June 15, 2012
I have always felt discomfort about the way decisions are made in Japan based on "the mood" rather than "logic," and without proper discussions regarding principles.
June 15, 2012
When I was a student, I was only interested in literature and the arts. Then in 1963, a friend took me to a peace march against nuclear weapons.
June 14, 2012
Stopping deforestation in the Amazon basin is not an ideal or an ideology for Makoto Nagasawa, president of Tokyo-based food and drink company Fruta Fruta Inc. It is just good business.
June 13, 2012
Ruthless movement of global capital is blamed for the continual turmoil in financial markets, precipitating financial crises that run the gamut from Asia in 1997 to the current European debt crisis.
June 12, 2012
Given the importance of the Bank of Japan’s Policy Board, it is natural in a democratic state for elected legislators to play a role in the selection process of its members.
June 11, 2012
Their economies battered by a string of crises, Japan, the United States and nations in Europe have pinned their hopes on China, with its vast reserves of foreign currency, for investment.
June 08, 2012
Even among locals in New Jersey, the monument was not well-known until the protests from Japan started to be heard.
June 05, 2012
What Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is doing is, in effect, saying, "The Liberal Democratic Party was more correct than the Democratic Party of Japan."
June 05, 2012
In the view of famed Chinese economist Mao Yushi, China is moving in a dangerous direction with a resurgence of hero-worship for Mao Tse-tung.
June 03, 2012
Germany is making its presence felt again, as the former "sick man of Europe" has come back as a "model" to be emulated.
June 01, 2012
In China, with a massive population of 1.34 billion, the declining birthrate and aging population cast an ominous shadow over society.
May 30, 2012
In the aftermath of the Israeli airstrike on the fledgling Syrian nuclear reactor at Deir ez-Zor on Sept. 6, 2007, North Korea's involvement in fueling conflict in the Middle East was revealed publicly to many around the world for the first time.
May 28, 2012
Emperor Akihito, who had been recuperating from his coronary artery bypass surgery in February, resumed full duties on April 10, including visiting victims of last year’s Great East Japan Earthquake.
May 22, 2012
Earlier this month, workers began to dismantle the Onagawa branch of 77 Bank, a local bank based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Along with the building, the hopes of getting answers for some bereaved family members also began to crumble.
May 21, 2012
Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist now living in exile in the United States, taunted Premier Wen Jiabao in a video clip shot while he was in hiding.
May 18, 2012
Even after "two lost decades," the Japanese economy has yet to get its bounce back.
May 17, 2012
Over the past 20 years, asset-inflated bubbles have emerged in Japan, the United States and Europe--only to burst and throw those economies into recession.
May 17, 2012
A recent report and news conference of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) have clarified China's plans for financial and capital account liberalization.
May 16, 2012
Many politicians have visited the office of retired Upper House lawmaker Mikio Aoki, which is located in the Sabo Kaikan hall near the Diet building. They include former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori; Yoshimasa Hayashi, acting chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Council; and Finance Minister Jun Azumi.
May 16, 2012
Fears have yet to settle over the radioactive substances scattered by the accident that started in March last year at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.