Japan Probe (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama throws the ceremonial first pitch at special baseball game held on the 22nd to commerate the 60th anniversary of the Central/Pacific league: Hatoyama was able to throw it all the way to the catcher, and the umpire apparently called it as a strike. — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Dannychoo.com – Your portal [...]...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's mother "loaned" him around ¥900 million over five years to 2008 and some of the money may have been recorded as coming from fictitious donors in his political funding reports, sources said Wednesday. They said the roughly ¥180 million per year over the five years were treated as loans, otherwise Hatoyama would have had to pay a...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A former secretary of Yukio Hatoyama repeatedly tried to balance the books by faking profits around every January, sources said, providing the first glimpse into details of shady accounting practices by the prime minister's fund management body. It has also been revealed that more than ¥100 million was falsely declared out of revenues from selling tickets for fundraising parties between...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama remained mum Tuesday on his ever-widening fundraising scandal, saying he trusts prosecutors to judge whether he is liable for any misconduct. Prosecutors are reportedly preparing to file charges against a former Hatoyama aide for violating the Political Funds Control Law, including faking the sources of donations made to Hatoyama between 2005...
This Week With Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The President meets with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan on the first stop of his trip to Asia. Following a private discussion, they speak to the press about issues including climate change, nuclear disarmament, and Afghanistan. November 13, 2009.Vimeo VideoTranscriptHome Page
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Saturday he is not ready to reach a conclusion by the end of the year on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture. "I'm not yet at that stage," Hatoyama told reporters in Tokyo, referring to a media report that he is expected to come to a conclusion by yearend.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi agreed Friday to develop bilateral diplomatic ties in a "spirit of fraternity," in line with the Hatoyama's political philosophy. Expressing hope that the top leaders of the two nations continue their mutual visits, Hatoyama said he wants to go to China next year for the World Expo...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
With negotiations on the relocation of a U.S. base in Okinawa snagged, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama revealed Thursday he asked U.S. President Barack Obama for a little faith in his Democratic Party of Japan government. "I told (Obama) that there are strong feelings" in Okinawa regarding the 2006 agreement on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Hatoyama...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama called on U.S. military authorities Thursday to pressure a suspect to report for police questioning in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Okinawa on Nov. 7. The delay in resolving the case is making the situation worse for the people of Okinawa and for the family of the man who was killed, Hatoyama told reporters in Tokyo. Okinawa police haven't...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Anybody who thinks deflation is no longer a threat should look at Japan and its flailing authorities JUDGING by the shrill comments from Wall Street, Japan’s biggest problem is its huge public-sector debt, which has grown to nearly twice the size of the country’s GDP. But it isn’t (see article). Far more pressing is deflation. On November 20th the new government of Yukio Hatoyama...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... give the thumbs up or down. This is budget-balancing, Japanese-style. The new administration of Yukio Hatoyama has come to office with big spending plans, which it intends to pay for by scrapping wasteful expenditures of the sort that, it says, helped keep its opponents in power for half a century. Judging by the TV audiences, the public is impressed. The trouble is that Japan has...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Chancellor Angela Merkel, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang, and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have yet to announce whether they'll be attending.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Japan's efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions could cost households ¥130,000 to ¥765,000 a year, a task force said Tuesday. The financial burden will come in the form of estimated declines in disposable income. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has pledged a goal of slashing emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 without purchasing emissions credits from foreign countries....
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
SAITAMA (Kyodo) The son of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea in 1978 has released letters he has exchanged with former North Korean agent Kim Hyong Hui since their meeting in South Korea in March. Koichiro Iizuka, 32, said he was disclosing the letters sent and received in July and August because he worries that the government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama may not address the...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
... ally in the 21st century, taking its place alongside Britain, Israel, and, assuming the bolshie Yukio Hatoyama doesn’t live forever, Japan. Read more .... COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS We Need India's Help In Afghanistan -- Marshall M. Bouton and Alyssa Ayres, Forbes Obama Loses a Round (Against China) -- Ying Chan, New York Times Obama Blunders Through Asia -- Ross...
