premier

Naoto Kan , Japan’s new prime minister, boosted the ruling party’s approval ratings less than two months before national elections, according to surveys published in local media on the weekend.

Japan’s Once Dominant Finance Ministry Rises Again With Noda Tax

Japan’s Ministry of Finance is back.

Osaka Mayor’s Insurgent Party Stumbles in Boon for LDP

Osaka assemblywoman Mayu Murakami entered politics to change Japan, part of a group started by Mayor Toru Hashimoto in a bid to transform the country’s politics. It may have peaked too soon.

Tea-Party Mayor Touting Japan Dictatorship Risks Worse Slump

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has become a TV icon with attacks on everything from bureaucracy to nuclear power and the political feuding that has stifled the economy. His success may be about to make things worse.

Noda Faces Short Honeymoon in Drive to Increase Taxes After Succeeding Kan

Yoshihiko Noda becomes Japan’s sixth leader in five years, seeking a consensus to raise taxes to pay for rebuilding from the March earthquake and nuclear disaster and reduce the world’s largest debt. He’s unlikely to get it.

As Hatoyama Exits, Japan Again Seeks Leader With `Vision'

Yukio Hatoyama overturned half a century of one-party politics when he led his Democratic Party of Japan to power nine months ago. Yesterday he showed he’s much like his predecessors by becoming the fourth premier in three years to resign.

Go-Playing Kan Loses as Resignation Sparks Successor Race

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan sparked a succession race after announcing his resignation, undone by a backlash over his handling of the March earthquake and tsunami that spawned the nation’s deepest postwar crisis.

Noda Victory on Japan Sales Tax Law Risks Party Majority

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s biggest step yet toward winning a sales tax increase aimed at reining in the nation’s public debt came at the cost of alienating one-fifth of his party’s lower house lawmakers.

"The growth strategy can only be accomplished with sustained attention."

- Koichi Nakano on May 01, 2013

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Taiwan Rebuffs Aquino on Sea Death as Economic Ties at Risk

Bomb Threats That Aborted China Flights Unfounded, Xinhua Says

Pentagon Furloughs of 680,000 Seeks to Save $1.8 Billion

IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row

Russia Ousting U.S. Official Accused of Being CIA Spy