Yukio Hatoyama

Webb's Parting Shots on War

John Feffer | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: War Powers Act, Libya, Jim Webb, Afghanistan, John McCain, Okinawa, Arab Spring, Yukio Hatoyama, World News

If President Obama manages to eke out a second term, perhaps Sen. Jim Webb could return as the head of the Pentagon to preside over the end of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and a true dismantling of the military-industrial complex.

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Naoto Kan: Japan's Next Prime Minister?

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naoto Kan, Naoto Kan Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Japan Prime Minister, World News

TOKYO — Japan's ruling party scrambled Thursday to find a new leader after the prime minister called it quits, with Finance Minister Naoto Kan w...

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Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Plans To Resign, Report Says

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yukio Hatoyama Resigns, Japan, Hatoyama Resigns, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan Prime Minister, World News

TOKYO — Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine ...

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US, Japan to keep US military air base on Okinawa

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Marine Base Japan, US Base Japan, Japan, US Base, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Yukio Hatoyama, World News

TOKYO — Washington and Tokyo agreed Friday to keep a contentious U.S. Marine base in Okinawa, with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama highlighting th...

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US Military Base Row Could Bring Down Japan Prime Minister

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Base Japan, Yukio Hatoyama Prime Minister, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama Military Base, World News

TOKYO — It is possibly the most controversial U.S. military facility in the world after the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Local residents like to ca...

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Aid to Greece Will Bring Stability to Eurozone, Says EU Pres

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eurozone, Greece, Yukio Hatoyama, Herman Van Rompuy, Greek Crisis, European Union, Imf, Business News

TOKYO — The European Union's president said Wednesday he is fully confident that debt-laden Greece will receive the financial assistance it need...

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Will Okinawa's Voice Be Heard in Washington?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Yukio Hatoyama, James Fallows, Okinawa, Ichiro Ozawa, Center for a New American Security, Naoto Kan, Ryukyu Shimpo, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, North Korea, Deterrence, World News

Many Japanese feel throttled by their American ally and feel that they have less and less choice in the security relationship -- constrained both by regional realities and an overlord that doesn't understand their problems.

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Slowing Japan's Galapagos Syndrome

Devin Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Economy, Galapagos Islands, India, Harvard University, South Korea, UC Berkeley, China, World News

Enjoy, a play by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada, opens with two characters working at a comic book cafe in present-day Tokyo who spend nearly the f...

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Obama Did Not "Take Down" Hatoyama

Devin Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naoto Kan, United States, Okinawa, Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, World News

Wouldn't it be nice if Obama were able to take down leaders of countries just by being "icy" toward them? Imagine the power.

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With Friends Like Us: How The Obama Administration Helped Topple The Japanese Prime Minister

The New Republic | R. Taggart Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Government, Democratic Party of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, Japan, Barack Obama, World News

Japan has a new prime minister, Naoto Kan, but he comes from the same party--the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)--as Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned last...

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Father's Day: Get Something Your Dad Actually Wants

Peter Crawfurd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dress Shirts, Father's Day Gift, Menswear, Yukio Hatoyama, Shirtsmyway, Style News

Men, especially fathers, can be pretty hard to shop for. This Father's Day, add a little spice to your dad's wardrobe with a custom dress shirt.

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American Occupation Casts Long Shadows Over Okinawa

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Okinawa, Military, World War II, Cold War, Japan, Asia, Foreign Policy, Yukio Hatoyama, World News

This week, the Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced his resignation, bringing to an end a short reign marred by public outrage over Okinawa.

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Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese Prime Minister, Faces Mounting Calls To Step Down

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, Okinawa, Marine Air Station Futenma, Japanese Politics, Azuma Koshiishi, World News

TOKYO — Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine ...

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Company Strikes Back After Japanese PM's Fashion Pounding

Peter Crawfurd | Posted 05.25.2011

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We highly encourage everyone to spread their wings creatively and design dress shirts that suit their individual style with our online shirt designer,

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Japanese Bureaucrats Crush Digital Economy Innovators

David Meerman Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Online Shopping, Ecommerce, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan, World News

Years ago the "Japan Inc." partnership between government and industry created an economic powerhouse. Today, the same players are actively blocking innovators from creating success in the digital economy.

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Okinawa and the Problem of Empire

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire, Yukio Hatoyama, Okinawa, u.s. Foreign Policy, U.S. Alliances, Japan Democratic Party, U.S.-Japan Alliance, Japan, World News

The Japanese need to assess future dangers and decide on appropriate responses without assuming that the U.S. Marines will show up to the rescue. Japan's decision shouldn't be based on the presumption of American intervention.

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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Outdated Outfits Responsible For Low Approval Rating? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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CNN reports that Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's approval ratings are suffering...and his wardrobe choices explain why. According to critic D...

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Japan Confirms Cold War-Era 'Secret' Pacts With US

AP | MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan US Relations, Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Japan Cold War, Japan US Secret Pact, Japan US Secret Deal, Japan Military, Cold War, Japan, World News

TOKYO — Japan confirmed Tuesday secret Cold War-era pacts with Washington that tacitly allowed nuclear warships in Japanese ports in violation o...

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Save Democracy in Japan

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Okinawa, Yukio Hatoyama, Democratic Party of Japan, Kyodo News, Okinawa-US-Marine-Base, New York Times, Washington Post, Japan, World News

Since, as the world knows, the United States of America stands for "promoting democracy," why don't we promote democracy by getting our base out of Okinawa like Japanese voters want?

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UN: Japanese Authorities Breached Human Rights of Greenpeace Anti-Whaling Activists

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kumi Naidoo, Human Rights, Japan, Whaling, Greenpeace, The Working Group, Toru Suzuki, Japanese Government, Yukio Hatoyama, Amnesty International, Junichi Sato, Green News

Two of my colleagues face up to 10 years in jail for exposing institutional corruption in the Japanese government's whaling programme. Meanwhile, the UN contends that Japan repeatedly violated the activists' human rights.

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Hatoyama's U.S. Policy May Backfire

Devin Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Obama Japan, China, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, North Korea, World News

If Japan truly wants to serve as a "bridge" between the United States and Asia or the West and East, it will need good relations with both sides.

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Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's New Leader, To Face Donations Inquiry

nytimes.com | MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yukio Hatoyama, Donations Japan, Hatoyama, Japan, World News

TOKYO -- Tokyo prosecutors will ask Japan's prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, for a written explanation of his role in millions of dollars of improperly...

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Japan's First Couple Does Jazz Hands At Fashion Show (VIDEO, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan First Couple Runway, Japan First Couple Modeling, Yukio Hatoyama, Poll, Japanese First Couple, Japan First Couple, Miyuki Hatoyama Fashion Show, Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan First Couple Fashion Show, Video, Style News

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki sashayed down the runway at a charity fashion show in Tokyo earlier this week. Miyuki modele...

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Hand-Holding Hatoyamas: Japan's First Couple Partakes In PDA (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese First Couple, Japanese PM, Hatoyama PDA, Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan, Hand-Holding Hatoyamas, Style News

We have to say, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki seem crazy about each other. The recently elected prime minister has called ...

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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Media, Tibet, China, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics, Hip Hop, Indonesia, Yukio Hatoyama, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Buddhism, Asia, African Americans, Colonialism, Asian Americans, China Human Rights, Japan, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, Tokyo, Human Rights, Advertising, South Korea, Genocide, Hawaii, World War II, North Korea, World News

President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.

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