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| | Social Democratic Party (Japan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Fukushima Mizuho was elected as the new leader of the party on November 15, 2003. | | | Doi Takako had been leader of SDP since 1996, but she resigned in 2003, feeling that the reason her party lost in the elections was because of her, as chairwoman. | | | In the Upper House Elections of 2004, SDP won only 2 seats, thus having 5 seats in the Japanese Upper House and 6 seats in the Lower House. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)
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| | Pakistan Chess Player |
| | Mizuho Fukushima, the leader of Japan's opposition Social Democratic Party, will meet the Director of the Immigration Bureau on Wednesday, March 16th, from 11:30 AM at the Ministry of Justice (1-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku). | | | Fukushima will later hold a news conference on the 20th floor of the Ministry of Justice at 12:00 NOON, Wednesday, immediately after her meeting with the Immigration chief. | | | Fukushima will be the second member of the Japanese parliament to publicly raise the Bobby Fischer scandal, following up after opposition Democratic Party House of Councilors member Mr. |
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http://pkchess.bizland.com/temp-05/rjf2.html
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| | ChessBase.com - Chess News - Fischer to receive Icelandic citizenship |
| | The Icelandic Althingi (national parliament) received a document, which we reproduce below, transcribing the discussions that took place during a meeting between Mizuho Fukushima, Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, and Ministry of Justice Immigration Bureau, which is responsible for the fate of the detainee Fischer. | | | Transcript of the discussion between Fukushima and the Ministry of Justice | | | Mizuho Fukushima: In that case [of Kazan Kiran, a Kurdish Turk], why did you return him to his home country? |
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http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2271
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| | Japan Custody |
| | Imelda is but one of what social workers and lawyers say are a growing number of women and men, both foreign and Japanese, who are locked in miserable marriages because Japanese laws ignore the individual rights of parents to see their children after a divorce. | | | This is because the often children do not speak the mother's language, and it is easy for judges to decide that the children are better off living with the Japanese father who has the means to support them, who can remarry or have support from his parents. | | | ''Japanese divorce laws ignore the rights of children to have access to both parents,'' explained Mizuho Fukushima, who works with women and foreign labourers here. |
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http://www.international-divorce.com/japan_custody.htm
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| | His Nibs: Fischer Gets Initial OK for Citizenship |
| | Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, speaks to a reporter outside Justice Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, March 16, 2005. | | | (AP) Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, speaks to a reporter outside Justice... | | | Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's opposition Social Democratic Party, said senior immigration officials told her that Fischer would be allowed to go to Iceland if he is given citizenship there. |
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http://hisnibs.blogspot.com/2005/03/fischer-gets-initial-ok-for.html
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| | Fukushima on Encyclopedia.com |
| | TOKYO, JAPAN-- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, second from right, meets with opposition party leaders, left to right, Mizuho Fukushima of the Social Democratic Party, Katsuya Okada of Minshuto | | | Fukushima (the capital), Koriyama, Taira, and Wakamatsu are the chief cities. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/F/Fukushim.asp
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| | Protesters hold [hate] rally against Bush's Diet speech |
| | Fukushima, an upper house member, said at the rally, "The president's 'axis of evil' remark runs counter to Japan's peace-upholding Constitution. | | | Why, the US presence has nothing to do with Japan's constitution, of course. | | | Two Social Democratic Party lawmakers Mizuho Fukushima and Tomoko Nakagawa joined the rally attended by members of civil groups outside the office building for House of Councillors members. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/630652/posts
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| | USATODAY.com - Some rally against Bobby Fischer's deportation to U.S. |
| | Her protest came after a member of Japan's leading opposition party, the Democrats, grilled government officials in parliament over the case. | | | Mizuho Fukushima, head of Japan's Social Democratic Party, said senior immigration officials told her they could approve such a resolution to the chess master's eight-month detention at a jail on the outskirts of Tokyo. | | | Fukushima said Fischer, an outspoken critic of the U.S. government, was being treated unfairly. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-03-16-fischer-iceland_x.htm
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| | Kyodo World News Service: CORRECTED: SDP leader Fukushima set to retain upper house seat+@ HighBeam Research |
| | The 48-year-old politician, who is a lawyer by profession, is vying for her second six-year term in Sunday's upper house election. | | | Mizuho Fukushima, chief of the Social Democratic Party, a minor opposition party whose influence has been waning in recent years, appears on track to hold on to her seat in the House of Councillors, according to Kyodo News projection Sunday. | | | CORRECTED: SDP leader Fukushima set to retain upper house seat+ |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:96300433&refid=ip_almanac_hf
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| | Long Island Press: Long Island Newspaper, News, Entertainment, Real Estate, Classifieds, Automotive, Weddings, Business ... |
