Stephen Bosworth, the special envoy for North Korea, Obama has arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Bosworth's visit marks the first time that take place under the administration of President Obama official direct talks between a senior American diplomat and the North Korean regime. Read the rest of this entry »

Hatoyama government has entrusted a commission with the task of making budget proposals to Checking and savings proposals. On Tuesday, the Commission announced that the project for the development of space rocket GX is deleted because it is not clear whether the missile works with LPG drive. Read the rest of this entry »

The Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada has canceled a planned visit to Washington, “scheduling reasons”. The visit had been planned to ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Hatoyama Hatoyama and the American president to defuse the conflict over the American military base Futenma on Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »

Japanese government agencies have found that the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, the Authority was responsible for the displaced in the seventies and early eighties Japanese nationals by North Korea. North Korea took the kidnapping victim to train agents in Japanese language and manners, and sent agents among their own identity abroad. Read the rest of this entry »

Japan's Emperor Akihito should his opinion in the short Parliament may express free speech, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada is: “I wonder if it's possible the idea of ​​the Tenno is to give more leeway, even if only a little.”The foreign minister stressed that he was aware that Emperor Akihito accordance with the Constitution is just a symbol and therefore does not hold a political function. Read the rest of this entry »

Paragraph 2 of the North Korean delegation at the six-party talks, Ri Gun, has arrived in Beijing. After talks with Chinese diplomats will travel to Ri San Diego to attend a conference, the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo. Ri was at the event will coincide with the American special envoy for the six-party talks, Sung Kim, to clarify details of a higher-ranking meetings between the two countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Prosecutors investigated for a donation scandal against the new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. In June, Hatoyama had admitted that its fundraising organization has filed a list of donations with the names of deceased persons and persons who have never made a donation. The Tokyo prosecutor's office has now begun to question the persons on the list, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun. Read the rest of this entry »

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Chinese President Hu Jintao met at the UN General Assembly in New York for the first time. The diplomatic dialogue between the Asian economic powers was as relaxed as long gone.Yukio Hatoyama Hu Jintao congratulated for historic election victory and wished the same time a new beginning: “. Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul are planning for the 8th A summit in October. At the meeting in the Chinese city of Tianjin will be Japan's new prime minister-designate Yukio Hatoyama, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak attend, reports the Asahi Shimbun.Japan has asked the Chinese Government to hold the tripartite summit in October, said a Chinese source. Read the rest of this entry »