Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Oct. 13 Kyodo - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, was discharged from a Tokyo hospital Monday after a weeklong treatment for complications from a cold, a DPJ official said.

Tokyo, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan's House of Representatives nominated Liberal Democratic Party President Taro Aso for the nation's next prime minister to succeed Yasuo Fukuda at a vote Wednesday afternoon.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, July 14 Kyodo - The largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan officially decided Monday to hold its presidential election on Sept. 21. The decision was made at its executive board meeting.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, April 2 Kyodo - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa will hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on April 18 during the minister's visit to Tokyo, DPJ members said Wednesday.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, March 11 Kyodo - The largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan formally decided Tuesday to reject the government's nomination of Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto for the post of governor of the central bank due to his background as a bureaucrat even though the nominee pledged in the Diet to ensure the BOJ's "independence." Senior DPJ lawmakers said the party reached the decision at a meeting of its leadership following Diet hearings on Muto and two others nominated to serve as his deputies - Masaaki Shirakawa, a former BOJ executive director, and Takatoshi Ito, a professor at the University of Tokyo.