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DPJ
![Under New President, Japan's Opposition DPJ Seeks a Fresh Start Under New President, Japan's Opposition DPJ Seeks a Fresh Start](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-13_18-13-22.jpg)
Under New President, Japan's Opposition DPJ Seeks a Fresh Start
By Mina Pollmann
New DPJ leader Katsuya Okada faces an uphill task: making Japan's main opposition party credible again.
![It's Official: Japan Will Hold a Snap Election It's Official: Japan Will Hold a Snap Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sizes/thumbnail/15392_527c47d6ba963.jpg)
It's Official: Japan Will Hold a Snap Election
By Ankit Panda
Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of Japan's Diet. Japan will head to the polls again on December 14, 2014.
![Shinzo Abe's Approval Rating Dips Below 50 Percent Shinzo Abe's Approval Rating Dips Below 50 Percent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-28_16-39-58.jpg)
Shinzo Abe's Approval Rating Dips Below 50 Percent
By Ankit Panda
Following a slowdown in Abenomics' success and the collective self-defense resolution, Abe's approval falls.
![Japan Opposition Leader Meets With Chinese Officials Japan Opposition Leader Meets With Chinese Officials](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-16_18-58-35.jpg)
Japan Opposition Leader Meets With Chinese Officials
By Shannon Tiezzi
Banri Kaieda, head of Japan's DJP, is in China hoping to repair ties between Tokyo and Beijing.
![Japanese Opposition Continues to Fracture Japanese Opposition Continues to Fracture](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-05_06-50-47.jpg)
Japanese Opposition Continues to Fracture
By Clint Richards
Can Japan’s small, fractured opposition find the ability to coordinate on hot-button issues?
![Reshuffling Japan’s Opposition Reshuffling Japan’s Opposition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-29_06-08-11.jpg)
Reshuffling Japan’s Opposition
By Clint Richards
More parties are splitting and merging, but none seem able to challenge the LDP.
![Japan Opposition Party Leader Backs 'Limited' Collective Defense Proposal Japan Opposition Party Leader Backs 'Limited' Collective Defense Proposal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-17_07-04-32.jpg)
Japan Opposition Party Leader Backs 'Limited' Collective Defense Proposal
By Ankit Panda
The DPJ's Former Vice Defense Minister Akihisa Nagashima supports the LDP's collective defense proposal.
![Abe Reassures After Election Victory Abe Reassures After Election Victory](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sizes/thumbnail/1034_5242ac4c70554.jpg)
Abe Reassures After Election Victory
Shinzo Abe gets the Upper House victory he wanted, and then moves to reassure voters as to his intentions.
![Japan’s Upper House Election Japan’s Upper House Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sizes/thumbnail/1132_5242b52f14bea.jpg)
Japan’s Upper House Election
As campaigning gets underway for this month’s Upper House election in Japan, Shinzo Abe’s ruling LDP appears well placed.
![Japan’s Future in the Balance Japan’s Future in the Balance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sizes/thumbnail/10094_524a2e318b4f3.jpg)
Japan’s Future in the Balance
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has a chance to rescue Japan’s economy with a key free trade agreement. Failure to seize it could result in terminal decline.
![Japan Tries (Yet) Again Japan Tries (Yet) Again](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sizes/thumbnail/9927_524a2d0f289b6.jpg)
Japan Tries (Yet) Again
Yoshihiko Noda takes office at the most crucial time for Japan in half a century, says Michael Auslin. But with lacklustre public support, he has his work cut out.
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Building a New DPJ
Yoshihiko Noda faces plenty of challenges as Japan’s new prime minister. The most immediate is choosing his new government.