Hiroshi Moriyama, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and his DPP counterpart, Kazuya Shinba, agreed on Oct. 31 to arrange talks on the stimulus package as well as the budget ...
30 that he will leave the DPP and start his own party. Seiji Maehara, 61, a veteran lawmaker who served as head of the defunct Democratic Party of Japan, told a news conference that he will form a ...