Noda declares candidacy for re-election

What a twit !!!!!!! .................... Dream on ,Noda ----- You're toast .

“I cannot leave major issues of national politics half-finished,” he said. “I want to carry on my duty to wrestle with Japan’s issues and overcome them.”

Problem is, you're going the wrong way about it... "Robbing the poor to pay the rich" (Extra tax on essentials such as food, financially helping a criminal company - TEPCO - instead of imprisioning it's corrupt leaders, etc...) You were elected because you promised "no more taxes" but, just like the leader of another country who said "Read my lips", you reneged on your promises... As others have said, put higher taxes on luxurious items, eg. Louis Vuitton bags, etc. Not FOOD and other essentials ! And above all, shut down all those dangerous nuclear power stations !