Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein (r) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama upon his arrival at the State Guesthouse in Tokyo, 06 Nov 2009Japanese Prime...
TOKYO (AFP) – A key power broker in Japan's ruling party is likely to avoid indictment over a massive moneyscandal involving his politicalfundinggroup and three of his aides, news reports said Wednesday. Tokyo prosecutors are likely to announce on Thursday...
A report issued Sunday by the Japan-China Joint History Research Committee revealed again the difficulties in ironing out differences in history perception, a thorny issue for the bilateral relationship. Not only national sentiments of the two countries, but also the...
TOKYO, Jan. 29 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese trademinister Masayuki Naoshima urged World Trade Organization members Friday to exercise "political leadership" to conclude the stalled Doha Round of global trade liberalization talks. Naoshima,...
By ROBERT MADSEN With deflation again threatening the Japaneseeconomy, policy making appears as dysfunctional as ever. Politicians and the Ministry of Finance say falling prices are a monetary problem that must be solved by the central bank, while the Bank of Japan...
It is the political equivalent of one of the battles of Godzilla - two mighty monsters locked in a combat from which only one can emerge intact. On the one hand is the Tokyo Public Prosecutors' Office, one of the proudest and most powerful of Japan's elite...
TOKYO (Reuters) – The resignation of Japan's ailing financeminister looked increasingly likely on Wednesday, raising bond market concern about whether a successor would hold the line on spending in the face of a frail economy and ballooning debt. The...
Tokyo: Japan's ailing FinanceMinister looked set on Wednesday to quit, raising bond market concern about whether a successor would hold the line on spending in the face of a fragile economy and ballooning public debt. The departure of Hirohisa Fujii, 77, one of the few...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ailing financeminister looked set on Wednesday to quit, raising bond market concern about whether a successor would hold the line on spending in the face of a fragile economy and ballooning public debt. Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii...
Tokyo: Japan's government has told the United States it will decide by May where to relocate a controversial US military base even if it risks breaking up the ruling coalition, Jiji Press reported on Thursday. State minister Seiji Maehara told the US Ambassador to Japan...
