The U.S. will the headquarters of the 8th Army does not move as expected from Seoul to Hawaii. Thus aims to strengthen the American military commitment to defend South Korea, Korea Herald, the newspaper said.The U.S. had considered the headquarters of the 8th Army in 2012 to relocate the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul from Hawaii, when the command of the South Korean military in times of war goes to Seoul. Read the rest of this entry »

eight members of the new Japanese cabinet alumni of the Matsushita Institute of Government and are management, including Transport Minister Seiji Maehara, Kazuhiro Haraguchi and Vice-Minister of Finance Yoshihiko Noda. In addition, 8 more were elected to parliament Matsushita newly graduates, which sit a total of 31 graduates of this training ground for politicians in the Japanese House of Representatives. Read the rest of this entry »

The Parliamentary Defence Secretary Akihisa Nagashima has with the U.S. officially declared that Japan would not renew the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. As an alliance partner of the U.S., Japan had taken up the mission in late 2001 as part of the “war on terror” and has since been extended several times. Read the rest of this entry »

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama . Read the rest of this entry »

The Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada as saying, according to the South Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily, Korea Herald on Wednesday, a joint history book of the East Asian neighbors Japan, South Korea and China would be ideal to resolve the controversy over the Japanese textbook controversy. Read the rest of this entry »

The first on Entered into force in September put free trade agreement between Switzerland and Japan is for Japanese exports and investment, a door opener to the European market, Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard said during her visit to Tokyo. The talks on a free trade agreement between Japan and the EU are still in early stages. Read the rest of this entry »

The new Japanese government has begun to fulfill a campaign promise to curb the influence of the officials. This week has been introduced measures that the practice of amakudari, literally “descent from heaven”, to frustrate.The term refers to the widespread practice of amakudari, that top civil servants retire at the age of 55 years from the civil service to take up lucrative positions in private industry or government and semi-government institutions. Read the rest of this entry »

During the Prime Minister-designate Yukio Hatoyama still enjoys the historic election victory, his son Kiichiro Hatoyama followed the events from the distant Moscow. There, the 33-year-old is currently engaged as a researcher for urban planning at the Moscow State University. Since his father is in the limelight, is also besieged by Kiichiro Hatoyama, the Russian media. Read the rest of this entry »

Kenji Kosaki, an LDP politician and former MP in the House, has been annoyed by the electoral defeat. He was annoyed so much that he in a live broadcast on television with an inappropriate expression of indignation caused heads.The devastating defeat of the LDP in the Lower House elections, said the 63-year-old politician, “You're stupid, you're a . Read the rest of this entry »