News Source: Reuters
| 28 days ago
President Barack Obama next week he needs more time to review the relocation of a U.S. Marine base, a newspaper said on Thursday of an issue that is straining ties. A dispute over where to put a replacement facility for Futenma air base, a key part...
News Source: Fox News
| 28 days ago
Japanese shares traded slightly lower early Thursday, with the Nikkei 225 Average down 0.3% at 9,813.82, and the broader Topix nearly flat at 881.80. Shares of Sanyo Electric Co. dropped 12%, leading the losses and contributing to weakness in the...
News Source: Japan Today
| 28 days ago
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he would decide whether or how he would take responsibility for a funds scandal after prosecutors conclude their investigation of his former accountant over the false reporting of political donations. ‘...
News Source: Japan Today
| 28 days ago
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday it will be ‘‘extremely difficult to bring peace to Afghanistan by enhancing the military means,’’ expressing a negative view about the United States sending more troops to the war-torn country. ‘...
News Source: Japan Times
| 28 days ago
Downside risks to Japan's economy are diminishing now that emerging economies look set to post higher growth, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Wednesday. "Based on a high possibility that emerging countries and those with resources will...
News Source: Japan Times
| 28 days ago
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama indicated Wednesday he may have overbankrolled his political fund management body but claimed it was his understanding that funds in excess of the ¥10 million limit he can personally kick in constituted a loan he would...