Many members of the prime minister's Democratic Party of Japan also are against the increase.
Its main opposition Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) supported the tax hike in August.
Yet since the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in 2009 Japanese policy had been conciliatory.
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The centrist Democratic Party of Japan has taken over as the top challenger.
It is failure in this regard that has led to the dysfunctionality of the Democratic Party of Japan government.
The proposal is from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)government to the Diet.
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan picked Noda as its new leader Monday.
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is consumed by infighting and defections.
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Admittedly, this is not likely to be the approach of Yosano and the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) or others.
The new government of the Democratic Party of Japan has dropped the arc in name, but it survives in practice.
The Democratic Party of Japan is the country's first ruling party whose leaders are not linked to Japan's belligerent past.
The article points out that since the Democratic Party of Japan assumed power the budget has expanded by JPY 13 trillion.
Since 2000 he has aggressively sought and won a number of important policy posts within the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
The reality is that Kan survived only by promising his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) colleagues that he would soon resign.
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Yet the new Democratic Party of Japan-led government still felt safe enough to cut the defense budget for an eighth consecutive year.
Who it will be will be decided on Monday, when the new leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is elected.
Already, last June, more former bureaucrats ran for parliament under the banner of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan than the LDP.
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is proposing to raise the co-pay to 20 percent, but there is still much debate about this.
So the prime minister has some explaining to do, and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan will make all the hay it can.
This question is being heatedly debated in the Diet and within the larger political parties, including the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
Gemba has little experience in foreign policy, but has held several ministerial posts in the government run by the Democratic Party of Japan.
After six months in power, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has shied away from many of its promised reforms, such as spending cuts.
Of course there have been objections from within the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) that it is hard to get delegates together for discussions.
Upon taking power in 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan apparently surprised the U.S. by asking us to move the base out of Japan.
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But he is proving, so far at least, more politically adept than Koizumi at managing dissidents within his own Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
One of the candidates was running as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (the current governing majority in the Diet lower house).
Since the Democratic Party of Japan took office last year, it has been pressuring the Bank of Japan to be fiercer in fighting deflation.
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The intervention came just one day after Prime Minster Naoto Kan won an internal election for leadership of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
During that period, Yasukuni almost disappeared as a diplomatic sore spot because the previous Democratic Party of Japan government had discouraged senior members from visiting it.
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led coalition that accomplished the historic ousting of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in August 2009, is no more.
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