Japan’s premier to call early election

September 7th, 2009 TOKYO - Japan's premier-designate said Monday that his incoming government wants to make deeper cuts in the country's emissions of greenhouse gases. Yukio Hatoyama, who is slated to become the next prime minister after his Democratic Party of Japan won last week's parliamentary election, said the party wants emissions cuts of 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels.

September 7th, 2009 Taiwan president names new premierTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's president has named Wu Den-yih, the ruling party's secretary general, as premier after the incumbent resigned amid mounting criticism of the government's slow response to a devastating typhoon. He succeeds Liu Chao-shiuan who resigned Monday as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.

September 3rd, 2009 Diebold selling US voting machine unitNORTH CANTON, Ohio — ATM maker Diebold Inc. has sold its much-criticized U.S.

September 3rd, 2009 Diebold sells US voting machine unitNORTH CANTON, Ohio — Ohio-based ATM maker Diebold Inc. has sold its much-criticized U.S.

September 2nd, 2009 Greece's conservatives call early general electionATHENS, Greece — Greece's Conservative prime minister on Wednesday called an early general election, seeking a renewed mandate to impose tougher economic reforms and deal with the international financial crisis. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis did not announce a date for the election, though it is expected on Oct.

September 2nd, 2009 TOKYO - The politician slated to be Japan's next prime minister vowed Thursday in a telephone call with US President Barack Obama to maintain his country's close ties with its US ally and pledged cooperation with Washington to improve the economy. The state of US-Japanese ties has been a concern in the US capital with the landslide win of Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

September 1st, 2009 TOKYO - Japan's House of Representatives is expected to elect Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), as the country's new prime minister Sep 16, Japanese media said Tuesday. Two days after winning a landslide victory, the opposition DPJ reached an agreement on the date for the special parliamentary session with the defeated Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

August 31st, 2009 Japan's election resultsHere are the standings in Japan's lower house of parliament after Sunday's elections, as compiled by the media. Official results have not been released.

August 31st, 2009 TOKYO - Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama and leaders of two minor opposition parties entered talks to form a coalition government Monday. The DPJ secured a comfortable majority of 308 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives election Sunday, ending more than 50 years of nearly uninterrupted rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

August 30th, 2009 Polls open in Japanese parliamentary electionTOKYO — Polls have opened in Japan's nationwide parliamentary election. Opinion polls have overwhelmingly predicted that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan will unseat the conservative and long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide.

July 13th, 2009 Japan's PM suffers fresh blow in Tokyo electionTOKYO — Japan's embattled prime minister suffered a fresh blow when his ruling party was badly beaten by the opposition in a crucial Tokyo vote that is seen as a bellwether for a coming national election. Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner lost their majority Sunday in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, the local parliament for the Japanese capital and most populated prefecture.

July 13th, 2009 Reports: Japan's leader to call national electionsTOKYO — Japan's embattled prime minister has decided to dissolve parliament and call general elections for next month, a news report said Monday, after his party was defeated in a Tokyo municipal poll considered a barometer of voter sentiment. Broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News said Taro Aso would dissolve the powerful lower house of parliament next week, and that national elections would be held Aug.

July 13th, 2009 Reports: Japan leader to call national electionsTOKYO — Japan's embattled prime minister has decided to dissolve parliament and call general elections for next month, a news report said Monday, after his party was defeated in a Tokyo municipal poll considered a barometer of voter sentiment. Broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News said Taro Aso would dissolve the powerful lower house of parliament next week, and that national elections would be held Aug.

May 18th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Conservatives Monday called for an immediate general election to end the 'paralysis' of the government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Conservative leader David Cameron said a nationwide poll should be held 'as soon as possible after the European elections' June 4.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Have an election related query and don't know whom to ask? Simply call the toll free number 47617500 and get an answer by one of the young employees of the Delhi election commission's round-the-clock call centre. Answering more than 500 calls every day, the call centre, which has been functioning since March 15, is the election commission's effort to attract people to vote and make the seemingly cumbersome process of voter registration easier by answering all their queries.