Katsuya Okada
Katsuya Okada
Katsuya Okadais a Japanese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from January to December 2012. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan, he is the President of the Democratic Party, and previously of the Democratic Party of Japan. He also served as Secretary-General of the DPJ three times. During the DPJ's period in government he was Foreign Minister of Japan...
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We want to stress the importance of pension and child-care issues ... The Koizumi government cannot achieve these reforms. We need a change in government,
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We'd like to celebrate the news with the people.
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We did not expect this. I don't think our policies were wrong, but we must reconsider our tactics.
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The reform of Japan starts today. There is no tomorrow for the Koizumi LDP government, which spends all its time in internal power struggles.
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Please change the government and give us a chance.
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Our policies weren't wrong, but I have to reflect on the fact they did not get across.
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I think our party members staked (the party's future) on the Maehara's youth and ability ... It is utterly necessary for each DPJ lawmaker and other rank-and-file members to back the new leader and stick together.
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Japan faces problems of decreasing population, an aging society and increasing national debts. Mr. Koizumi sounds as if life will be all rosy if the postal service is privatized, but no one takes what he says seriously.
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Koizumi speaks as if everything will be rosy for Japan if only these bills are passed,
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Koizumi says postal privatization is the focus of the elections. Is that so? I say definitely no!
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Koizumi always says the same thing. Nearly 90 percent of his speech is about postal privatization issues. This election will decide the next three to four years of Japan's future, and important issues should be thoroughly discussed.
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I resign from the head of the party. I would like the party to select a new leader without any delay. Our message did not reach people. I regret that.
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The overall situation has now become clear ... the DPJ has suffered a great setback.
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The biggest reason for our defeat is that we lost a lot of seats in urban areas where we were supposed have major support,