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Three former prime ministers who are now officials in the New Frontier Party spoke to the party’s national convention. The party leader and others also spoke. Translation into English was by…

Japanese Opposition Leader Toshiki Kaifu talked about the way the government handled the recent Kobe earthquake. Prime Minister Murayama then rebutted the response. The Japanese earthquake s…

Leaders of the New Frontier Party, which is a coalition of ten different parties, spoke at the inaugural meeting Japanese political parties participated in the first meeting of a new coaliti…

In Japan, a new political bloc, the Reform Coalition, was announced. It is composed of ten opposition parties with 187 members.

Several prominent Japanese politicians, including three former Japanese prime ministers, were in the city of Nagoya to campaign for a local candidate running for a seat in the House of Counc…

Prime Minister Kaifu opened a special two-month session of the Japanese parliament, presenting a political reform package dealing with such issues as the financial industry. According to the…

President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu briefed reporters on their meeting in the president’s vacation home in Maine preparing for the upcoming Economic Summit of the Industrialized…

On January 28, Takako Doi, head of Japan’s largest socialist party, spoke before the Japanese legislature in response to the proposal by Prime Minister Kaifu to increase funding of the coali…

Takako Doi spoke on the impact of the Persian Gulf crisis on the Japanese. Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu spoke in response. This program is in translated Japanese.

The Japanese Prime minister, Toshiki Kaifu responded to the recent events in the Persian Gulf and examined Japan’s role in today’s world. The Chairman of the opposition party, Takako Doi, re…

The leaders of the seven industrialized nations arrived in Houston, Texas for the 1990 Economic Summit. Canada, the European Economic Commission, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the…

President Bush delivered a toast at the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations.

This program gives a brief history of the Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations from the first summit in 1975 to the 1990 summit. It also provides biographical information about all of t…

The recently elected Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu talked about the relationship between Japan, the United States, and the world. Due to technical issues, the speech was in Japanese with no …