It is, as always in politics. A key decision is expressed seemingly clear, and still leaves everything open. It was also at the press conference of the new Economic and Industry Minister Yoshio Hachiro. Asked about the future number of nuclear power plants, he said: “Taking into account the remarks of Prime Minister Noda, not to build new nuclear power plant and to take old out of service, the number of Japanese nuclear power plants in the future once will be zero. Read the rest of this entry »

Kevin Maher worked for a total of 19 years for the U.S. State Department in Japan. When the triple disaster on 11 Struck in March, the fluent Japanese-speaking U.S. envoy was close to the levers of policy. His was the task of the U.S. support for Japan to coordinate. It leads to a crisis task force, which has 100 U. Read the rest of this entry »

statements like “It's a miracle!” and “Whether you believe it or not, I think it certainly” circulated on the Internet in China even as household words. They came from Wang Yongping, spokesman of the Ministry of Railways, a day after the 7 • 23, the train wreck of Wenzhou, the recording of the conference have been copied thousands of times. Read the rest of this entry »

first Act: the rage”Now you are come in after me, but usually when a guest comes, you're first there and then you call the guest. Ok? The army, where the birth order is respected, would make it the same way. Got it? Make it so right! “It was the fateful remarks of the newly appointed Minister of Reconstruction Ryu Matsumoto during his visit to the tsunami-ravaged Miyagi prefecture last weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

The former DPP party chairman and well-known democracy activist Shi Ming-teh wanted to know from the DPP politician and candidate for the presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen in public, whether it is heterosexual or homosexual. Shi told the Taiwanese media, a presidential candidate had to talk about his sexual orientation, so that the voters knew who they were dealing with. Read the rest of this entry »

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan remembered this week in a ceremony in Tokyo for the victims of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. At least since the films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima by U.S. director Clint Eastwood is the island in the Pacific and a younger generation in the West a concept. Read the rest of this entry »

The North Korean artillery positions have remained quiet, the US-South Korean navy has finished their maneuvers in the Yellow Sea. On the border Yeongpyeong island, the end of November was the center of the inter-Korean conflict, it has become quiet. Everyday life is still a long way back.2 days after the North Korean attack in which four people lost their lives and 22 homes were destroyed, virtually all left Yeongpyeong 1700 residents of the island for safety. Read the rest of this entry »

Last weekend published Wikileaks over 250,000 American diplomatic dispatches. In it you will also find interesting information about China and its actions in recent years. From the secret documents showed that Beijing no longer fully behind the communist ally North Korea is.But Beijing's Internet activities are evident from the dispatches. Read the rest of this entry »

The Tokyo police is worried about North Korean refugees living in Japan working as spies for the regime in Pyongyang. South Korea has been fighting for years against the problem of apparent defector. Example, is planning two North Korean spies disguised as refugees in the South Korean functionary of the exiled former North Korean Workers' Party, Hwang Jang-yop to murder. Read the rest of this entry »

illegally on Youtube uploaded video of the collision between a Chinese fishing boat and the Japanese navy ship, which had triggered a series of diplomatic disputes between the two countries is on the internal network, the Japan Coast Guard of Naha in Okinawa Prefecture on the Japanese main island has been shipped. Read the rest of this entry »