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	Katsuya Okada set to head Japan's largest opposition party
		Okada, secretary-general of the Democratic Party of Japan, filed his candidacy for the presidency this morning and is likely to stand unopposed, a party official said.
		Okada is seen as the party's only hope after veteran powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa yesterday withdrew a pledge to take over after becoming the latest politician to be embroiled in a scandal over non-payment of pension premiums.
		But in a surprise announcement late yesterday, Ozawa revoked his agreement, saying it would be inappropriate as he also did not join the public pension system for six years until 1986 when it was made compulsory for members of parliament to do so.
	www.advfn.com /news_katsuya-okada-set-to-head-japan-s-largest-opposition-party_7674727.html (422 words)

	Katsuya Okada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katsuya Okada (岡田克也 Okada Katsuya, born July 14, 1953) was the president of the Democratic Party of Japan.
		Okada graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in law, and entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
		Okada represents Mie Prefecture in the House of Representatives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katsuya_Okada (200 words)

	Democratic Party of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The DPJ leadership, particularly Okada, had staked their reputation on winning the election and driving the LDP from power.
		Okada resigned the party leadership, fulfilling his campaign promise to do so if the DPJ did not obtain a majority in the Diet.
		Former party president Katsuya Okada sits with no faction, yet he supports the Kan Group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan (1017 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Japanese Party Chief to Observe Democrats
		Okada's first stop in the United States will be in Boston on Tuesday, when he hopes to pick up some political pointers at the Democratic convention, he said in an interview Wednesday.
		Okada said Wednesday that he is fascinated by the U.S. national conventions and other methods of building party allegiance.
		Okada and his party have opposed Koizumi's decision to support the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and contribute noncombat troops to the reconstruction effort there.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A4197-2004Jul21?language=printer (469 words)

	USATODAY.com - Japan opposition sees chance to take power (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsuya Okada has made great strides in winning public support in his bid for prime minister of Japan.
		Okada, 51, is directing a real-life Japanese remake of the film, casting himself as Jimmy Stewart's idealistic Mr.
		Okada and the DPJ understand that the U.S. relationship is crucial to Japan's security, says Michael Cucek, a political analyst in Tokyo.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-12-19-japan_x.htm (1248 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsuya Okada visited Tandali tentage village on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, where the tent village has been set up by the Japanese Government for the quake survivors.
		Katsuya addressing the survivors said that Japanese government and its people are equally concerned about your miseries.
		Katsuya okada talking to mediamen said we have set up a tentage village comprising of 191 winterized tents in which some 80 families are residing.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Jan06/12/10.htm (338 words)

	Die-hard Koizumi sticks to his guns on postal reform (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsuya Okada, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, said Koizumi’s track record on reforms had been poor despite his promises.
		Okada said Japan has more pressing concerns such as saving the pension system, as the population is set to start declining next year.
		Okada has tried to focus attention on Japan’s sour relations with neighboring countries, which have been outraged by Koizumi’s visits to a Tokyo shrine that honors convicted war criminals among war dead.
	www.kashar.net /complete.asp?id=2202 (530 words)

	Asia Times Online - The trusted news source for information on Japan
		By Thursday, Okada seems to have gotten the hang of the new role of leader, when he was formally given the office of party president.
		Okada never struck many of his fellow generation as a bomb thrower.
		Okada's father is the famous founder of one of Japan's largest retail businesses, a connection that he tries to play down also.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/FE21Dh02.html (711 words)

	Japan: Angus Reid Consultants
		Katsuya Okada took over as leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in May 2004, after allegations over unpaid dues to the national pension program led to the resignation of Naoto Kan.
		On Aug. 9, DPJ leader Katsuya Okada said he would resign if his party does not form the government after the election, declaring, "We have to take the reins at any cost and change the country.
		On Aug. 11, Okada expressed confidence in a good result for his party, saying, "Japanese voters are wise and I think they will be cool when deciding on the government for the next three or four years." DPJ lawmakers have suggested slimming down Japan Post before moving along with privatization.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=8477 (1977 words)

