Sentence examples for ldp from inspiring English sources

The prime minister has to cut his cloth to suit Mr Ozawa's gang.The LDP is hardly in better shape.

Koichi Nakano of Sophia University in Tokyo says that "the LDP parliamentary group has moved so far to the right they probably think the country has too".

But he lacks the killer instincts of, say, his less appealing brother, Kunio Hatoyama, a politician in the LDP, or indeed of his grandfather, the LDP's first prime minister.

Mr Yosano himself has just founded a new "study group", though admittedly for LDP members only.

The strongest opposition to the TPP comes from over-represented farmers, who fear foreign competition, and from those LDP parliamentarians who derive support from them.

They are: Ryutaro Hashimoto, 63, a former prime minister who introduced Japan's "big bang" financial reform in 1997; Junichiro Koizumi, 59, a television-friendly former posts and telecoms minister; and Hiromu Nonaka, 75, an LDP heavyweight who wields considerable power behind the scenes.

Yet one constant remains: petty political bickering.As the government has attempted to deal with the mess, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party LDPP) has picked on minor gaffes to justify exaggerated displays of outrage.

With its tight links to the Liberal Democratic Party LDPP) and the agriculture ministry, and employing an astonishing 240,000 staff in Tokyo and around the country, the JA is probably Japan's most powerful lobby.

He abstained from voting, but did not stop members of his 100-odd faction from backing the prime minister.No one comes out of the sordid affair looking good, least of all the main sponsor of the no-confidence motion, the Liberal Democratic Party LDPP).

I was not convinced, and am less so now.Yes, the victory marked the end of one-party rule, and about time too: the Liberal Democratic Party LDPP) was a shambling, crooked mess.

Old reptilians of the establishment urged a "grand coalition" between the LDP and DPJ to sort out the country's economic ills.