Japan’s newly empowered opposition rushes to ready Cabinet after election landslideTOKYO — Japan’s newly empowered leader Yukio Hatoyama rushed Monday to select Cabinet ministers and start making good on promises to revive the world’s second-largest economy after his party’s historic trouncing of the ruling conservatives. Japanese opposition leader Hatoyama, a political blue blood, had long wait in wingsTOKYO — Though politics is in his blood, Japan’s opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama has had a long wait in the wings. NHK says exit polls show landslide victory for opposition Democratic Party of JapanTOKYO — A TV report says exit polls show the opposition Democratic Party of Japan has won a landslide victory in nationwide parliamentary elections. Japan votes in parliamentary elections; Opposition Democrats tipped to winTOKYO — Japan voted Sunday in parliamentary elections expected to end the ruling conservative party’s nearly 54 years of power and give a largely untested opposition group a chance to make good on their promises to revive the ailing economy and turn around record-high unemployment. Japanese vote in parliamentary elections; opposition tipped to winTOKYO — Japan voted Sunday in parliamentary elections expected to end the ruling conservative party’s nearly 54 years in power and give a largely untested opposition a chance to make good on its promises to revive the ailing economy and turn around record-high unemployment. Polls open in election for Japan’s lower house of parliamentTOKYO — Polls have opened in Japan’s nationwide parliamentary election. Opposition appears headed for overwhelming win in Japan elections as voters seek changeTOKYO — Japanese cast ballots Sunday in hotly contested parliamentary elections in which the ruling conservative party, battered by a laggard economy and voter desire for change after more than half a century of virtual one-party rule, was expected to suffer an overwhelming defeat. A look at the leaders of the top parties vying in Japan’s parliamentary electionA look at the leaders of the top parties taking part in Japan’s parliamentary election Sunday: A look at leaders of the top parties vying in Japan’s parliamentary electionA look at the leaders of the top parties taking part in Japan’s parliamentary election Sunday: A glance at Japan’s parliamentary electionsA look at Japan’s political outlook under its newly elected leadership: Opposition appears headed for overwhelming win in Japan as candidates make final appealsTOKYO — The conservative party that has run Japan for virtually all of the past 54 years was widely expected to face overwhelming defeat as candidates made their final pitches Saturday in one of the most heated parliamentary elections in decades. Candidates make final appeals ahead of Japanese polls that could bring opposition victoryTOKYO — Japan’s top political leaders made their final appeals to voters Saturday before crucial parliamentary elections that could bring a sweeping victory for the opposition and break the ruling party’s decades-long grip on power. Eulogies for Iraqi Shiite leader reflect worries of instability in absence of strong figureBAGHDAD — Thousands of mourners marched through Baghdad behind the coffin of one of the country’s most powerful Shiite leaders on Friday, and eulogies from rivals and allies reflected deep worry over the political void left by his death. Moldova’s Parliament elects new speaker in vote boycotted by CommunistsCHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova’s pro-Western coalition government has chosen a new parliament speaker in a vote that was boycotted by the Communist legislators. Candidates make appeals ahead of Japanese elections; poll says opposition holding leadTOKYO — Japan’s top political leaders took their appeals directly to the voters across the country Friday ahead of crucial parliamentary elections that polls suggest the opposition could win in a landslide, breaking the ruling party’s nearly 54-year grip on power. Family Politics: Japan opposition leader looks to defeat party his grandfather builtTOKYO — A political blue blood like many in Japanese politics, Yukio Hatoyama is poised to become the country’s next prime minister in a most unlikely way — by taking down the seemingly invincible political machine his own grandfather helped create. Mourning in Iran and Iraq as body of prominent Iraqi leader taken across Shiite heartlandTEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of Iranians prayed and wept Thursday during a memorial for Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the start of a two-day tour of mourning that will take his body through his country’s Shiite heartland, apparently in hopes of rallying large crowds of supporters. Poll: Japanese opposition party set for landslide victory in Sunday electionsTOKYO — Japan’s main opposition party is set to secure a landslide victory against Prime Minister Taro Aso’s ruling party by winning a two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament in elections this weekend, a poll projected Thursday. Influential Iraqi Shiite leader who rose to power in post-Saddam era dies in Iran from cancerBAGHDAD — Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein to become one of Iraq’s most influential politicians and maintained ties with both the U.S. and Iran, died Wednesday in Tehran. He was 59. Japanese minister warns his ruling party is facing a voter revolt, opposition could take powerTOKYO — Voters are turning away from Japan’s ruling party in virtually every district and the opposition is on track to win in a landslide when elections are held this weekend, a senior Cabinet minister said Tuesday. Sick of second-class status, rural Japan seeks political changeAOMORI, Japan — Perched on the upper tip of Japan’s main island, Aomori prefecture is tired of being left behind. Ruling party leader admits elections will be tough, Tokyo support has plungedTOKYO — Japan’s finance minister said Tuesday the ruling party has lost support in Tokyo and is facing a voter revolt across the nation, suggesting his party could lose to the leading opposition party and fall from power for only the second time in 54 years. Shiite groups form new alliance excluding Iraq’s PM in major shake-up ahead of January voteBAGHDAD — The Iranian-backed Shiite parties that helped propel Iraq’s prime minister into power three years ago dumped him Monday as their candidate for re-election, forming a new alliance to contest the January vote. Bombs on 2 buses kill 11, wound 11 in attack southeast of Baghdad, police sayBAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says bombs attached to two minibuses have exploded southeast of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people. Iran’s powerful Larijani brothers spell potential trouble for AhmadinejadCAIRO — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t have to look to the street protests or angry Web sites to get a sense of challenges ahead for his disputed second term. There’s enough potential heat coming from right inside the country’s leadership. Japan’s leader says ruling party can buck predictions of election lossTOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso tried Sunday to downplay recent polls predicting heavy losses for his party in parliamentary elections a week away. Al-Qaida emerges as chief suspect in wave of bombings, but Saddam’s Baath link also citedBAGHDAD — Al-Qaida in Iraq is the most likely suspect behind massive truck bombings targeting major government institutions in Baghdad. Iraq to step up security after Baghdad bombings, keep concrete barriers at potential targetsBAGHDAD — The Iraqi government decided to increase security at checkpoints near government buildings and markets and keep concrete blast barriers around potential targets after a wave of deadly bombings struck Baghdad, government officials said Thursday. Campaigning begins for hotly contested Japan elections; ruling party seen as underdogTOKYO — Political leaders took to the streets Tuesday as campaigning kicked off in one of the most hotly contested elections Japan has seen in more than a decade, a race in which the party that has ruled the country for most of the past 55 years is considered a distant underdog. Campaigning begins for Japan’s hotly contested elections; ruling party seen as underdogTOKYO — Campaigning began Tuesday for one of the most hotly contested elections Japan has seen in more than a decade, with a major poll saying the party that has run the country for most of the past 55 years is lagging far behind the opposition. |
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