	Beikoku Shidokan Association, Iha Dojo
		Katsuya Miyahira born on August 8 in Kaneku Village, Nishihara.
		Katsuya Miyahira received title of 10th Dan, Hanshi on September 2 from the Shorin-ryu Kyokai (Association).
		Katsuya Miyahira given the Martial Arts Distinguished Service Award (the highest honor of its kind in the world of Japanese martial arts) by Shigeyoshi, president of the Japan Martial Arts Council in recognition of his long years of distinguished service in the advancement and expansion of karate-do.
	www.ihadojo.com /Origins (1890 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Japan
		Okada will probably attack Koizumi on the pension issue at every opportunity, seeking votes in the July election for half the members of the 242-seat upper house of parliament, Morita said.
		Okada won a seat in the lower house of parliament in 1990 after a 12-year career as an official at Japan's then Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
		Okada, who challenged Kan for the DPJ's leadership in December 2002, is the brother of Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., Japan's biggest retailer by sales.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=a0jtv9omkiSk&refer=japan (600 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Profile: Katsuya Okada
		Plunged into a snap election on 11 September, Mr Okada faces the challenge of quickly convincing the electorate that the DPJ is the best placed to rule Japan.
		Katsuya Okada was born in 1953, the second son of Takuya Okada, the founder of the Aeon supermarket giant.
		He is proposing to reform the childcare and pension systems, both of which he says are urgent priorities in light of Japan's falling population, and has promised 10 trillion yen ($90bn) in spending cuts over the next three years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4206002.stm (449 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Japan opposition leader sees chance of early poll
		But Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada said chances were growing that Koizumi would go to the polls later this year in an effort to boost his dwindling clout, damaged by a fierce battle with his own long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party.
		Whenever the next election is held, Okada says he’s confident his centrist party can eject the LDP -- in power for most of the past half-century -- and take over to implement policies to repair frayed diplomatic ties with Asia and reform the economy.
		Okada said he was confident the Democrats could take power in the next general election whenever it was held.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/July/theworld_July397.xml§ion=theworld&col= (779 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		The election of either Koizumi or Okada won't derail the economy's longest expansion in eight years because, for the first time since 1991, the recovery is being fueled by domestic consumer and capital spending, not exports and government money, said Kiichi Murashima, head of economic and market analysis at Nikko Citigroup in Tokyo.
		Okada's Democratic Party plans to cut spending by 10 trillion yen in three years, helped by a reduction in public works and lower salaries of government workers -- policies echoed by Koizumi's Liberal Democrats.
		Okada also plans to cap bond purchases at 30 trillion yen, the same promise Koizumi made four years ago, to curb national debt projected to reach 151 percent of gross domestic product by March 2006, the highest in the industrialized world.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aastTwn62U50 (1011 words)

	The Diet's Rising Son - TIME
		When Okada became party president less than three months ago, the DPJ was in turmoil.
		Capitalizing on an unexpected drop in Koizumi's popularity, Okada stoked the fires of outrage over the Prime Minister's two biggest recent missteps: his perceived mishandling of a major pension-reform bill, and his unpopular decision to keep troops in Iraq beyond Japan's original commitment date.
		His reputation as a serious policy wonk—particularly on Japan's hot-button pension-reform issue—and his history as a committed consensus-builder, they say, have made him a potent contrast to Koizumi, whom voters have begun to think of as imperious and impulsive.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,501040726-664996,00.html (668 words)

	Koizumi presses bid to reshape politics \| csmonitor.com
		TOKYO - Katsuya Okada, leader of Japan's main opposition party, is working the crowd.
		Okada faces as he battles a Teflon-coated Junichiro Koizumi, now Japan's fourth-longest-serving leader since 1945.
		Okada has also promised not to visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine honoring Japan's war dead, and to pull troops out of Iraq by December.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0909/p06s02-woap.htm (1033 words)

	Luncheon with Katsuya Okada, President of Democratic Party of Japan
		In a small informal luncheon, Okada discussed the objectives of Japan main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, which made impressive gains in the July 11 upper-house election.
		Okada expressed confidence that Japan is developing a British-style two-party system, and that the nearly continuous postwar dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party is near an end.
		In the off-the-record discussion that followed Okada’s remarks, several participants questioned him on the speed of constitutional reform and the prospects for increased foreign investment.
	www.wilsoncenter.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=87680 (342 words)

	ABC News: Japanese Leader, Rival: Study in Contrasts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, and Katsuya Okada, leader of main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, participate in a debate of six party leaders in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 29, 2005.
		With the gradual emergence of a two-party system in Japan, however, party leaders are finding themselves in the unusual position of having to appeal directly to the voters and are increasingly using the media to do it.
		In a major break with the past, Okada the head of the Democratic Party of Japan has employed the U.S. public relations firm Fleishman-Hillard to sculpt a fetching image.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1097750&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (438 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - 'Taleban' Okada hopes straight-laced campaign makes him Japan’s PM
		The stern Okada has a tough sell against what the media dub the ”Koizumi theater”, drama choreographed by the prime minister with surprise candidates and punishment of his party peers who shot down his post office privatization plan.
		Okada’s wife, who shunned the spotlight for most of his career, recently gave an interview to a women’s magazine, saying her husband was “a very responsible father, as he worries Japan will be a debt-ridden, vulgar country by the time his children grow up”.
		She quit her job as a doctor the next year to follow him to the United States when he was sent to further his studies at Harvard University.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/September/theworld_September267.xml§ion=theworld (637 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Koizumi secures landslide election win (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The leader of Japan's largest opposition party Katsuya Okada, conceded defeat on Sunday and announced that he would be quitting as party chief.
		The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which proposed its own set of wide-ranging reforms, has been projected as a distant second, with 105 seats, down from the 177 it was defending, the Tokyo Broadcasting projection said.
		Okada, the opposition leader, said that he would take responsibility for the humiliating loss.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/8F7D3E44-79D4-40BF-B8C6-E93BBCE4F0E1.htm (706 words)

