15th Nov 2009 : Asahi Newspaper
[ Reuters \ Singapore \ 14th Nov ]
Leaders of APEC (the Asia-Pacific Economic Committee), at a meeting held in Singapore, have made it clear that the target for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be made public in a declaration on 15th Nov will be expressed by the English word [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Government & Ministries’
November 16, 2009
APEC Leaders propose ambiguous Target for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
August 26, 2009
The Situation in Afghanistan (Summer 2009)
[ full, unlicensed translation of article in September issue of Sekai by Tooru Shirakawa, a 24-year old journalist who has travelled to Afghanistan 5 times in the last 3 years to conduct research and make contact with local people. ]
In April 2009, my feet touched down again on Afghan soil. This was my fifth extended [...]
June 30, 2009
Patriot Missile Farce
East Asian Security Research Council reports in June issue of Sekai.
Key premiss : recent deployment of PAC3 systems in response to North Korean missile threat (intelligence info about which was supplied to Japanese gov’t in first instance by US Satellite Early Warning Centre) was an act of public misdirection with regard to the true nature [...]
June 22, 2009
Nationwide pessimism re:local economy
[ Asahi Shinbun, 22nd June '09 ]
A nationwide survey of the opinions of business owners/managers re: the local economic situation in the regions has revealed that over 70% believe local business conditions are getting worse. This is a considerably worse result than for a similar survey conducted at the same time with 100 top companies. [...]
June 9, 2009
Atomic Radiation Sickness suit – Tokyo High Court Judgement
The Government moves to abandon appeal
[ report in Asahi Shinbun 9th June 2009 3:01am ]
On 8th June the government began deliberations on the withdrawal of its appeal against a recent ruling by the Tokyo High Court in which 9 out 10 people until now denied legal recognition of atomic radiation sickness were recognized as entitled [...]
July 19, 2008
Osaka High Court Atomic Bomb Compensation Ruling
A number of people seeking government recognition as official victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings have had their status recognized by the Osaka High Court in a second ruling after appeal. This is the 10th case the government has lost since May 2006.
April 5, 2008
METI to warn British investment fund
METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and the Finance Ministry of Japan will make an official decision by 11th April to ‘advise’ a British investment fund to modify or desist from its investment plans as announced in its application to increase its stock holdings in Japanese electricity-producing giant J-Power as “There is a risk [...]
March 27, 2008
SDF Air Force Lieutenant to be Charged for Information Leak
The Asahi Shinbun reports today that a grade 1 Lieutenant at the Defence Ministry’s Information HQ is to be charged on suspicion of breaking the SDF Law (Disclosure of Defence Secrets) over an article published in the Yomiuri Newspaper in 2005 about a Chinese submarine drifting powerless in the South China sea after an accident.
March 24, 2008
Chinese and Japanese Finance Ministers Meet
On 23rd March, Japanese Finance Minister Nukaga exchanged opinions with his Chinese counterpart Hsiei at a meeting in Tokyo organized by the Sino-Japanese Finance Authority’s Executive board.
March 24, 2008
Corporate Pessimism
According to a survey into Corporate optimism, the results of which were released by the Finance Ministry and Cabinet Office today, the business outlook index (the rate for ‘pessimistic’ subtracted from the rate for ‘optimistic’) for the first 3 months of 2008 stands at -9.3%.
March 21, 2008
Fukuda demands Defence Ministry and SDF Restructuring
The Asahi Shinbun reports today PM Fukuda’s comments to journalists this morning that, in the light of the string of recent scandals and blunders in which 88 people have been charged, “We have to reflect deeply on this. Incidents involving senior officials, leaks of sensitive information from the Defense Ministry, there are various problems here. To [...]
March 17, 2008
Compensation for Atomic Bomb victims
In the continuing review of the government policy relating to the acknowledgement of and compensation for the effects of radiation-related illness (from Hiroshima and Nagasaki), the “LDP Atomic Bomb Victims’ Policy-related Project Team” petitioned the Labour, Health and Welfare Ministry on 15th March and received its agreement that the new assessment (of victims) policy [...]
March 14, 2008
Massive Pension Cock-up
The Asahi Shinbun does not describe the situation in so many words, but explains that the Ministry for Social Welfare announced today the results of its work to clarify the status of over 50 million ‘floating in the ether’ pension records.
