With Bold Stand, Japan Opposition Wins a Landslide
The New York Times Aug. 31, 2009
Japan’s voters cast out the Liberal Democratic Party for only the second time in postwar history on Sunday, handing a landslide victory to a party that campaigned on a promise to reverse a generation-long economic decline and to redefine Tokyo’s relationship with Washington.
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Bill Clinton has quite a story to tell
Reuters Aug.5,2009
After his talk with reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Bill Clinton sure has a story to tell.
And one of the first in line to hear his tale is President Barack Obama.
"I suspect that President Clinton will have some interesting observations from his trip and I will let
him provide those to me, "Obama told MSNBC on Wednesday.
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Tension Runs High in China's Uighur Region
The Dong A. com Jul.8,2009
Bloody clashes between police and protesters have erupted in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, for two days from Sunday. Tension is running high and retaliatory attacks are likely between the Uighurs and Han Chinese.
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Signs in North point to Kim's third son being heir
The Japan Times May 21, 2009
Students in North Korea are singing songs in praise of Kim Jong Il's third son and potential successor, Kim Jong Un, a recently obtained report said, indicating that a full-scale power shift may be on as news of the North Korean leader's ailing health fuels speculation over who will lead the reclusive state in the days ahead.
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Nation's first H1N1 cases land in Narita Three on plane hospitalized, 49 kept in hotel
The Japan Times May 10,2009
Three Japanese males who arrived at Narita airport from Canada via the United States on Friday were confirmed to be infected with the new H1N1 strain of influenza, marking the first cases of so-called swine flu in Japan, the health ministry said Saturday.
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In a hard-fought final,Japan stays on top of the world
Herald Tribune Mar.24,2009
To Japan and South Korea,the final of the World Baseball Classic was more than the last game of a 16-team tournament.It was the chance,the prized chance, to subdue a despised rival and be called the best team in the world.
It was an opportunity for one proud country to incense another.
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Japanese opposition aide arrested over donations
Herald Tribune Mar.3,2009
Japanese prosecutors raided the office Tuesday of opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa,a leading candidate to become the next prime minister, and arrested his top aide on susupicion of accepting dubious donations.
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Obama sworn in, ushers in 'new era of responsibility'
The Japan times Jan.21,2009
Barack Obama becomes first black president in U.S. history, asks nation to embrace a "new era of responsibility" to conquer the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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Israeli ground invasion cuts Gaza in two
Herald Tribune Jan.4,2009
Israeli troops and tanks-protected by heavy artillery fire and strikes from the air and sea-sliced through the center of Gasa on Sunday,taking control of what the military said were sites used for launching rockets and sorrounding the main city,as their government rebuffed as premature diplomatic efforts to end the nine-day assault.
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Man admits stabbings,bring knife
The Japan Times Nov.24,2008
A man claiming he had "stabbed a vice minister"turns himself into the Metropolitan Police Department and brings a bloodstained knife, after which he is questioned in connection with the fatal stabbings of former vice welfare minister Takehiro Yamaguchi and his wife,Michiko,and another attack on the wife of former vice welfare minister KenjiYoshihara.
