Word: faction
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...occupied by Mikio Aoki, an LDP heavyweight who hails from the same prefecture as Takeshita. But, having little clout and less charisma, Aoki is no Takeshita. He's competing for influence with Hiromu Nonaka?another Gang of Five member and Prime Minister-wannabe, who belongs to the largest party faction (led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto...
...offstage plots, subplots and counterplots are so intricate that no one can be sure who's on top. Or even that some new actor isn't ready to steal the spotlight. "Anybody could be chosen," concludes LDP Diet member Katsuei Hirasawa. For example, Junichiro Koizumi, head of the Mori faction and radical reformer, could jump in once his boss fizzles out. Or Chikage Ogi, a former actress who is now head of the New Conservative Party, could emerge as a candidate...
...resignation are ricocheting around the Diet office buildings in Tokyo. Mori is scheduled to journey to the U.S. to meet President Bush in early March, a visit that has been hastily moved ahead because of the submarine accident. But, says Midori Matsushima, a Diet member from the Mori faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, "I'm not sure what kind of position he'll be in by that time...
...prosecutor's office said it will investigate allegations that Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer lied during the trial of convicted murderer Hans-Joachim Klein. Fischer had denied any contact with members of the violent Red Army Faction in the 1970s. But he allegedly later conceded that he could not rule out having had contact with Red Army Faction member Margrit Schiller. A parliamentary committee now has to decide whether Fischer's immunity will be lifted if the investigation leads to a formal charge against...
...months ago success seemed at hand. A faction of the Hizbul Mujahedin, the biggest and most important Kashmiri militant group, emerged from the mountains for ceasefire talks. But Islamabad was caught off-guard and the group's Pakistan-based leaders sabotaged the initiative by demanding a seat at the talks for Pakistan, a condition the Indians would not accept...