RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:17:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/hatoyama-finalizing-plan-to-break-deadlock-over-futenma-relocation Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he is talking with concerned ministers to work out Japan's position on the issue of relocating a U.S. military… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:16:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/govt-steps-up-efforts-to-craft-2nd-extra-budget-for-job-creation Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet on Friday intensified efforts to craft an additional stimulus package for this fiscal year aimed at creating more jobs, with… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/lower-house-panels-pass-more-bills-in-absence-of-opposition-parties The Democratic Party of Japan-led ruling coalition passed bills and treaties at several House of Representatives committee sessions Friday that were boycotted by two opposition… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:41:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/cabinet-secretariat-received-y12-bil-annually-in-secret-funds The Cabinet Secretariat received around 1.2 billion yen in so-called secret funds each year from fiscal 2004 through fiscal 2008 -- roughly 100 million yen… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:09:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/us-ambassador-to-visit-okinawa-on-nov-30 U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos plans to visit Okinawa Prefecture on Nov 30 for talks with Gov Hirokazu Nakaima on the relocation of a… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/govt-declares-japan-has-slipped-into-deflation Japan has slipped into deflation, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday, adding to concerns about a solid recovery for the world's second-largest economy. Kan,… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:20:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/hatoyama-resolved-to-promptly-work-out-futenma-relocation-plan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday he will work out Japan's plan to relocate a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa Prefecture as soon as possible,… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/defense-ministry-to-propose-drill-transfer-for-us-base-relocation The Defense Ministry is preparing to propose to the United States transferring some U.S. F-15 fighter drills as a condition for implementing a 2006 accord… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/lower-house-passes-bill-on-easing-repayment-terms-for-firms The House of Representatives passed at a plenary session early Friday a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments by small and midsize companies… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:30:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/sdf-dispatch-to-iraq-was-constitutional-hirano Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said Thursday that Japan's dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq was constitutional, reversing the previous stance of the Democratic… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:46:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/dpj-steamrolls-bill-on-easing-repayment-terms-for-firms The House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee on Thursday passed a bill to encourage lenders to freeze debt repayments for small and midsize companies, making… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:15:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/hatoyama-calls-for-unhcr-to-support-plan-to-accept-myanmar-refugees Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Thursday called on the U.N. refugee agency to support Japan's plan to accept Myanmar refugees from fiscal 2010, the Japanese… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:26:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/trust-me-hatoyama-tells-obama-on-us-military-base-dispute Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday that he asked U.S. President Barack Obama to trust him on the dispute over the relocation of a U.S.… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:53:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/osaka-gov-hashimoto-to-be-sued-again-over-2007-tv-comment Osaka Gov Toru Hashimoto will be sued again later this month for defamation over his remark on a 2007 TV show criticizing defense lawyers for… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:38:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/govt-having-second-thoughts-on-key-child-allowance-pledge The government will review a plan to offer allowances to families with children starting in fiscal 2010 -- a signature pledge of the Democratic Party… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:09:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/hatoyama-hopes-for-summit-with-russian-leader-on-disputed-islands Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Wednesday expressed his hope of having a summit with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev somewhere on the Russian-held islands off… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/kumamoto-mayor-has-new-flu The Kumamoto mayor came down with the new H1N1 influenza Wednesday as the health ministry said the number of deaths linked to the disease across… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:42:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/us-again-urges-japan-to-implement-base-pact-in-high-level-talks The United States reiterated its demand Tuesday that Japan implement a 2006 bilateral pact on the transfer of a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa during… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:29:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/gx-rocket-project-to-be-scrapped-as-govt-waste-cutters-continue-work A Japanese government panel on cutting wasteful spending sought Tuesday to scrap a new rocket development project worth hundreds of billions of yen as part… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:46:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/govt-panel-earmarks-over-y13-tril-at-midpoint-of-spending-review The total amount of money a key Japanese government panel on cutting wasteful spending has judged should be cut from fiscal 2010 budget requests or… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0100