http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651342,00.html The old American saying "politics stops at the water's edge" has no equivalent in Japanアメリカの古いことわざ「政争は水際でやめる」に相当するものが日本にはない。But Ozawa's game…

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9789927&CFID=25422506&CFTOKEN=18875740 Yet the DPJ’s leader, Ichiro Ozawa, who has vowed to destroy the LDP since storming out of the party 14 years ago, continued to insist tha…

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50885dc8-614e-11dc-bf25-0000779fd2ac.html Ichiro Ozawa, the shrewd leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, has always derived his power from lurking in the shadows. On Wednesday he appeared to have top…

http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.26795/pub_detail.asp Such "inside baseball" politics may be of little interest to American observers, who are more concerned with what effect this will have on U.S.-Japanese cooperation.この…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202263.html Mr. Ozawa has stepped beyond the bounds of serious debate by denying the legitimacy of the Afghanistan operation itself, announcing, absurdly, that "the U…

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/II14Dh01.html Ichiro Ozawa, president of the DPJ, has exploited every misstep to realize his goal of forcing the LDP from power. His brilliant electioneering (along with the government's blunders) produce…

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9988721 It is a pity then that the ships row -- which started as a cynical ploy by Japan's opposition Democratic Party (itself in favour of a bigger security role for Japan) to bri…

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9998902 Mr Fukuda's first challenge is to extend the Japanese navy's refuelling role in American-led operations in the Indian Ocean. These form part of the “war on terror”, supp…

http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20071024-76.html AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER: Ozawa-san and I differ on what constitutes a UN resolution, because there have been a multitude of UN resolutions from the very beginning to one as recently as a few …

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2806677.ece Takao Toshikawa, a political analyst, said that although it has been enjoying good momentum, the DPJ remains an uncomfortable collection of opposition parties with little …

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/08/asia/AS-POL-Japan-Opposition-Meltdown.php But in just the last few days, the top opposition party has suddenly lost its momentum, collapsing into confusion as its leader abruptly announced he would…

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10110988 Mr Ozawa is an unappealing but pivotal figure in Japanese politics. ... With a reputation for arrogance, stubbornness and backroom dealing, he earned the nickname “the …