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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
A political funds management body for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda received ¥158,000 in illegal donations from a Korean resident of Japan between 2001 and 2003, sources close to the donor said Saturday. A government report on political funds says...
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The Daily Herald
| over 1 year ago
Like his five predecessors, Japans new prime minister is unlikely to last much more than a year unless he can unify his divided party and persuade the opposition to help solve the countrys myriad problems. And that could be an almost impossible feat...
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Channel NewsAsia
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new prime minister Yoshihiko Noda and his cabinet on Sunday won solid backing in opinion polls, with respondents expressing confidence in his ability to lead the post-quake recovery. Noda on Friday unveiled a youthful cabinet lacking the...
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GMA News
| over 1 year ago
Two-thirds of Japanese voters back new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as his call for unity within the ruling party and conciliatory stance toward the opposition raised hopes for speedy policy implementation, newspaper polls showed Sunday. That was a...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
The figure contrasts with the dismal 15.8 percent support for the Cabinet of Noda's predecessor, Naoto Kan, in a survey in late August. The support rate for the ruling DPJ came to 27.2 percent, exceeding the 23.6 percent for the Liberal Democratic...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Kyodo It comes as no surprise that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who has been calling for unity within the Democratic Party of Japan, formed a Cabinet based not only on allies but lawmakers from various other factions. But the question is: Can Noda...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
They were always arguing that they would someday change not only Japan but also the world. Recently, after the successive regimes of two dankai prime ministers, Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan, I can't help wondering what the dankai have accomplished...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
More than 60% of voters back Japan's new prime minister, the first media survey since he took office showed on Saturday, reflecting high hopes for his government that has pledged to quickly tackle fiscal reforms to rein in huge public debt. The...
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Macleans
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Cabinet received an initial support rating of 62.8 per cent, a Kyodo News agency poll showed Saturday, a day after he announced his Cabinet and promised to guide the nation through its disaster...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
An initial public opinion poll has given new Japan ese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Cabinet a support rating of 63 percent. Noda and his Cabinet were officially appointed Friday, promising to guide the nation through the post-tsunami...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new prime minister picked close allies on Friday for key positions in his Cabinet as he tries to steer his troubled nation through disaster recovery, a nuclear crisis and a lengthy economic slump. Yoshihiko Noda, a surprise choice for prime...
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Japan Today
| over 1 year ago
Noda outlines 4 key areas that his gov't will work on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo on Friday. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday outlined four priorities for his new cabinet...
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Asian Tribune
| over 1 year ago
02 editor Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the youngest prime minister in Japan's postwar history, formed his Cabinet on Friday, and vowed that he would not visit Yasukuni Shrine during his tenure. The Yasukuni Shrine, which honors some 2.5 million...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda picked a relatively lightweight lawmaker as finance minister, signaling the fiscally conservative leader intends to call the shots on key economic policies himself. Noda, a former finance minister elected...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Staff writer Financial experts on Friday were quick to voice their concern over the appointment of Jun Azumi as finance minister, saying the rookie Cabinet member will allow Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to push his own fiscal policies and may lack...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Keep up the good work under the new prime minister," Kan told Yukio Edano, his now ex-chief Cabinet secretary, and some 150 employees who gathered to see him off. "From now on, I will try to stay away from the prime minister's office," Kan said,...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
The head of the nation's biggest business lobby urged the new Cabinet, with help from the opposition parties, to work swiftly on key goals, including rebuilding areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and to deal with the yen's...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
ITO Staff writer In a major U-turn, new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday that neither he nor any of his Cabinet ministers will make official visits to controversial Yasukuni Shrine, reversing his previous position that visits by national...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Get summaries of the top business news from a global perspective Sample In his first speech as prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, who replaced the unpopular Naoto Kan, said it is unrealistic to construct any new reactors or to extend those nuclear...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Former Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the new prime minister of Japan. Noda is something of an anomaly: one of those self-deprecating politicians he likens himself to a "loach," a scavenger that is kin to the catfish who commands respect for...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new prime minister and his cabinet were installed Friday at an Imperial Palace ceremony, officially marking the start of the latest government. In a wide-ranging news conference, just prior to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda convening his first...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda named his new Cabinet Friday, with Koichiro Gemba becoming foreign minister and Jun Azumi finance minister. Both Gemba, a free-trade advocate, and Azumi are in their 40s. Noda, a fiscal conservative...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
Yoshihiko Noda, the new Japanese prime minister, on Friday assembled a Cabinet designed to calm political in-fighting as the government tries to guide the massive reconstruction of its disaster-hit coastline. Noda handed key Cabinet posts to those...