| | "The talks could resume from September 2," visiting Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei was quoted by Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, as telling her in a meeting. | | | The two Koreas, the United States, Japan, China and Russia met in Beijing for nearly two weeks before breaking off earlier this month with a decision to reconvene during the week of August 29. | | | Japan's Socialist Party leader Mizuho Fukushima gives a thumbs-up sign in front of her poster before an interview at party headquarters in Tokyo August 25, 2005. |
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http://www.longislandpress.com/dsdsmultimedia/3_ds_160690.php
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| | North Korea talks could start Sept. 2 - Boston.com |
| | Wu, China's vice foreign minister and top negotiator for the Beijing talks, made the comment in talks in Tokyo with Mizuho Fukushima, head of Japan's Social Democratic Party, party spokesman Tsuyoshi Ito said. | | | My staff has been in discussion with the United States," Wu was quoted as telling Fukushima. | | | The Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing refused to comment on the date of the talks. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/25/north_korea_talks_could_start_sept_2
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| | Hott Java News: Korea talks 'resume in September' |
| | Mr Wu made his comments at a meeting in Tokyo with Mizuho Fukushima, the head of Japan's Social Democratic Party. | | | Mr Wu later admitted the date was still not confirmed - and there is no indication of whether North Korea or the United States have agreed to that particular starting time. | | | His comments echo those of Christopher Hill, the chief US negotiator at the talks, who told reporters on Wednesday that the current impasse could be broken. |
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http://www.hottjava.com/2005/08/korea-talks-resume-in-september.html
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| | 3/4/99 Japanese Diet Members' Letter on MOX Shipment |
| | In Fukui Prefecture, although the national government has approved MOX fuel use for the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 and 4 reactors, Governor Yukio Kurita has not given his required approval. | | | In the case of Fukushima Prefecture, Governor Eisaku Sato has said that he will grant approval for MOX use in Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1-3 once the national government has given approval, but that approval has not yet been given. | | | We have seen a copy of your February 11, 1999 letter to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright expressing your concern about the transportation plan and security measures being considered for this shipment and wish to express our agreement with and support of your letter. |
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http://www.nci.org/c/c3499.htm
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| | Mainichi Interactive - Top News |
| | This has long been a national stance," Fukushima said. | | | Katsuya Okada, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party chairwoman Mizuho Fukushima all criticized Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's decision to have troops take part in a multinational force in Iraq. | | | Okada and Fukushima also criticized the government's delay in announcing a record low female fertility rate recorded in 2003 until after the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito approved the pension bills that presupposed a higher fertility rate as a source of pension finance. |
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http://www.buzztracker.org/2004/06/24/cache/246371.html
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| | Japan: Opposition parties slam Powell for pushing constitutional change |
| | Tadayoshi Ichida, head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, said, "You can't virtually urge another country to change its constitution to enable the exercise of armed might." | | | Fukushima was referring to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's reported statement last month that Article 9 is hindering the Japan-U.S. alliance. | | | "Under its tactics, the U.S. government is pushing to change Article 9 for the worse," Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social Democratic Party, told reporters. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191904/posts
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| | The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article |
| | "For parents, even if a daughter can’t continue the family name, it’s all right as long as she’s nearby," says Fukushima. | | | A recent government survey reflects how the need for practical support in old age is overtaking traditional concerns. | | | Parents cannot rely on boys for ‘soft’ aspects of support," says Mizuho Fukushima, a member of parliament and an expert on women’s issues. |
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010527/spectrum/main9.htm
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| | Japan's Carnivore |
| | New e-mail tapping device planned by law enforcement in Japan | | | On Nov 10, Japan's Diet member Mizuho Fukushima (a member of the House of Council, Social Democratic Party) placed a hearing on e-mail tapping operations by calling Japan's National Police Department (NPD) at Fukushima's office. | | | In the hearing, NPD official explained that NPD will ask for the budget in next fiscal year (beginning on April 2001) for development of so-called ''Temporary Mail Box'' device which will be used to eavesdrop e-mail communications. |
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http://web.elastic.org/~fche/mirrors/cryptome.org/carnivore-jp.htm
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| | NTI: Global Security Newswire |
| | “I think there will be more progress than before,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, Beijing’s top envoy to the six-nation talks, reportedly told Mizuho Fukushima, the leader of Japan’s Social Democratic Party, during a visit to Tokyo. | | | However, a North Korean diplomatic source in Beijing questioned whether the talks would actually begin again next week, according to Interfax. | | | Multilateral talks on North Korea’s nuclear program could resume on Sept. 2, Reuters reported today (see |
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http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2005/8/25/b32e6aef-56ef-48d4-8906-d0c1bcccdc3a.html
