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POLITICS WIRE REPORTS

Oct 6 Miyazaki governor rules out running in lower house election Oct 6 EDITORIAL: National security - Asahi Oct 6 Following the global financial crisis, will 'The Sun' shine on ... - Mainichi Daily News Oct 6 Doi not to run in next general election Oct 6 Aso brushes off idea of lower house dissolution at this time Oct 6 Aso Cabinet's Family Ties May Arouse Voter Backlash Against LDP - Bloomberg Oct 6 New ministry division to handle defense procurement - Yomiuri Oct 5 Higashikokubaru courted by LDP - The Daily Yomiuri Oct 5 Almost Half in Japan Like Aso Cabinet (Angus Reid) Oct 4 'Koizumi kids' brace for battle / Ex-premier's pet lawmakers face ... - The Daily Yomiuri Oct 4 Blood thickens Japan's political waters - Asia Times Oct 4 Singh to visit Japan for nuclear, FTA talks - outlookindia.com Oct 4 Japan's election battle already underway on Internet - AFP Oct 3 Blood thickens Japan's political waters - Asia Times Online Oct 3 Unbouncy Aso: Global turmoil roils Japan's politics - The Economist Oct 3 Japan PM Aso vows to watch language - Inquirer.net Oct 3 Japan PM Aso says unsure about snap election - AFP Oct 2 Ozawa responds - observingjapan@gmail.com (Tobias Harris) Oct 1 Japan adrift in the Indian Ocean - Asia Times Oct 1 Japan opposition leader calls for snap election - Reuters

(AFP/File) - Japanese former prime ministers, Yasuo Fukuda (front R), Shinzo Abe (front L), Junichiro Koizumi (rear R) and Yoshiro Mori (rear L), attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on October 1.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

DAILY REPORTS

Oct 06 EDITORIAL: National security (Asahi) Oct 06 New ministry division to handle defense procurement (Yomiuri) Oct 04 Blood thickens Japan's political waters (Asia Times) Oct 04 Singh to visit Japan for nuclear, FTA talks (outlookindia.com) Oct 04 Japan's election battle already underway on Internet (AFP) Oct 03 Unbouncy Aso: Global turmoil roils Japan's politics (The Economist) Oct 03 Japan PM Aso vows to watch language (Inquirer.net) Oct 03 Japan PM Aso says unsure about snap election (AFP) Oct 01 Japan adrift in the Indian Ocean (Asia Times) Oct 01 Japan opposition leader calls for snap election (Reuters) Oct 01 Aso, Ozawa stress ability to run gov't in 1st Diet debate (Kyodo) Oct 01 EDITORIAL: Aso's policy speech (Asahi) Oct 01 Coalition agrees to hold Diet debate on budget (Asahi) Sep 30 Aso prioritizes extra budget, likely delaying general election (Kyodo) Sep 28 Did Koizumi and Bush really destroy Japan? (Japan Times) Sep 28 Japan: It's Time to Break with Casino Capitalism (politicalaffairs.net) Sep 28 Japan's political revolving door (BBC) Sep 27 'It's not a Japanese machine' (Yomiuri) Sep 26 A temp in Tokyo (FT.com) Sep 26 Aso hints at allowing use of collective self-defense (Kyodo) Sep 26 Which politician will be the next cartoon hero? (Mainichi) Sep 26 Rudd, Japan to launch nuclear commission (The Age) Sep 26 New Japanese leader Aso arrives in U.S. for U.N. speech, talks (Kyodo) Sep 25 Poor political reportage promotes poor politics and politicians (Mainichi) Sep 25 Clock Starts Running for Japan's Aso (Time) Sep 23 Japan plans missile test as North Korea fears grow (Reuters) Sep 23 Extra budget may delay election (Japan Times) Sep 22 Japan tailor reveals secrets behind smooth Aso look (Reuters) Sep 22 Why no warning in Japan about 'pigs without lipstick?' (Mainichi) Sep 20 Japan's farm minister resigns in rice scare (AFP) Sep 20 Japan's PM hopeful fails to acknowledge family use of slave labour (guardian.co.uk) Sep 19 Japan shoots down dummy ballistic missile in test (Reuters) Sep 17 Russian warship hits surface target in Sea of Japan drills (RIA Novosti) Sep 17 Govt, experts puzzled by mystery sub (Yomiuri) Sep 16 Likely New Japan PM Vows To Bolster China Ties (CBS News) Sep 15 Unidentified foreign submarine spotted near Japan (AP) Sep 12 Election strategy behind Japan's withdrawal from Iraq (Kyodo) Sep 11 Japan announces plan to pull air defense troops out of Iraq (Kyodo) Sep 11 Whale of a plan to challenge Japan (New Zealand Herald) Sep 09 First would-be female PM marks shift in Japan (Reuters) Sep 08 Who cares that Fukuda resigned? (Jakarta Post) Sep 08 Why Japan's leaders matter to Americans (Japan Times) Sep 08 William Pesek: I am ready to be Japan's next prime minister (APP.com) Sep 06 If it's in terminal gridlock, then it must be Japan (Globe and Mail) Sep 05 UN says US, Japan, EU not doing enough on poverty (AP) Sep 04 US and Japan fight overseas aid proposals (FT.com) Sep 04 Activists stage dolphin die-in at Japanese embassy in US (AFP) Sep 02 Fukuda's Resignation Leaves Olympic Sharpshooter Aso to Pick Up LDP Pieces (Bloomberg) Sep 02 Aso seen as front-runner to succeed Fukuda (Kyodo) Sep 01 Ozawa vows regime change in declaring to run in DPJ leadership race (Kyodo)