Shinzo Abe is currently the Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Japan. In September, 2006, Abe was elected as the president of the LDP. He has a commanding majority in the lower house, and will likely succeed...
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Shinzo Abe is currently the Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Japan. In September, 2006, Abe was elected as the president of the LDP. He has a commanding majority in the lower house, and will likely succeed Koizumi as prime minister of Japan.
According to a new book , “Scoop” by Pascal Roustain, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan was explaining to President Bush the various ways a Japanese person would bow when meeting someone. He then got on his knees to prostrate himself before Bush in order to indicate this was the position the president wanted people to be in when conversing with him. If one considers how Bush reacted to those in America who dared opposing his political decisions, the prime minister’s position... Read Full Story
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned over a dispute linked to fighting in Afghanistan as well as to the string of corruption scandals which have impacted his government. The opposition Democrat Party of Japan refused to allow extension of Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force’s right to use refueling stations in the Indian Ocean which are [...] Read Full Story
S hogatsu, or Oshogatsu, that is, the Japanese New Year, starts on the 1st of January and continues till the 3rd. Shogatsu is a very important Japanese holiday. As the New Year unfolds, wish all your Japanese friends a happy and prosperous New Year. http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/japanese_new_year/index.shtml Read Full Story
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan needs to closely watch the impact that any U.S. economic slowdown there might have on Chinese exports, many of which are assembled from semifinished products and raw materials from Japan and elsewhere in Asia, the country's economic minister said Friday.
"What shape the U.S. slowdown will take needs thorough monitoring," Economy Minister Hiroko Ota said at a regular press conference. "Overall exports are still expanding, but that expansion is coming at a slower pace... Read Full Story
{mosgoogle right} The Chinese government has invited two former Japanese prime ministers to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games but did not invite former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
The move is deemed as a protest by Beijing against Koizumi, who continued to pay his respects at the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, where war criminals are enshrined, while he was in office, according to the sources.
Former prime ministers Yoshiro... Read Full Story
Tokyo - Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is aiming for a parliamentary lower house election on October 26, the country’s biggest newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported Saturday.
Quoting sources within the LDP, it said the lower house of parliament would probably we dissolved on October 3, by which time the party would have a new president who would have been made prime minister by the lower house, where the LDP has a majority.
There are five candidates to succeed outgoing party... Read Full Story
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe signed a partnership accord with Iraq Wednesday, making a rare visit to the country for a senior leader of the close US ally, the government said on Wednesday. Abe, who was premier from 2006 to 2007, travelled as a special envoy of Prime Minister Taro Aso. He flew to Baghdad after participating in the Global Competitiveness Forum in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. In Baghdad, he met Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and signed the Japan-Iraq partnership... Read Full Story
Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe signed a partnership accord with Iraq on Wednesday, on a rare visit to the country for a senior leader of the close US ally. Abe, who was premier from 2006 to 2007, travelled as a special envoy of Prime Minister Taro Aso. He flew to Baghdad after participating in the Global Competitiveness Forum in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. In Baghdad, he met President Jalal Talabani and signed the Japan-Iraq partnership, which is aimed at strengthening the... Read Full Story
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Former Japanese prime ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo's war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday morning on the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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(Left to right): Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Taro Aso. Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Yukio Hatoyama. Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda. YOKOSUKA, Japan, August 25 (AFP): In Japan’s election on Sunday, the two candidates for the prime minister’s post are carrying... Read Full Story