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Channel NewsAsia
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday said that reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the resolution of the nuclear crisis were top priorities for his government. "I believe reconstruction and rehabilitation from...
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International Herald Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Jun Azumi, a 49-year-old former journalist, was named finance minister, taking over a crucial portfolio as Mr. Noda seeks to balance reconstruction needs with reining in Japan's burgeoning debt. The new foreign minister, Koichiro Gemba, 47, is the...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Japan 's newest Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, will reveal the members of his new cabinet in Tokyo on Friday after being sworn in as the country's third leader in a short span of less than a year. Mr Noda, who was the Finance Minister in the...
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MarketWatch
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new prime minister on Friday named little-known party official Jun Azumi to take the key finance minister portfolio. Azumi, the 49-year-old former head of parliamentary affairs for the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), becomes Japan's...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda 's Cabinet will include Koichiro Gemba as foreign minister and Jun Azumi as finance minster, it was announced Friday. The announcement was made by the newly named Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura, a close...
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Channel NewsAsia
| over 1 year ago
The dollar was flat against the yen in Asia on Friday, as the market awaited a crucial US employment report while cautiously watching Japan's new cabinet lineup. The greenback stood at 76.87 yen in Tokyo trade, unchanged from New York late Thursday.
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The Age
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below Yoshio Hachiro, 63, was selected minister of tradeand economy. "They will work like loaches mired in mud and sweating to get the job done," Fujimura said when announcing the lineup at the prime minister's residence on Friday.
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Noda unveils new cabinet as he seeks to boost growth Mr Azumi will have to deal with a variety of issues that are threatening Japan's economic growth Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has unveiled his cabinet which will be charged with...
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Channel NewsAsia
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday named his first cabinet, as the nation's sixth new leader in five years attempts to unite a divided party and safeguard a fragile post-quake recovery. He gave the posts of foreign and finance...
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Japan Today
| over 1 year ago
President Barack Obama has spoken with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to congratulate him on his election. The White House said Thursday the two leaders pledged to work together to re-energize the global economy and promote growth. They also...
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Channel NewsAsia
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was due to be sworn in on Friday and name a cabinet with which he hopes to drive a fragile post-quake recovery forward and build party unity. Noda was elected Japan's sixth prime minister in five years...
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Channel NewsAsia
| over 1 year ago
US President Barack Obama and Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pledged in a phone call Thursday to work together to support the global economy and Asia's security, the White House said. "The two leaders underscored the enduring nature of the...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Energy ministers from the 18-member East Asia Summit will pledge to boost cooperation in nuclear safety, the draft of a statement they plan to issue says. The ministers will also discuss how to respond to sudden energy supply disruptions when they...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Kyodo Some 517,000 people mobilized for emergency drills in 35 prefectures Thursday as the government's annual disaster-prevention exercise took on added meaning in light of the catastrophic quake and tsunami in March. The drills are held each year...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Japanese companies should invest directly overseas and the government should support that." The yen has risen 10 percent against the dollar in the past 12 months. It reached a postwar record of 75.95 on Aug. 19, even after authorities intervened Aug.
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
The government sold ¥4.51 trillion in the currency market during August, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Finance Ministry, the largest monthly total since March 2004. Noda, who was elected prime minister in the Diet on Tuesday,...
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China Post
| over 1 year ago
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Thursday picked one of his closest allies as the top spokesman for his cabinet expected to be formed today. Osamu Fujimura, 61, who heads Noda's group within the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, told...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
Over half a million people across Japan took part in annual drills on Thursday to prepare for natural disasters, but this year's exercises held a more immediate sense of urgency following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast coast...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
Japan With several formal bows and two rounds of applause, a dozen local representatives handed the mayor a blueprint to save their seaside home. Beneath the town's cartoon mascot, a duck cradling a fish, their draft reconstruction plan bore a new...
