http://www.newstin.com/us/JUNICHIRO_KOIZUMI Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76408231 Michael Sheridan, Far East Correspondent Is Kim Jong-il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years but now a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:57:12 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76408231 2008-09-07T23:57:12Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76374341 by Harumi Ozawa 6 minutes ago TOKYO (AFP) - Japan for the first time has a chance of a female prime minister in Yuriko Koike, but feminists are sceptical on whether she would do the country's women any good. Koike has... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:20:11 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76374341 2008-09-07T02:20:11Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76315930 Martin Hutchinson writes: have been much more positive about the Japanese economy than most other analysts in recent months, largely because I believed that many of the problems from the Japanese recession of 1990-2003... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:34:44 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76315930 2008-09-05T17:34:44Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76291872 Japan's popular politician Taro Aso formally announced Friday that he will take part in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s presidential election to succeed outgoing party leader and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:17:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76291872 2008-09-05T10:17:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76279515 by Shaun Tandon 17 minutes ago TOKYO (AFP) - North Korea will delay a long-awaited probe into abductions of Japanese citizens, officials said Friday, as dovish Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's sudden resignation set back... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:55:08 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76279515 2008-09-05T05:55:08Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76191698 Today is Thursday, September 11, the 255th day of 2008. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam — now Hoover Dam — by pressing a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam's first hydroelectric... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:45:19 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76191698 2008-09-04T00:45:19Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76162338 I have already blogged on Atiya's op-ed, but I think it is important to look at the example she gives:Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stepped down because his popularity rating was considered low _ not that anyone had... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:20:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76162338 2008-09-03T15:20:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76171458 Was it a bird? No, that grey smudge streaking into the abyss was just another Japanese prime minister. PM Number 11* – I’m counting from 1990 and don’t want to bore you with the names – quit on Monday less than a year... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:38:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76171458 2008-09-03T17:38:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76140391 TOKYO (AFP) - Yuriko Koike emerged Wednesday as a possible contender to be Japan 's first female prime minister, with heavyweights in the ailing ruling party urging her to challenge conservative favourite Taro Aso. Koike,... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:41:11 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76140391 2008-09-03T08:41:11Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76139436 about the identity of the man tipped to succeed him. Though the selection process is notoriously opaque and fraught with factional manoeuvering, forces majeure notwithstanding, Taro Aso will become Japan's prime minister... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:20:37 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76139436 2008-09-03T09:20:37Z