<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - liberal-democratic-party</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/liberal-democratic-party</link><description>Newsvine - liberal-democratic-party</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:14:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:44:55 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Water's Edge: Allied Voices; Turkey and Japan are just the two latest U.S. allies to assert their own policies in contradiction to U.S. objectives, writes Daniel Widome.</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States has always depended on regional allies around the world to support its foreign policy agenda. But this is especially true today.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[replytoj001]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[replytoj001]]></source><link>http://replytoj001.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/25/4561786-the-waters-edge-allied-voices-turkey-and-japan-are-just-the-two-latest-us-allies-to-assert-their-own-policies-in-contradiction-to-us-objectives-writes-daniel-widome</link><guid>http://replytoj001.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/25/4561786-the-waters-edge-allied-voices-turkey-and-japan-are-just-the-two-latest-us-allies-to-assert-their-own-policies-in-contradiction-to-us-objectives-writes-daniel-widome</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>north-korea</category><category>soviet-union</category><category>defense-department</category><category>un-security-council</category><category>world-news</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>if-turkey</category><category>european-union-long</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Japan tries to loosen the US leash</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is talk of a new generation of Japanese politics ahead of the upcoming election - but will the US relax its embrace?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer Andrew]]></source><link>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/13/3148015-japan-tries-to-loosen-the-us-leash</link><guid>http://jenniferandrew6.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/13/3148015-japan-tries-to-loosen-the-us-leash</guid><category>britain</category><category>north-korea</category><category>world-news</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>dpj</category><category>ldp</category><category>japanese-politics</category><category>democratic-party-of-japan</category><category>us-japan-alliance</category><category>us-allies</category><category>japan-tries-to-loosen-the-us-leash</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:29:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Japan's Cabinet survives no-confidence vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's ruling party rejected a no-confidence motion against the prime minister's Cabinet, but the opposition used the occasion to heap criticism on the government it aims to oust in elections next month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/14/3024954-japans-cabinet-survives-no-confidence-vote</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/14/3024954-japans-cabinet-survives-no-confidence-vote</guid><category>japan</category><category>democrats</category><category>asia-pacific</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>world-news</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:58:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Japan's ruling party may lose power in elections</title>
<description><![CDATA[The political party that has governed Japan for 50 years could be ousted in elections next month - with the opposition boosted by worries over the economy and gaffes by the ruling party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/13/3022688-japans-ruling-party-may-lose-power-in-elections</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/13/3022688-japans-ruling-party-may-lose-power-in-elections</guid><category>elections</category><category>asia-pacific</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>world-news</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:16:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Japan's Treacherous Bureaucrats</title>
<description><![CDATA[Much has been made of the massive defeat Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered in the recent election to Japan's Upper House.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Handshake]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Handshake]]></source><link>http://handshake.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/927455-japans-treacherous-bureaucrats</link><guid>http://handshake.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/927455-japans-treacherous-bureaucrats</guid><category>japan</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>world-news</category><category>junichiro-koizumi</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>bureaucracy</category><category>shinzo-abe</category><category>project-syndicate</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:19:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Resigning Koike criticizes opposition - </title>
<description><![CDATA[Defense Minister Yuriko Koike who recently announced she does not seek to retain her position in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet, returned to Japan on Saturday morning and held a press conference at the Narita International Airport, where she took the opportunity to crtique&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></source><link>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/25/919527-resigning-koike-criticizes-opposition</link><guid>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/25/919527-resigning-koike-criticizes-opposition</guid><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>shinzo-abe</category><category>yasuhisa-shiozaki</category><category>yuriko-koike</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:57:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The polls are in: Historical loss for Abe, LDP, opposition grabs overwhelming majority</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sunday's Upper House election ended in total catastrophe for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which saw nearly half of its seats swept away. The Democratic Party of Japan, the leading opposition party, is now by far the largest party in the Upper House.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></source><link>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/29/865973-the-polls-are-in-historical-loss-for-abe-ldp-opposition-grabs-overwhelming-majority</link><guid>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/29/865973-the-polls-are-in-historical-loss-for-abe-ldp-opposition-grabs-overwhelming-majority</guid><category>japan</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>shinzo-abe</category><category>fumio-kyuma</category><category>toshikatsu-matsuoka</category><category>sosuke-uno</category><category>upper-house</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:49:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Once unthinkable, farmers may vote DPJ</title>
<description><![CDATA[The countryside of Japan is by tradition very loyal to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, but their recent flirting with urban population has given the DPJ a possibility to wedge in.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></source><link>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/26/859387-once-unthinkable-farmers-may-vote-dpj</link><guid>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/26/859387-once-unthinkable-farmers-may-vote-dpj</guid><category>japan</category><category>asia</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>ichiro-ozawa</category><category>dpj</category><category>ldp</category><category>democratic-party-of-japan</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:08:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>48% say Abe should resign if LDP loses majority</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an internet survey conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun, 48% of respondents said they would like to see Japan's PM Shinzo Abe to resign, in the case his coalition fails to secure a majority in the July 29 Upper House election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Uma-san]]></source><link>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/24/855434-48-say-abe-should-resign-if-ldp-loses-majority</link><guid>http://japannews.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/24/855434-48-say-abe-should-resign-if-ldp-loses-majority</guid><category>japan</category><category>world-news</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>shinzo-abe</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:02:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Japanese Government Scandals Eroding Abe's Credibility</title>
<description><![CDATA[The New Year appears to be starting rather badly for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Scandals have led to the resignations of two of Abe's handpicked officials, one a cabinet member, within the past week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Worsley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Worsley]]></source><link>http://kenworsley.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/03/504217-japanese-government-scandals-eroding-abes-credibility</link><guid>http://kenworsley.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/03/504217-japanese-government-scandals-eroding-abes-credibility</guid><category>japan</category><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>abe</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Jan 2007 07:38:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Japan and the atomic bomb</title>
<description><![CDATA[ On December 25, the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun published a government document dated December 20 about Japan's intention to develop small nuclear warheads.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oluseye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oluseye]]></source><link>http://200milesup.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/27/497129-japan-and-the-atomic-bomb</link><guid>http://200milesup.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/27/497129-japan-and-the-atomic-bomb</guid><category>japan</category><category>korean-peninsula</category><category>nukes</category><category>world-news</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ever Since Falstaff, Getting Sloshed Is Cricket</title>
<description><![CDATA[Article looking at England's attitude toward drinking, or rather, getting 'sloshed." The article is spurred by the resignation of Charles Kennedy, the convivial leader of the Liberal Democratic party, after admitting he was an alcoholic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay Young]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lindsay Young]]></source><link>http://lyoung.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/56434-ever-since-falstaff-getting-sloshed-is-cricket</link><guid>http://lyoung.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/56434-ever-since-falstaff-getting-sloshed-is-cricket</guid><category>politics</category><category>england</category><category>drinking</category><category>world-news</category><category>alcohol</category><category>liberal-democratic-party</category><category>alcoholism</category><category>charles-kennedy</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:33:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>