Yoshihiko Noda
November 17, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Nov. 16 dissolved the Lower House for a snap election, and voting to choose the new members of the chamber will take place on Dec. 16, after a...
November 17, 2012
A haiku by Koui Nagata goes: "The loach swims up to the pond's surface/ Then dives back/ Saying there are also catfish in the pond."
November 16, 2012
Although China now has new leader Xi Jinping in place, Japan has yet to figure out how to improve relations with its Asian neighbor regarding the Senkaku Islands.
November 15, 2012
Japan's ruling party, already deeply divided, has been thrown into further disarray by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's decision to call a Lower House election next month.
November 15, 2012
Economic recovery, help for disaster survivors, and whether Japan goes nuclear-free are some of the policies and debates that have been shelved by the government's decision to...
November 15, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s decision to dissolve the Lower House for a snap election prompted India to scrap a summit and raised concerns in South Korea and China that a...
November 15, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said he will dissolve the Lower House on Nov. 16 for a snap election.
November 15, 2012
Songwriter Yu Aku (1937-2007) kept goldfish as a child. He wrote that whenever one died, he would dig a hole in his yard and bury it. Other children in the neighborhood would...
November 14, 2012
The government decided on Nov. 14 to hold a Lower House election on Dec. 16, after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said in the Diet that the chamber could be dissolved as early...
November 13, 2012
Tensions are again rising in the already fractious ruling Democratic Party of Japan, this time over Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s moves to dissolve the Lower House this...
November 13, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to dissolve the Lower House by the end of this year for a snap election.
November 12, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda indicated he will dissolve the Lower House before the end of the year, saying a subsequent election must be held on his terms, not those of the...
November 12, 2012
A record-high 64 percent of voters do not support the Noda Cabinet, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey, which also revealed low expectations for the new party planned by...
November 10, 2012
Apparently hoping to delay calling an election--and to influence its outcome--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has raised the question of Japan joining talks over the...
November 09, 2012
With U.S. President Barack Obama winning re-election, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda plans to express his intention to have Japan join in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific...
November 08, 2012
As friction increases with China, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will seek to quickly confirm the need to strengthen the Japan-U.S. security alliance with re-elected President...
November 07, 2012
VIENTIANE--Japan's prime minister has used the word "Senkaku" at an international summit for the first time since the dispute flared, when he underscored his nation's claim to...
November 06, 2012
Increasingly frustrated opposition parties have escalated their attack against Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, branding him a “liar” over his refusal to hold a Lower House...
November 04, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will seek a closer security alliance between Japan and India as part of efforts to counter China’s sovereignty claims to the Senkaku Islands,...
November 03, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Nov. 2 that three issues must be resolved before he will even consider opposition demands for an early Lower House election.