Now is a time of crisis for our party. It is necessary to ask someone who has a lot of experience to take over and do the job.

Our party has convinced the people that we have the potential to govern, and that we are able to become the alternative party in a bipartisan system.

Now the echo of your anger toward the coalition system which centers on Mori and the Liberal Democratic Party is spreading across the whole country.

Common sense tells us it's been set for Mr. Ichiro Ozawa to stay on.

Far more than 70 percent of the people in this country ... want the Mori government to step down just as quickly as possible.

The government bowed to U.S. pressure and put President Bush's wishes ahead of the safety of Japanese consumers. I consider that a huge error of judgment.