The DPJ government is unable to break with a spellbinding of"the need to increase international competitiveness" as advocated by financial circles. As a consequence, Prime Minister Kan has made public his intention to call for the consumption tax rate to be increased to 10 percent from the present five percent and for corporate tax rates to be reduced.
And as one reviewer pointed out, Congressman Gerald R. Ford would hardly have held his tongue for the sake of the Democratic administration, and Senator Russell would have had every political interest in exposing any misdeeds on the part of Chief Justice Warren.
The pressure peaked in October with an overtly intimidatory visit to Tokyo by Defense secretary Gates and Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell's blunt warning to Hatoyama that“U.S. patience would wear thin if the DPJ government continued to make multiple suggestions to review and adjust extant alliance arrangements.”.
About the Interviews In order to examine the true form of the DPJ Administration during its reign, we conducted thirty interviews in total; targeting those who were at the center of the administration such as Prime Ministers, Cabinet members, DPJ leaders, party lawmakers, bureaucrats and social activists.
In the calculations performed by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission(JAEC) during the Democratic Party government, based on past performance in Japan(severe accidents at three reactors in 1,500 reactor years), they calculated the risk at once in 500 reactor years.
Chiba Keiko, the DPJ's first justice minister, was originally opposed to the death penalty and had been one of a group of Diet members who called for its abolition. In July 2010, however, she signed the order to execute two death-row prisoners.
This project examined the DPJ administration from September 2009 to December 2012, from various perspectives such as policies, party governance, and management and legacy. Its ultimate goal is to identify the significance of the DPJ in Japan's party politics and the reasons for its downfall, as well as to derive necessary lessons for Japan's future party democracy.
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