Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda becomes new Japanese prime minister, marking its entry to the succession of one-time rallying Naoto Kan. In the election for the chairmanship of the Democratic Party, he stood out from Trade Minister Banri Kaieda. Noda then becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan. He is the sixth period of 5 years. Read the rest of this entry »

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has announced in a press conference the gradual nuclear phase-out of his country. “We should work towards a society that does not need nuclear power,” Kan said. To realize this plan, the degree of dependence of the nuclear power should be reduced systematically and continuously. Read the rest of this entry »

Beijing had already approved in April 2009, the construction of the first Chinese aircraft carrier. Officially, the decision was never announced. Now the turn: The just published annual report of the Chinese maritime authorities officially confirmed that China is working to build its first aircraft carrier. Read the rest of this entry »

Renho, budget minister in the government Kan and new political star in Japan, left, during the summer in designer clothes from Vogue photographed in the Parliament building. The Secretariat of the House of Lords gave its approval to the. According to their statements they wanted to stimulate interest in public policy. Read the rest of this entry »

The wife of the new Nobel Peace is not the only one who suffers from harassment by the government that followed the awarding of the prize. After Liu Xias visit her husband in jail Liu Xiaobo, it is now himself under house arrest.Is cut off from all means of communication, work or mobile phone or Internet access. Read the rest of this entry »

The Chinese captain of a fishing boat, who was arrested two weeks ago by the Japanese Navy, is again at large. The man and his crew were involved in the invaded and controlled by Japan at the same waters claimed by China of the Senkaku Islands. A Chinese charter plane would have picked him. In order for a dispute has been terminated, threatened to escalate. Read the rest of this entry »

On 8 August tore a massive mudslide in Gannan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, more than 1,000 people were killed. The images flickered incessantly on television screens. The population was dismayed.Premier Wen Jiabao rushed, as it is usual in the meantime, accompanied by a huge media baggage to the site. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, Prime Minister Naoto Kan clear in a statement that he on 15 August, the day the Japanese surrender in World War II, do not visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine will. His hope of bringing peace in the annual controversy, but has borne no fruit.For this year exceptionally cared for the rights of Europe's media frenzy around the shrine, which honors the Japanese war criminals convicted. Read the rest of this entry »

Given the high public debt, the Japanese government tried to save every nook and cranny. Now, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program comes under attack.The JET Program was created in 1987, when Japan was at the height of its economic rise. In the U.S., so there was an anti-Japanese sentiment and Japan sought to gain influence in addition to economic and political weight. Read the rest of this entry »

When Korea was part of Japan, detail of a map of 1912 More than 1,000 scientists, writers and legal scholars from South Korea and Japan by the Japanese government demanding an official apology for the annexation of Korea in August 100 years ago. They also demand that Japan annexation treaty of 1910 declares void and thus de facto admits his guilt, Joongang Ilbo reported as the newspaper. Read the rest of this entry »