Both the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) are offering a variety of policy proposals to garner votes in the Aug.
The main opposition party,
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), intends to ensure that the next ordinary Diet session adopts a bill it will submit to improve human rights in North Korea.
Minshuto has 124 upper house seats out of 480 and 58 lower house seats out of 247, yet the world knows little about its policies.
MINSHUTO MUST NOT WASTE THE CHANCE TO INVIGORATE POLITICS (Asahi Evening News as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun)
MINSHUTO'S MANIFESTO (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published July 28)
MINSHUTO ON POLICY (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published July 25)
Challenging the situation,
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) has published a manifesto for national elections since the 2003 Lower House ballot.
MINSHUTO'S ROLE IN TOKYO (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published July 16)
Yukio Hatoyama, president of opposition
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), on Tuesday acknowledged fabricated donations and apologized.
If main opposition
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) defeats the LDP in the election and wins a public mandate to govern, the Honebuto framework will be discarded.
Prime Minister Taro Aso and new
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan) President Yukio Hatoyama took part in their first one-on-one debate.
The presidential election of opposition
Minshuto (Democratic Party of Japan), now set for Saturday, will likely be a one-on-one fight between two former party chiefs -- Secretary-General Yukio Hatoyama and Vice President Katsuya Okada.