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Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:35:19 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:24:05 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/indepth/japan-election-2012 http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/indepth/japan-election-2012 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3db7a72-4ff6-11e2-805c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan’s new prime minister’s plans to beat deflation and renew economic growth through debt-funded spending echo the investment sprees of the 1990s Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:35:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3db7a72-4ff6-11e2-805c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a3db7a72-4ff6-11e2-805c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cdac71c-4f2a-11e2-856f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan’s new finance minister Taro Aso has signalled the government will borrow to boost the economy as Prime Minster Shinzo Abe unveils his cabinet Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:17:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cdac71c-4f2a-11e2-856f-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5cdac71c-4f2a-11e2-856f-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6395f758-4ce5-11e2-a99b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Shinzo Abe has warned the Bank of Japan that if it refuses to introduce a 2% inflation target he will revise the law on the central bank’s independence Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:06:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6395f758-4ce5-11e2-a99b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6395f758-4ce5-11e2-a99b-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98991964-48ec-11e2-b94d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Incoming prime minister increases pressure by making a direct request to Masaaki Shirakawa, the Bank of Japan’s governor, to set an inflation target of 2% Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:07:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98991964-48ec-11e2-b94d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 98991964-48ec-11e2-b94d-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/623f38c2-47f1-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Leader of Liberal Democratic party says there was ‘strong public support’ for its calls to beat deflation, and urges central bank to act on this Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:22:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/623f38c2-47f1-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 623f38c2-47f1-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5ae7da2-47fb-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Shinzo Abe, premier-in-waiting, has vowed to enlist the Bank of Japan’s co-operation in fighting the twin curses of a high yen and persistent deflation Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:23:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5ae7da2-47fb-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a5ae7da2-47fb-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0605ede-4830-11e2-8aae-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Investors anticipate that a Liberal Democratic government will scrap its predecessor’s goal of phasing out atomic power and restart nuclear plants Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:27:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0605ede-4830-11e2-8aae-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b0605ede-4830-11e2-8aae-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec188cae-483e-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Shinzo Abe may be tempted to play things safe until the election in July but too timid a policy could alienate voters, writes Takatoshi Ito Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:10:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec188cae-483e-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ec188cae-483e-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/267c22a2-477c-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Shinzo Abe has secured a political comeback of the kind that has rarely been as rapid and dramatic Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:26:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/267c22a2-477c-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 267c22a2-477c-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2012/12/the-japanese-election-and-the-islands-dispute/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The ramifications of Abe’s election will be watched nervously in Washington as tensions rise between Japan and China over a series of disputed islands Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:58:01 GMT http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2012/12/the-japanese-election-and-the-islands-dispute/?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 196c6f84-4788-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41186cb6-4735-11e2-8f03-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan’s conservative opposition Liberal Democratic party has won a landslide victory just three years after being thrown into the political wilderness Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:25:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41186cb6-4735-11e2-8f03-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 41186cb6-4735-11e2-8f03-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/539588d0-476f-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The LDP’s dramatic election victory gives the once-dominant party a new lease of life and its leader Shinzo Abe a rare chance of a second act as prime minister Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:26:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/539588d0-476f-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 539588d0-476f-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3822b48-478f-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Japanese election marked the arrival on the national scene of the insurgent Japan Restoration party and its firebrand leader Shintaro Ishihara Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:33:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3822b48-478f-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b3822b48-478f-11e2-8c34-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b904c9ac-45d4-11e2-b780-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct After quitting as prime minister after just one year in office five years ago, the charismatic politician is now likely to return to power Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:38:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b904c9ac-45d4-11e2-b780-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b904c9ac-45d4-11e2-b780-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/462cb372-4769-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Party veteran Taro Aso, the 72-year-old former premier who gave crucial backing to Shinzo Abe, is set for role in the new administration Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:46:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/462cb372-4769-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 462cb372-4769-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9281ca7c-4742-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Ten out the record 12 political parties competing in the 2012 general election won Diet seats Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:24:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9281ca7c-4742-11e2-a899-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9281ca7c-4742-11e2-a899-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17849602-452a-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Residents in Rikuzentakata are sceptical about a political class that has been consumed by feuds since the tsunami, instead of helping rebuild country Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:42:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17849602-452a-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 17849602-452a-11e2-838f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0bebe938-42b6-11e2-a3d2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Indecision over controversial dam project shows why Japan’s ruling Democratic party is on course for defeat in the elections on December 16 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:57:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0bebe938-42b6-11e2-a3d2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0bebe938-42b6-11e2-a3d2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/88a7ac6e-436a-11e2-a68c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Proliferation of underused bridges, expressways and rural concert halls, and soaring government debt, made infrastructure expenditure unattractive Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:46:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/88a7ac6e-436a-11e2-a68c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 88a7ac6e-436a-11e2-a68c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e6bd7a4-42bb-11e2-a3d2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The two leaders of Japan’s Restoration party disagree on major political issues but not on the need for change at the top of the government Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:38:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e6bd7a4-42bb-11e2-a3d2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5e6bd7a4-42bb-11e2-a3d2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd3dd156-4278-11e2-979e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Japan slips into its fifth recession in 15 years just days before Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic party is expected to oust the DPJ and prime minister from power Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:29:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd3dd156-4278-11e2-979e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct dd3dd156-4278-11e2-979e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c89f939a-4059-11e2-8e04-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Makiko Tanaka is political royalty in Japan but the diet member faces a challenge in an election where family ties may not be enough to save her seat Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:21:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c89f939a-4059-11e2-8e04-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c89f939a-4059-11e2-8e04-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/928d17cc-3f47-11e2-9214-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Few of the parties contesting December 16 election mention China but near neighbour looms large over talk of the need to ‘protect Japan’s territory’ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:35:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/928d17cc-3f47-11e2-9214-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 928d17cc-3f47-11e2-9214-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6bb6e91a-3f89-11e2-b0ce-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Ten-year bond futures hit new highs, fuelled by expectations of further monetary stimulus, as opinion polls showed the LDP headed for a decisive win Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:44:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6bb6e91a-3f89-11e2-b0ce-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Findepth_japan-election-2012%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6bb6e91a-3f89-11e2-b0ce-00144feabdc0