Yoshihiko Noda
August 25, 2012
Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said he will send a metropolitan government research team to land on the Senkaku Islands next week--and dared the central government to try to...
August 24, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said South Korea's leader should apologize for demanding that Emperor Akihito apologize to Koreans for Japan's wartime acts if he wants to visit...
August 24, 2012
Sending a strong warning to neighboring countries embroiled in three territorial disputes with Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told a news conference Aug. 24 that he would ...
August 24, 2012
Anti-nuclear citizen activists who have been organizing weekly demonstrations in front of the prime minister’s office were invited inside on Aug. 22 to meet with Prime...
August 23, 2012
Policymakers determined to maintain nuclear energy believed most people would still want it as part of the nation’s power generation despite the accident at the Fukushima No. ...
August 23, 2012
There were no smiles. There were no handshakes.
August 23, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea plans the rare and risky diplomatic move of returning a personal letter from Japan's prime minister, a Seoul government source said Aug. 22, in a deepening...
August 23, 2012
The state is almost certain to deny an application by the Tokyo metropolitan government to land on the disputed and uninhabited Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
August 22, 2012
The Noda administration is asking South Korea to jointly take their territorial dispute over islets to the International Court of Justice, a request Seoul is set to refuse, as...
August 22, 2012
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda listened politely to representatives of a growing anti-nuclear energy movement on Aug. 22 but gave no signs his government might be...
August 21, 2012
The Noda administration is under increasing pressure to toughen its stance to prevent further Chinese landings on the disputed Senkaku Islands at the risk of antagonizing China ...
August 18, 2012
When the Democratic Party of Japan swept to power in the August 2009 Lower House election, it brought with it plans for a new foreign policy, one based on building strong...
August 18, 2012
With the hint of a Lower House dissolution and snap election in the air, the formation of new parties is heating up as the new homes for lawmakers defecting from the ruling...
August 17, 2012
Moving to avoid another rocky patch in relations with China, the Noda administration quickly lowered the curtain on the controversy surrounding the Aug. 15 landing of Hong Kong ...
August 13, 2012
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan will establish a research commission to determine what ratio of electricity should be generated by nuclear energy in 2030 as the nation...
August 09, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda left himself plenty of leeway in the deal he struck with two major opposition parties in exchange for their cooperation on legislation to raise...
August 09, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the heads of two opposition parties agreed Aug. 8 to pass the bills for integrated tax and social security reform and then call a Lower House...
August 09, 2012
The summer heat lingers, even after the first day of autumn in the traditional Japanese calendar. But I can put up with it because that is the way it is supposed to be.
August 08, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda agreed on Aug. 8 with leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito to dissolve the Lower House and hold an election "before long" after ...
August 06, 2012
The public approval rating for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet stands at 22 percent, the lowest since he took power last September, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.