. >>> a former japanese prime minister says he won't be running in the lower hou eltion. he says he can't support some of the party ideas. the moat ptyearsp pls to endorse candates only if they accept certain policies. >> i feel a strong affectiofo thdecricar. i let the liberal democratic party to create the dpj. personal importance to me. >> he isppedo japan joining the talks on the transpacific partnership free trade agreement. in june he voted against a goveme pnoaise the consumptiotax. the party responded by suspending his membership for three months. he became pri mister 2009 after leading the democratic party to victory in the lower house election. he could not keep his promise t air station outside japan or at least outside okinawa prefecture, so heesigned in 2010. his government eventually agreed with the u.s. to move the facility to nago okinawa and that was similar to one signed in 2006 when the liberal democratic party held the reins of government. >>> north korean officials are trying to drum up more foreign investment. once again they turned to their main all