Recently added articles from Yomiuri Shimbun:
Kyoto pact flaws must not be repeated.
Oct 02, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Sunday, Sept. 30: X X X Negotiations on an international framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol are getting into full swing. As host of next year's summit meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations ...
Can new deal lead to non-nuclear N. Korea?
Oct 02, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday, Oct. 1: X X X The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program entered a recess for two days and negotiators from six countries plan to make public a document drafted at the talks as soon as it is ...
Roh meets Kim in North Korea.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Masahiko Takekoshi SEOUL _ In a historic step, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun crossed the North-South demarcation line on foot Tuesday morning and arrived in Pyongyang around noon for the first inter-Korean summit meeting in more than seven years. North ...
Japanese prime minister takes softly-softly way.
Sep 30, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Less than a week since Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda formed his Cabinet after the resignation of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, his contrasting softly-softly approach to relations with ministries and the media has already become very apparent. Fukuda has already made clear ...
Japan protests reporter's death in Myanmar.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Shoji Minami NEW YORK _ Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura on Friday expressed "extreme regret" over the death of a Japanese photojournalist after troops fired on antigovernment protesters Thursday in Yangon despite Tokyo having asked Myanmar to exercise restraint when ...
Ex-Nova language school students sue for refunds.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Sep. 26--KYOTO, Japan -- Four people who canceled their English-language lesson contracts with Nova Corp. filed a lawsuit against the language school with the Kyoto District Court on Wednesday, demanding refunds totaling about [yen]2.45 million in tuition for unattended classes. ...
Fukuda faces difficult path to revive LDP.
Sep 25, 2007 ... The following editorial appeared in The Yomiuri Shimbun on Monday, Sept. 24: X X X As generally predicted, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda gained a resounding victory in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election. He is the eldest son of former ...
Former Sakhalin inhabitants file savings suit.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Sep. 25--TOKYO -- North and South Koreans who lived on Japan-ruled Sakhalin island during the closing years of World War II filed a law suit against the Japanese government and Japan Post on Tuesday, seeking to reclaim postal savings and postal life insurance premiums worth 2,000 times the ...
Fukuda elected prime minister of Japan.
Sep 25, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Liberal Democratic Party President Yasuo Fukuda was elected Japan's 58th prime minister by the Diet on Tuesday and was set to form a Cabinet whose members were mainly picked from the Cabinet of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe. Fukuda was first elected by the House of ...
Fukuda triumphs in Japanese election.
Sep 23, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda scored a comfortable victory in Sunday's election to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, which virtually guarantees that he will become the nation's next prime minister. ...
North Korea tops Japanese political concerns.
Sep 22, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Sixty-six percent of Japanese believe Japan, China and South Korea should work together to solve the dispute over North Korea's nuclear development program, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey conducted together with Chinese and South Korean media. The poll ...
Olympic flame bypassing Taiwan due to split over territory's flag.
Sep 22, 2007 ... Byline: Toshinao Ishii TAIPEI, Taiwan _ The failure of China and Taiwan to reach a consensus on the route of the Olympic torch can be attributed to their respective refusals to compromise on the issue of the territory's "national flag," according to observers. The ...
Poll: North Korea biggest issue for Japanese.
Sep 22, 2007 ... Sep. 22--TOKYO -- Sixty-six percent of Japanese believe Japan, China and South Korea should work together to solve the dispute over North Korea's nuclear development program, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey conducted together with Chinese and South Korean media. ...
Government seeks U.N. praise for MSDF mission.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: Hidetoshi Ikebe Sep. 19--TOKYO -- The government hopes to convey the impression that the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling activities in the Indian Ocean are highly appreciated by the international community, having eagerly lobbied to have praise for the MSDF ...
U.S. to ship fuel oil to North Korea, source says.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Takashi Sakamoto WASHINGTON _ The United States intends to ship 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil to North Korea before the end of this month if the next round of six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization is held, a U.S. source close to the talks told The Yomiuri ...
Poll: Fukuda landslide likely.(Survey)
Sep 17, 2007 ... Sep. 17--TOKYO -- Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda has garnered support from at least 213 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers for the LDP presidential election scheduled for Sunday, according to a survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun. The poll was conducted Friday through ...
Ex-hospital chief arrested.
Sep 17, 2007 ... Sep. 17--KOCHI, Japan -- A former medical center director has been arrested on suspicion of accepting electrical appliances and other gifts worth about [yen]2.5 million in bribes from two former employees of a private finance initiative (PFI), who also have been arrested, the police said. ...
22 percent of population 65 years old or above.
Sep 17, 2007 ... Sep. 17--TOKYO -- The percentage of the population aged 65 or over stood at a record high 22 percent as of mid-September, according to a survey by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry that was compiled ahead of Monday's Respect for the Aged Day. The survey is also ...
Fukuda, Aso vie to succeed Abe in Japan.
Sep 15, 2007 ... TOKYO _ With two candidacies officially accepted Saturday, the Sept. 23 Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election will see a head-to-head battle between former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and LDP Secretary General Taro Aso. As Fukuda has already secured the ...
Fukuda gains support in bid for prime minister.
Sep 14, 2007 ... TOKYO _ Gaining increasing support from Liberal Democratic Party factions Friday, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda is likely to be the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. As the schedule for the presidential election was officially announced Friday, ...