Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
One of former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's notable achievements was when, as the chair of the Group of Eight summit this summer, he managed to get the G8 nations to broadly agree on efforts to fight global warming. Although the government has changed, Japan must strive with other countries to overcome individual national interests and create a pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. The G8 leaders...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
The sumo association has expelled Tokitsukaze and, despite widespread acceptance that wrestlers are routinely roughed up by their peers, the Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda felt sufficiently strongly about the case to demand that the JSA introduce measures to ensure nothing similar could happen again in the future.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
... by Putin and Lavrov later this year were agreed upon between then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when they met at the Group of Eight summit in Japan in July.
Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
All eyes will be on Chiba for the 28th round of the J. League as JEF United welcome Urawa Reds to the Fukuda Denshi Arena. A month ago JEF United looked certainties for relegation, but Alex Miller's men have launched a late bid for salvation as the Chiba Dogs chase their fifth straight win in this match. United have seen off Tokyo Verdy, Consadole Sapporo, Nagoya Grampus and Kyoto Sanga during...
Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
(No photo credit provided. Tsk, Huffington Post!) The Huffington Thing™ has a wonderful slide show of political gal-pals from around the world, and it's truly a worthy diversion. Some of them are gorgeous, like, duh, that French lady; some are adorable, like Japan's Kiyoko Fukuda; some are frumpy, like Horst Kohler's frau. Etc., etc. The first lady of Qatar, seen above, however, is so intensely,...
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
# 2348 Today Dr Keiji Fukuda , Head of WHO's Global Influenza Programme , gave a virtual telephone with journalists from around the world on the expectations for the upcoming flu season in the Northern Hemisphere. This year's flu vaccine, after disappointing effectiveness last year, is a complete reworking of the formula; with three new strains represented in this trivalent vaccine. Flu vaccine...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
In the next several weeks the annual influenza season in the northern hemisphere will begin. In anticipation of this, Dr Keiji Fukuda, Head of WHO's Global Influenza Programme, will brief journalists in a Virtual Press Conference on what can and cannot be said about the upcoming influenza season, including vaccine composition, vaccine distribution and predictions about the possible severity...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... widely blamed for souring relations with China.Aso is likely to affirm former prime minister Yasuo Fukuda's ambition to improve ties with the rest of Asia, and stress the need to cooperate on denuclearization in North Korea, another government official said.The two sides may also discuss cooperation on food safety and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, he added.(Reporting by Mayumi Negishi;...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... widely blamed for souring relations with China.Aso is likely to affirm former prime minister Yasuo Fukuda's ambition to improve ties with the rest of Asia, and stress the need to cooperate on denuclearization in North Korea, another government official said.The two sides may also discuss cooperation on food safety and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, he added.(Reporting by Mayumi Negishi;...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... fledgling administration of Prime Minister Taro Aso, hastily created after his predecessor Yasuo Fukuda's abrupt resignation last month, 12 of the 18 ministers have fathers or grandfathers who were Diet (parliament) lawmakers. They inherited a constituency by succession when their antecessors died or retired from politics. "Those hereditary politicians were born and grew up in a political...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... Kaji; director of photography, Shu G. Momose; music by Koh Nakagawa; production designer, Nori Fukuda; produced by Yoko Hayama, Yoshinori Chiba and Satoshi Nakamura; released by Media Blasters Releasing and Fever Dreams. At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 East Third Street, at Avenue A, East Village. Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes. This film is not rated. WITH: Eihi Shiina (Ruka), Itsuji...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Page 1 of 2Japan adrift in the Indian OceanBy Richard Tanter [Editors' note: The final version of this article was received prior to the announcement of Yasuo Fukuda's resignation as prime minister. Tanter comments: Fukuda's resignation will change nothing in the underlying domestic and alliance strains that lead to his decision to resign. The next Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader,...
AMPONTAN (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
... in the short-lived Hata Cabinet and the Minister of Justice in the second Abe Cabinet and the Fukuda Cabinet. Mr. Hatoyama was interviewed recently by the Nishinippon Shimbun . A translation of that interview follows. In regard to the reforms for the devolution of authority to local governments, what are your thoughts on the issue of maintaining or eliminating the local branches of national...
Mutantfrog Travelogue (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
... battle of the next Lower House elecion is near. It was almost exactly one year ago that former PM Fukuda gave his own first policy speech, in which he took a more relaxed stance as he called for dialogue with the opposition parties to deal with a Diet in which separate parties control each chamber. .Aso’s speech was a shart contrast, and we look forward to hearing DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa’s...
