Word: komeito
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...ASIA New Komeito: Japan's wildcard India: Teflon government China: Predatory transients...
...Meanwhile, the DPJ intends to exploit New Komeito's religious affiliations in attacking the ruling coalition. In a country without a strong evangelical tradition, the outreach efforts of the New Komeito's parent, Soka Gakkai, have earned it a reputation among many nonfollowers as a band of zealots...
...ASIA New Komeito: Japan's wildcard India: Teflon government China: Predatory transients...
...issues on which the parties disagree the most?pension reform and national security?could come to a head soon. The New Komeito made the preservation of a generous pension system its top campaign issue, and last week the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry (headed by New Komeito Diet member Chikara Sakaguchi) submitted a plan calling for an increase in the government's share of pension financing, with the added expenses to be funded by canceling a series of income tax cuts. Many prominent LDP members claim that this scheme will put Japan's fragile economic recovery at risk. Japan...
...Katsuei Hirasawa, an outspoken LDP Diet member from western Tokyo's 17th ward. He says many LDP members are as uncomfortable as he is about being associated with a party that has such explicit religious ties, but few speak out. "They keep their silence because they need the New Komeito," he says. The New Komeito, for its part, is in a position to speak loudly?and it will certainly be heard...