you know, ozawa doesn't buy that argument. he aiddmits it must come first on the way to an economic recovery. he said the party made those promises when it took power two and a half years ago. so the tax bill faces several challenges. senior lawmakers close to ozawa quit their official positions last month when noda submitted the bill to the diet. many members have already signaled that they will not cooperate. he orders members of the faction to vote against it. then passing the bill would be impossible. then the prime minister would almost certainly have to resign. noda could call the election to ask voters whether or not they support him. his public approval rating suggests that they did not, at least not now. so it will be a very big struggle for him to say the least. >> noda has been in office for only about six months. is there any way he could survive? >> well, noda is trying to win suort from the main opposition liberal democratic party to that he doesn't have to worry about the votes ozawa controls. if noda makes a ba

but, you know, ozawa doesn't buy that argument. he insists that cutting wasteful spending must come first on the way to an economic recovery. he says the party made those promises when it took power 2 1/2 years ago. so the tax bill faces similar challenges. senior lawmakers close to ezsa roy quit their official positions last month when noda submitted the bill to the diet. many opposition members have already signaled that they will not cooperate. if ozawa orders members of his faction to vote against it, then passing the bill would be impossible. then the prime minister would almost certainly have to resign. noda could call a general election to ask voters whether or not they support him, but his public approval ratings suggest that they do not, at least not now. so it will be a very big struggle for him, to say the least. >> noda has been in office for only about six months. is there any way he could survive? >> noda is trying to win support from the main opposition, labor democratic party so he doesn't have to worry about this.

we will have to wait and see what ozawa does next. yuko, back to you. >> thank you very much, misato. >>> ichiro ozawa has been an influential political figure for more than two decades. he served in leadership positions in ruling and opposition parties. ozawa joined the democratic party in 2003. it was the largest opposition party at the time. he played a key role in shaping a force capable of challenging the government. that work finally paid off in 2009. the dpj scored a landslide victory in the lower house election ending 55 years of almost unbroken rule by the liberal democratic party. but tokyo prosecutors slowed ozawa's momentum, targeting his political funding. they charged his former aides in 2010 for falseifying an accounting report in connection with a $5 million land deal. prosecutors said the money came from a construction company hoping to win public works contracts. >> translator: i am innocent. i received no illegal donations. >> reporter: tokyo prosecutors later dropped the case against ozawa saying they didn't have e

now it is ozawa's own political career that hangs in the balance. it has attracted a lot of attention since okds last year. officials said around 2,000 will take part in a lottery for one of the 46 gallery seats available to the public. >> translator: i'm interested in tracking the money. >> translator: i want to see a big-name politician like him standing in the dark. >> reporter: ozawa will come through the back door. it is extremely rare in japan for such a powerful politician to be seen standing in the dark. the decision is about to begin at 10:00 a.m. back to thskud owe. >>hankou. >>> militants have killed at least 12 people in the philippines. the government suspects the communists are to blame. the philippine military says the attacks struck an army convoy in ifugao province. died in an exchange of gun fire. it's not known if any of the militants were hit. the military says the guerrillas appear to be from the new peop's army the military army of the philippines communist party. the ceasefire talks began in february last year. the talks tumbl

ozawa is believed to hold under his sway, in his faction, about 10 members of the governing party. it gives him immense clout. it's the reason why he's been called offer the years the destroyer because he's been able to bring down leaders and break up parties. he's been called the shadow showgun as well because of his power behind the throne, his back room deal making and now he could be in a position to unleash that power again. >> roland burke in tokyo with the latest there. thank you very much. david cameron has said figures showing the u.k. is back in recession a very, very disappointing. in the first three months of the year, the economy shrank by .2%. fall in construction outfits and stagnant services are some of the main factors behind britain entering its first double-dip resgs since the mid-1970's. the british chancellor said coalition and policies have plunged the u.k. back in recession and chancellor blames the figure on the previous labor government and problems in the euro zone. >> it's very disappointing news, and it's a very tough economic situation when you're recov