As you may know, Ichiro Ozawa, general political heavyweight in Japan, is now on trial for his office having accepted some 400 million yen ...

The opposition parties have submitted a no-confidence motion against the government. By itself it's kind of a pointless gesture, and a b...

I've never met Ozawa, I have no background in Japanese politics and I have never studied political science in my life. Take this - and a...

The man who just keeps bouncing back over and over again after everybody thinks he's gone - no, not Jason , Ozawa - may really be gone t...

So, Osawa has been formally indicted for dirty money deals . I have more than a few thoughts on this, so bear with me. Very briefly, Ozawa...

In the DPJ leadership election today, Kan beat Ozawa - and pretty handily too. He got just over half of Diet member votes, 60% of the prefec...

Prime minister Kan and former party secretary and overall heavyweight Ozawa are battling it out for the DPJ party leadership (and, incidenta...

We're back. Don't expect any long posts about the trip just yet; I'm off on another conference in a couple of days and it's ...

Ichiro Ozawa, former DPJ president, former independent party head, former LDP member, kingmaker, power broker and all-around political backr...

Ozawa, leader of opposition party DPJ has resigned , quit, abdicated, taken his leave, thrown in the towel, hung up his gloves, punched out ...

The opposition party DPJ has a well-deserved reputation of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. And true to form, party leader Ozawa...