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ICHIRO OZAWA

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s landslide win gives her power but risks internal strife unless she builds alliances and new party structures to manage rivals within the Liberal Democratic Party¡¯s ranks.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2026
The trouble with winning big for Takaichi and the LDP
Landslide victories in Japanese politics can conceal fragility within the ruling party.
Then-Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano in October 2021
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2026
CRA heavyweights¡¯ heated contests allude to party¡¯s uphill struggle in Sunday¡¯s vote
Yukio Edano, Jun Azumi and Ichiro Ozawa are among candidates facing neck-and-neck races in their home turfs.
Yoshihiko Noda, head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. The former prime minister has signaled he¡¯s ready to take his conciliatory approach to the government to new heights, hinting that the time for clashes with the Liberal Democratic Party is over.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2025
CDP softens stance toward LDP in bid to bolster political center
¡°Right-wing populism has grown too strong,¡± CDP leader Yoshihiko Noda said. ¡°Unless the center gains more strength, Japanese politics won¡¯t improve.¡±
Then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Tokyo in December 2023 where he addressed the political fundraising scandal and announced plans to replace several implicated ministers.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2025
Cost of living trumps corruption as Japan heads to the polls
A recent NHK poll asked that question to prospective voters, and the majority answered ¡°measures to deal with rising prices¡± and ¡°social security and the declining birthrate.¡±
Former CDP executive Kenji Eda discusses a possible reduction of the consumption tax rate, in Tokyo on April 10.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2025
CDP divisions over proposed tax cut pose headache for Yoshihiko Noda
The nation¡¯s largest opposition party is preparing for the Upper House poll in July, in which it hopes to win enough seats to make a CDP-led coalition government possible.
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba reacts during a news conference ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 6.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 24, 2024
Why is Shigeru Ishiba so unpopular among his LDP peers?
The former defense minister is highly regarded among the public and local chapters of the ruling party, but it¡¯s a different story when it comes to LDP lawmakers.
Ichiro Ozawa of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2024
Former CDP heavyweight Ozawa looks to replace Izumi in next leadership race
¡°We should pick the best suited person to wrest power,¡± Ozawa said, reiterating his hopes to field a candidate other than Izumi for the leadership race.
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan decides the schedule of its presidential race, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2024
CDP presidential election in September puts party future in focus
Key questions surrounding the election start with the issue of what the CDP¡¯s relationship should be with the Japanese Communist Party.
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2024
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho¡¯s defeat
Despite calls to end the relationship, there is still pressure on the CDP to seek interparty cooperation to avoid splitting the opposition vote.
Ichiro Ozawa (third from right) with other members of parliament at a ceremony to launch a new party in Tokyo in July 2012.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 15, 2023
Ichiro Ozawa is once again looking for a way to defeat the LDP
The octogenarian political veteran is looking to cap his long career with another successful drive to defeat the ruling LDP at the polls.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2023
With Naoto Kan¡¯s exit from the CDP, some see a generational shift
The exit of the former prime minister, a high-profile figure and political veteran from the CDP¡¯s liberal wing, comes at a time of change for the party.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 19, 2023
CDP¡¯s Ichiro Ozawa bracing for ¡®final battle¡¯ in next election
The veteran politician still hopes the country will achieve a genuine two-party parliamentary democracy.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2021
Big-name Japanese politicians chopped down to size in Lower House poll
Sunday¡¯s election saw a number of well-known lawmakers lose in their districts, with a handful regaining seats in the lower chamber via the proportional representation system.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2021
Shadow of a shogun: Ichiro Ozawa loses in district for first time
The onetime ¡®shadow shogun,¡¯ a skilled strategist and political operator, was arguably Â鶹´«Ã½ most consequential and divisive politician during the Heisei Era.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2020
For Â鶹´«Ã½ new Constitutional Democratic Party, the hard work starts now
As the largest opposition party formally kicks off it faces no shortage of challenges, including corralling established figures not accustomed to being on the same side.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 18, 2020
Much ado about retirement ages and Â鶹´«Ã½ politicized bureaucracy
The scandal surrounding top prosecutor Hiromu Kurokawa has kicked off a debate on retirement ages and interference in Â鶹´«Ã½ civil service.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 30, 2020
LDP secretary-general: The power behind the PM
Those in the position are de facto the most powerful person within the party after its president.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 23, 2020
The Japanese Communist Party¡¯s quest to unify a shattered opposition
Last month, for the first time in 16 years, the Japanese Communist Party met to revise its basic political program. Part of the reason was that the party hopes a change of rhetoric, at least, will make it easier to form an opposition coalition to challenge the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling...
JAPAN / History / Heisei Icons
Feb 19, 2019
Ichiro Ozawa: The kingmaker and destroyer in Japanese politics
Reformer, kingmaker, shadow shogun, destroyer. With so many labels, no politician stands out like Ichiro Ozawa among Â鶹´«Ã½ conformist legislators.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2019
Ichiro Ozawa may be on verge of comeback as Â鶹´«Ã½ DPP and Liberal parties form joint Diet group
One of Â鶹´«Ã½ most influential and divisive political figures in recent decades may be staging another comeback.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
JAL and ANA to coordinate flight schedules for first time
An All Nippon Airways airplane flies past an oil refinery as it approaches to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
The new world of collectible design
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design ¡°a free, authorial language¡± that goes beyond function.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.

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