日歯連闇献金事件とは日本歯科医師連盟が自由民主党所属の国会議員に闇献金した事件。の英語

The Japanese Dentists Association affair is an incident concerning secret donations from the Japanese Dentists Association to Diet members belonging to the LDP.

The DPJ was in chaos after its former president, Kan Naoto, announced that he had failed to pay his premiums.

In March, a Social Democratic Party member, Tsujimoto Kiyomi, resigned from the House of Representatives for misappropriating her former secretary’s salary.

Public distrust of politics caused by the illegal donation scandal involving a member of the House of Representatives is thought to be one of the factors pulling down Koizumi's approval ratings.

On July 23, Kan Naoto and Ozawa Ichiro, the top leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Liberal Party, agreed to merge the two parties by the end of September.

The Japan Restoration Party plans to put up 350 to 400 candidates in an attempt to win a majority of seats in the next Lower House election.

On the same day, Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro dissolved the Lower House, and decided to hold a Lower House general election on Sept. 11.

On the other hand, Okada Katsuya, the Democratic Party of Japan leader, stresses that there are other important issues such as pension system reform.

During the campaign for the Lower House election, Kan Naoto, the president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), announced his choices for cabinet posts if his party won the election.

She also said, "The Liberal Democratic Party decided to suspend my party membership for two years. It became virtually impossible for me to act effectively as a lawmaker."

At a plenary session on Nov. 16, Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko dissolved the Lower House and called for a general election.

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Ozawa Ichiro said he would run for president, but he withdrew his candidacy because he had also failed to join the national pension plan.

In a plenary session on April 19, the Upper House revised the Public Offices Election Law to allow the use of the Internet for election campaigns.

At the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters, the students asked Shimomura Hakubun, the party's deputy secretary-general, about his party's views on the Self-Defense Forces joining a multinational force.

Hatoyama Yukio, the president of the DPJ, said, “The anger of the people has turned into expectations for our party. Now the people will play a leading role in politics.”

On May 16, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) held a party election in Tokyo and Hatoyama Yukio was chosen as the new DPJ president.

Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio made a speech to the committee members and promised Japan’s financial support for the Games.

The two parties have agreed that the DPJ will remain in its present form but the Liberal Party will be dissolved, and that the president of the new party will be Kan.

On July 11, Ozawa Ichiro, a former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), established a new political party: People's Life First, or "Kokumin no Seikatsu ga Daiichi."

.S. President George W. Bush, a Republican, and Senator John Kerry, the Democrats' presidential candidate, held their last TV debate on Oct. 13.

Abe Shinzo, the chief Cabinet secretary, was elected the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sept. 20.

On March 7, the House of Commons voted in favor of reform plans that propose the introduction of an election system to the House of Lords.

As a result of his Lower House election victory, Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro will resubmit his postal privatization bills and try to pass them in a special Diet session.

Kan Naoto, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said that he would press the kickback issue involving the former aides to Oshima Tadamori, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

On Sept. 17, the DPJ elected Maehara Seiji, 43, as its new president.

The election served as the first electoral test of the economic policies of Abe Shinzo, the prime minister and leader of the LDP, since the House of Representatives election last December.

The two parties hope to win the next general election and play the central role in the Diet instead of the current ruling coalition.

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Just three months ago, Kan took over as DPJ president after former Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio resigned.