	Biography: Yokoyama Katsuya
		And it is within this naivety which flows the furious search for shakuhachi music which has spanned three generations, and the ability to perform at such a large and dynamic scale.
		In the shakuhachi music of Katsuya Yokoyama, the Azuma school, Kinko school and Wadatsumido all come to a splendid unification.
		To be honest, having heard a recording of "Onku" several years ago, I felt that Yokoyama the performer was rather different from Yokoyama the composer.
	www.komuso.com /people/Yokoyama_Katsuya.html (1800 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Voting Ends in Japan's Parliamentary Elections
		Opposition Democratic Party President Katsuya Okada appealed to voters for a change in leadership.
		Okada said this election will signal if the opposition can take power in the next general election.
		Media forecasts indicate the Democrats, who sharply boosted their strength in the more powerful lower house in last November's general election, have a good chance to capture more seats than the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday's election.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-7-11/22395.html (338 words)

	Sudan media (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Katsuya Okada, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, was quoted as telling Najib Al-Khair Abdul-AL-Wahab, Sudan's minister of state for foreign affairs, that what he had seen of the conditions of displaced people in Darfur is "below conditions where people could live with human dignity."
		Okada visited Sudan as part of an eight-day trip to the Middle East and Africa.
		Najib Al-Khair, thanking Okada for his interest in the Darfur crisis, was quoted as saying, "We want the international community to put pressure on rebel groups whose activities have caused people to flee."
	www.sudaneseonline.com /enews2005/may5-28489.shtml (396 words)

	Koizumi's star rises - World - theage.com.au
		Katsuya Okada, the leader of Japan's second biggest political force, the Democratic Party of Japan, who only weeks ago was considered a fair bet to win the prime ministership, has seemed to shrink daily during the campaign.
		Mr Okada is straight-backed and jacketless in his posters, which are unique among the seven parties contesting the vote for including a keyword of his campaign, "Manifesto", in English text.
		The word is meant to convey to voters that Mr Okada has real plans for the future.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/09/06/1125772522394.html?from=rss (644 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		Japanâs upcoming parliamentary elections are not only a battle between opposing policies, but also a clash between the vastly different personalities of dynamic oddball Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his straitlaced rival, Katsuya Okada.
		Okada has so far largely insisted on making his policies the issue rather than himself, and has not been able to turn his personality into an electoral asset.
		When the reporter asked him what kind of music he listened to in between campaign stops, rather than give voters a slice of his personal tastes, Okada simply replied that the CD was "in the back." He then looked away in silence as the camera ran.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=15402 (1160 words)

	Koizumi's Party, Backing Reforms, Wins in Landslide - New York Times
		Katsuya Okada, leader of the Democratic Party, said he would resign.
		Okada announced that he would step down as party leader because of the loss.
		Analysts have said that a big loss could lead to the breakup of the Democratic Party, which was formed in 1998 by former Liberal Democrats, Socialists and other members.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/09/12/international/asia/12japan.html?ex=1284177600&en=888e1bccc2c8e079&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1065 words)

	AsiaMedia :: JAPAN: Japan's political foes fight to the end
		Katsuya Okada, the 52-year-old leader of the main opposition party, says that voters had "almost shaken my hand off" during the short September campaign.
		An exhausted-looking Mr Okada appeared on national television near midnight on Thursday to renew his pitch.
		Proof of change would be irrefutable if Mr Okada's Democratic Party of Japan defied the latest opinion polls and won.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article-eastasia.asp?parentid=29723 (732 words)

	USATODAY.com - On the challengers' agenda (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and its leader, Katsuya Okada, have outlined plans for Japan if they take power from the Liberal Democratic Party.
		• Okada would not visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where more than 1,000 convicted Japanese war criminals are memorialized along with the rest of Japan's World War II dead.
		• Okada would increase the consumption tax to strengthen Japan's pension system before it is bankrupted by an aging population.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-12-19-japan-inside_x.htm (442 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Profiles of Japan Leader, Election Rival
		KATSUYA OKADA: Head of Japan's largest opposition group, the Democratic Party of Japan.
		The heir to the founder of the Aeon Co. supermarket empire explains his proposals in detail rather than depending on a flamboyant personality to sway public opinion.
		Okada, 52, worked for 12 years in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and won his first parliamentary seat in 1990 as an LDP member.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/w-asia/2005/sep/09/090903382.html (278 words)

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