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| | UNCoRRELATED: Bobby Fischer released from Japanese custody |
| | The Liberal Democratic Party is a party of criminals," he said. | | | Mizuho Fukushima, President of the Social Democratic Party, who told him how she had applied pressure over the past week on Immigration Bureau chief Masaharu Miura to make sure he allowed Fischer to leave the country if he secured Icelandic citizenship. | | | This was all cooked up by Bush and Koizumi. |
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http://www.uncorrelated.com/archives/2005/03/bobby_fischer_r.html
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| | Fukushima Mizuho: Information From Answers.com |
| | Fukushima Mizuho (福島瑞穂, born December 24, 1955) is a Japanese politician. | | | She is the current chair of Social Democratic Party of Japan, a position she has held since 2003. | | | It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer) |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/fukushima-mizuho
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| | Japan Times: Rallies staged for, against revision |
| | Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party, said at the event, "Moves to amend the Constitution will accelerate this year. | | | Mizuho Fukushima (second from right), head of the Social Democratic Party, and Kazuo Shii (second from left), chief of the Japanese Communist Party, take part in a rally Monday at Tokyo's Hibiya Park. | | | Both proponents and opponents of revising the Constitution held rallies and meetings Monday in Tokyo to mark the 57th anniversary since it came into force. |
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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/news/nn05-2004/nn20040504a3.htm
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| | Times of Oman |
| | But Fukushima said the party, which held a mere six seats in the powerful lower house when it was dissolved, had not lost hope that it could still be part of government despite facing a tough election battle. | | | Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called the election after LDP rebels joined the opposition earlier this month to defeat bills to privatise the postal system, the core of his reform agenda to lessen government interference in the economy. | | | Enough of a force a decade ago that its then leader Tomiichi Murayama became prime minister in 1994 after entering a coalition with the now ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Socialists have faded to a shadow of their former selves. |
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http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=19034
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| | About 100 rally in support of WWII sex slaves: report |
| | Fukushima could not be reached for comment and spokesmen for the House, the Social Democratic Party and local police could not confirm the report. | | | Similar rallies were also planned for the same day in other parts of Japan as well as in South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Belgium and the United States, Kyodo said. | | | Historians say at least 200,000 young women, mostly Korean but also from Taiwan, China, the Philippines and Indonesia, were forced to serve as sex slaves in Japanese army brothels during the war. |
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http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040317085850.xf2edydl.html
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| | Asiaweek.com |
| | Fukushima, 41, has kept her own family's name. | | | The law is based on a century-old statute, says feminist attorney Fukushima Mizuho, who speaks for women's groups pushing for the revision. | | | In Meiji Japan, a bride married into the groom's family. |
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http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/97/0627/cs2.html
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| | Summer 2002, Page 2 |
| | Mizuho Fukushima is a well-known human rights lawyer and Japanese Parliament member. | | | The two special guest speakers will be Spencer Kagan and Mizuho Fukushima. | | | The second annual Peace as a Global Language conference, focusing on teaching about minority rights, gender issues, environmental awareness, conflict resolution, alternative educational approaches (including CL), and peace in the language classroom, will be held in Tokyo, September, 2003. |
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http://www.iasce.net/Newsletters/2003_March/2003_march_6.shtml
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| | The Japan Times Online |
| | Fukushima obtained the data from the Justice Ministry in response to a query. | | | Detaining foreign nationals who have Japanese spouses is an infringement of their right to family unity guaranteed under the U.N. International Covenants on Human Rights, the office of Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima said. | | | The data show 30 of the foreigners have Japanese spouses, but the reasons for their detention are not specified, a staff member at the office said. |
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050607a9.htm
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| | Japan Policy & Politics: SDP to freeze exchanges with Workers Party of Korea |
| | Fukushima also said the decision was made after North Korea failed to respond to an SDP letter of protest on those issues sent more than a month ago. | | | After North Korean leader Kim Jong Il acknowledged the abductions at a landmark summit with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in September, the SDP was severely criticized by the families of victims for having ignored the problem. | | | Fukushima told a regular news conference that the party will send no more delegations to North Korea and also will not receive any from there. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2002_Dec_2/ai_94754704
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| | VOANews.com - Some Japanese Women Fight to Use Maiden Names After Marriage |
| | More than forty female legislators, all members of the ruling coalition, propose that a bill to change the law be soon submitted to Parliament. | | | Okamoto says a change would cause problems for children, who would be forced to choose between their mother or father's surname. | | | Opposition legislator Mizuho Fukushima is among the supporters: Lifestyles are now increasingly diverse so it is important to let married couples have choices between using the same or separate surnames. |
