One place where the original spirit of Earth Day prevailed was Okinawa. This past Sunday, 10 percent of all Okinawans gathered to protest the building of another U.S. military base on their island.
Posted 05.25.2011
Although her husband, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned, possibly due to his outdated wardrobe, Miyuki Hatoyama is still in Vogue...
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Japan's PM Yukio Hatoyama could not withstand the pressure from Obama -- who gave Hatoyama the kind of icy treatment he has also been trying to give Israel's Netanyahu. The problem is Hatoyama wilted, and Netanyahu seems to be thriving.
nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO -- Tokyo prosecutors will ask Japan's prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, for a written explanation of his role in millions of dollars of improperly...
Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
While most of the federal government was shut down by a snowstorm last week, there was one person in particular whom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 05.25.2011
It's a huge part of Copenhagen, the financing of the $200 billion fund for climate change adaptation. We cannot get a deal unless richer nations -- a...
AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Japan's parliament named Yukio Hatoyama prime minister Wednesday, as his party took power for the first time ever with promises to reviv...
nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO -- Scrambling to mend fences with his country's biggest ally, Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, told the United States ambassador on Thursday...
Huffington Post via Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the weekend, Japan elected a new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, and welcomed a new first lady, his wife, Miyuki. The Hatoyamas should make for a...
John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011
Japan might become the first country to implement a post-meltdown economic policy to humanize globalization and drive a stake through casino capitalism in a way that Obama hasn't.
John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011
According to the polls, the Japanese are likely to give the ruling party the boot on Sunday.
John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011