Katsuya Okada
Katsuya Okada
Katsuya Okadais a Japanese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from January to December 2012. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan, he is the President of the Democratic Party, and previously of the Democratic Party of Japan. He also served as Secretary-General of the DPJ three times. During the DPJ's period in government he was Foreign Minister of Japan...
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(Prime Minister Junichiro) Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party focused on a single issue of pros and cons regarding postal privatization--and the voters' attention was diverted to it.
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There is no time left. We must change the administration in order to ensure the success of the reform initiatives.
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Despite running our campaign with our priority on manifestoes and policies, we failed to secure support from the voters,
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This country will not change without a change of government,
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We did not expect this. I don't think our policies were wrong, but we must reconsider our tactics.
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Our policies weren't wrong, but I have to reflect on the fact they did not get across.
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If you make your voting decision based only on the postal privatization, it would mean (Koizumi) would exploit it and would say the public entrusted him with all other decisions as well.
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In his four years and four months in power, Koizumi was unable to carry out reform. In order to carry out true reform, there has to be a change in government. We are not fettered to past practices. Please let us handle the government.
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The overall situation has now become clear the DPJ has suffered a great setback.
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The only thing that can change Japan is a change in government.
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The situation now is not easy. But I believe in the good sense of the Japanese people.
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The depth of the middle class is waning as the polarization of society is in progress.
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In elections, you can't tell the outcome until you open the ballot boxes.
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For the first time in the postwar period we will openly go head-to-head in elections and we aim ... to take power. The moment is coming when Japan's democracy will be tested.