Japan

...has been changed, forcing the government to begin budget restoration. I have heard talk of the risks to Japanese finance. This means Japan could default within five years because of the out-of- control budget. This is not the Hatoyama...

In this article: Bankruptcy, Japan Airlines Corp., The Japan Times, England, Italy, Germany, France, and United States

...investment and an exchange program that will bring 30,000 people, including youngsters, to Japan over the next three years. The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asia countries also agreed to step up cooperation on environmental...

In this article: Mekong, Southeast Asia, Yukio Hatoyama, Myanmar, China, Tokyo, Democracy, Climate change, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations

By Yoko Nishikawa Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. The comments came a...

In this article: Burma, Yukio Hatoyama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, Tokyo, Washington, Fiscal year, and China

...($2.2 bn; GBP1.3bn) in low-interest loans over three years. The summit follows a Mekong foreign ministers' meeting in Cambodia in early October and is the first such meeting between Japan and the five nations, Japan's foreign ministry said.

In this article: Mekong, China, Yukio Hatoyama, South East Asia, Tokyo, Burma, Cambodia, and Climate change

GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - The United States and Japan look set to avoid a collision over where to relocate a Marine base when President Barack Obama visits Tokyo next week, but the row could still fray security ties in the months ahead.

In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, United States, Okinawa, Washington, Tokyo, Okinawa, Katsuya Okada, and China

...say when a decision might be announced. Although the leaders are expected to discuss a broad range of issues, from climate change to Japan's assistance to Afghanistan, the base issue is likely to dominate during Obama's Nov. 12-13 visit.

In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, United States, Barack Obama, Tokyo, Okinawa, Washington, Katsuya Okada, Climate change, and Liberal Democratic Party

TOKYO -- Japan will speed up its review of a deal to move a major U.S. military base on the island of Okinawa, officials said Thursday, but no final decision was expected in time for President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo next week. To...

In this article: United States, Tokyo, Barack Obama, Okinawa, Kurt Campbell, Yukio Hatoyama, Washington, Climate change, and Katsuya Okada

...ties. A dispute over where to put a replacement facility for Futenma air base, a key part of a realignment of the 47,000 U.S. troops in Japan, is one of several flashpoints in the alliance, seen as the core of security arrangements in the...

In this article: Barack Obama, Yukio Hatoyama, United States, Okinawa, Tokyo, Kurt Campbell, State Department, and Katsuya Okada

Japan hosts large numbers of US troops in return for security guarantees Plans for a Washington meeting this week between Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been dropped. Japan's...

In this article: United States, Okinawa, Tokyo, Yukio Hatoyama, Diet, State Department, and Katsuya Okada

For more stories on the Japanese economy, click [ID:nECONJP]) Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said Japan needs to improve its fiscal position because of rising government bond issuance, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on...

In this article: Masaaki Shirakawa, Bank of Japan, Fiscal year, and Revenue