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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 30/03/2005-18/05/2005
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| DPJ Loses its Way
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| Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi continued to wrestle with his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over his plans to privatise the postal service. Having already gained major concessions, such as guara...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 17/02/2005-29/03/2005
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| Changes at Japan Inc
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| The arrest of business magnate and Kokudo Chairman, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, for allegedly falsifying financial statements and engaging in insider trading sent some politicians in the ruling Liberal Democra...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 06/01/2005-16/02/2005
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| Japan Toys with Constitutional Reform
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| Japan moved closer to ending a 14-month ban on US beef imports following a government panel's acceptance of a cattle age verification method proposed by the US. The US welcomed the move. It had be...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 11/11/2004-05/01/2005
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| The Illusory Recovery ?
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| Japan adopted a new National Defence Policy Outline (NDPO) on December 10th. The paper was groundbreaking in naming China and North Korea as security concerns for the first time and introducing major ...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 30/09/2004-10/11/2004
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| Shaken by Quakes and Typhoons but Economy still on Track
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| Corruption scandals continued to engulf the Diet. The largest and most powerful faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Hashimoto faction, has been embroiled in a funding scandal inv...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 16/08/2004-29/09/2004
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| Government Debt Two and a Half Times Bigger than in the US
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| Following the LDP's less than convincing performance in July's Upper House elections, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has named a new Cabinet. Whilst pro-reform Heizo Takenaka will continue h...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 05/07/2004-15/08/2004
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| IMF Lifts Growth Forecast Significantly
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| Following Koizumi's LDP and New Komeito Party coalition results in July's Upper House elections, he announced he is to reshuffle his cabinet in September in the hope of improving his party'...
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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 20/05/2004-04/07/2004
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| Sustainable Recovery in Evidence
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| On July 11th the Upper House election takes place with the ruling LDP party hoping to have a simple majority for the first time in 15 years with half of the House's seats up for election and the r...
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