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http://www.help-for-you.com/news/Nov2001/Nov15/PRT15-41Article.html
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| | PM - Japan to send troops to Iraq |
| | "Our country decided it should never go to war," says Mizuho Fukushima, the leader of the Social Democratic Party. | | | The demonstrators believe the deployment violates Japan's war-renouncing constitution, and means the country is undergoing a dangerous shift to the right. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s1007451.htm
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| | Okinawa 1988-1991 |
| | Fukushima told reporters that the request, made through Michael Green, senior director for Asia on the White House National Security Council, also includes scrapping the planned relocation of the Futemma base's helicopter functions to an offshore airport to be constructed in the central Okinawa city of Nago. | | | WASHINGTON â” Japan's Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima said Friday she has submitted a request to U.S. President George W Bush urging him to quickly vacate and return the land used by the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station in Okinawa and other bases in urban areas. | | | Whale returns to Japan's school lunch [May 02, 2005] |
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http://futenma.blogspot.com/2005/05/japan-today-news-sdp-leader-urges-us.html
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| | Six-party talks to resume Sept. 2 |
| | However, at a later meeting with Tsutomu Takebe, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Wu reportedly said the date was his "personal idea," the Jiji Press news agency reported. | | | China's vice foreign minister and chief negotiator in the talks, Wu Dawei, told Mizuho Fukushima, leader of Japan's Social Democratic Party, that the talks were expected to resume Sept. 2, the Kyodo News Web site quoted a party official as saying. | | | TOKYO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs will resume Sept. 2, a Chinese official reportedly said Thursday in Tokyo. |
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http://www.softcom.net/webnews/wed/ai/Ujapan-sixparty.RHaO_FaP.html
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| | Japanese denounce Iraq troop dispatch -DAWN - International; December 15, 2003 |
| | We have long sworn not to exercise force overseas and we have stuck to it,” Katsuya Okada, secretary-general of the main opposition the Democratic Party, told participants. | | | “We must never send the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to Iraq,” added Mizuho Fukushima, head of the smaller Social Democratic Party, referring to Japan’s military. | | | Police and organisers said around 5,000 people gathered for the rally and marched through central Tokyo. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2003/12/15/int6.htm
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| | Sayuri Daimon, SDP, now merely an also-ran, has no one to blame but itself |
| | Hatoyama failed to sell his party on the idea and is stepping down as a result. | | | Even if the next DPJ leader tries to resurrect the plan, the SDP would probably not join, according to Fukushima. | | | To form a joint parliamentary group, we need to share a policy goal, and we don't see it now with the two parties, |
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http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/465.html
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| | FUKUSHIMA |
| | Search the FUKUSHIMA Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available). | | | Search the FUKUSHIMA Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available). | | | Find graves of people named FUKUSHIMA at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know). |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/surname/US/F/FUKUSHIMA.htm
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| | AsiaFinest Discussion Forum > SDP demands U.S. apology for Okinawa chopper crash |
| | Aug 26 2004, 02:47 PM Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima said Thursday she has demanded that a U.S. administration official go to Okinawa and apologize to residents for this month's Marine Corps helicopter crash. | | | Im surprised to even be hearing anything about the SDP these days. |
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http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t16114.html
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| | N. Korea nuclear talks to resume on Sept 2: Chinese official |
| | The countries "plan to resume on September 2," Wu, the Chinese vice foreign minister, told Social Democratic Party party leader Mizuho Fukushima at a meeting here, a party official said on condition of anonymity. | | | The two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States broke off the latest round of talks earlier this month at an apparent impasse over Pyongyang's demand to have nuclear facilities for civilian energy needs. | | | Six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons drive will resume on September 2, a Japanese politician said Thursday, quoting China's chief negotiator Wu Dawei. |
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http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050825031233.bzgqjyw5.html
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| | Bitnile Bittorrent Share Philosophy - Bobby Fischer Lands In Iceland |
| | Associated Press Bobby Fischer, left, former chess world champion, shake hands with John Bosnitch, right, a leader of the Committee to Free Bobby Fischer, as Mizuho *****ushima, leader of Japanese small opposition party Social Democratic Party, looks on. | | | COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Chess legend Bobby Fischer walked free from a Japanese detention center Thursday and immediately headed to the airport to fly to his new home – Iceland – following a nine-month standoff with Tokyo officials trying to deport him to the United States. | | | The volatile chess icon arrived in chilly Reykjavik late Thursday, a brand-new Icelandic citizen and unrepentant... |
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http://www.bitnile.com/printout39625.html
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