The U.S. has agreed to upgrade Taiwan's F-16-A/B-Kampfjets. While Beijing angrily summoned the U.S. ambassador, is pleased to be in Taiwan on the commitment of the United States. Taiwan's president was grateful, but he actually hoped for more.President Ma Ying-jeou said after the announcement that he was grateful to Washington that it was ready to upgrade the Taiwanese fighter jets, the Taiwanese news agency CNA reported. Read the rest of this entry »

Many of the victims of the tsunami of 11 March did not want to go back to their former villages to big is the fear of a new natural disaster. They would rather build their devastated communities on safe ground in upland areas or inland again. This is a tax levied by the Sankei Shimbun survey among residents of temporary shelters. Read the rest of this entry »

in Saga Prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost main island of Japan decides to future nuclear policy. For here lies the Genkai nuclear power plant, which currently maintain two of four reactors after maintenance work in April on the restart. But hesitates Governor Yasushi Furukawa. Before making a decision, he would consult again with Prime Minister Naoto Kan and more about its future plans on energy policy of the country to find out. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, Taiwan's opposition party DPP announced its official candidate for the presidential elections in January. The Party Chairman Tsai Ing-wen was in the code just by betting against the former Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang. She is the first woman candidate for the presidential office.Tsai took over the leadership of the party about three years ago, after the DPP because of corruption scandals involving President Chen Shubian and poor election results on the ground. Read the rest of this entry »

/ / As the Asahi Shimbun reported this week, has made China one of its first prototype stealth fighter jets ready. The Jian-20 is yet to begin test flights this month, an anonymous Chinese military person has indicated to the Japanese newspaper. A video on Youtube for the first time confirmed the existence of the new aircraft. Read the rest of this entry »

On Friday, 10 December, will be awarded the Nobel Peace Price to the human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who is currently in detention in China. How the U.S. news agency AP reports, China is now planning its own version of the Nobel Peace Prize. This will bear the name “Confucius Peace Prize” and “Chinese views on the state of peace. Read the rest of this entry »

Japan's Seiji Maehara Ausssenminister has backed the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee. The award for political dissidents, Liu Xiaobo was started from the deepest conviction that human rights must be protected in every country.”The Nobel Peace Prize is consistent with the principle that a society based on freedom and fundamental human rights is founded,” said the foreign minister to the Mainichi Shimbun. Read the rest of this entry »

The Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka who was kidnapped in March in Afghanistan by Taliban members, was released last weekend. According to the Mainichi Shimbun, the 41-year-old is in the Japanese embassy in Kabul. The embassy had unersucht in medically and found no violations. He was in good health. Read the rest of this entry »

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has suffered a setback on Sunday when three of its candidates for cabinet posts withdrew their candidacy. Kim Tae-ho, which was planned as the new prime minister, withdrew his candidacy after he was severely criticized in a confirmation hearing. The Jae-min for the Office of the Minister for Culture and the Knowledge Economy Lee Jae-Shin and nominated hoon also offered to withdraw. Read the rest of this entry »

The American Ex-President Jimmy Carter will visit Pyongyang in the coming days in order to free the Americans imprisoned there Aijalon Mahli Gomes, Joongang Ilbo newspaper writes.The U.S. State Department stressed that Carter to Pyongyang trip as a private citizen. 1994 Carter was the former North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung, paid a visit and brought the talks on North Korea's nuclear program back on track. Read the rest of this entry »