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Support for Japan PM falls

Support for Japan PM falls

AFP - Saturday, July 4

TOKYO (AFP) - - Public support for Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has plunged below 20 percent as his party faces losing its grip on power in upcoming elections, according to a poll. More »

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  • US Navy: UN resolution changed NKorean ship course

    AP - Saturday, July 4

    TOKYO - The chief of U.S. Naval operations said Saturday that a United Nations resolution was responsible for the change of course by a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons. More »

  • IAEA's new chief promises to unblock Iran standoff

    IAEA's new chief promises to unblock Iran standoff

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    VIENNA (AFP) - - The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised Friday to go all out to resolve a long-running nuclear standoff with Iran after governors formally gave their assent to his appointment. More »

  • Japan's emperor, empress arrive in Canada

    Japan's emperor, empress arrive in Canada

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    OTTAWA (AFP) - - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Canada on Friday for a 11-day goodwill visit, the first since the emperor ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. More »

  • Japanese imperial army maps to go online

    Japanese imperial army maps to go online

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday. More »

  • Japan emperor, empress leave for Canada, Hawaii

    Japan emperor, empress leave for Canada, Hawaii

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left on Friday for a 15-day goodwill tour of Canada and Hawaii, with the ageing monarch revealing his personal attachment to both destinations. More »

  • Japan hails choice of Amano as atomic watchdog chief

    AFP - Friday, July 3

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan welcomed the choice of Yukiya Amano as the next head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressing that he comes from the only country to have been attacked by atom bombs. More »

  • Japan royal couple head to Canada, Hawaii

    AP - Friday, July 3

    TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor. More »

  • Letters, photos of author Mishima to be auctioned

    Letters, photos of author Mishima to be auctioned

    AFP - Friday, July 3

    TOKYO (AFP) - - A Japanese bookseller will Sunday auction off letters and photos of the nationalist author and poet Yukio Mishima, famous for his writings and his public samurai-style suicide in 1970. More »

  • July 4 celebration in Japan features healthy food

    AP - Friday, July 3

    TOKYO - The menu at this year's Fourth of July party in Japan went healthy _ in honor of the Obamas. More »