Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces fresh pressure to quit after his ruling party’s losses in local elections on Sunday.
Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan was called on to quit over his handling of the country’s natural calamities and a nuclear crisis on Thursday.
Japanese military helicopters dumped water on an overheating nuclear plant on Thursday while the United States expressed growing alarm.
A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan on Friday looked set to kill at least 1 000 people.
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/ 19 September 2010
China suspended high-level exchanges with Japan on Sunday and promised countermeasures after a court extended the detention of a Chinese captain.
Student Hiroki was keen to graduate last month and start his first full-time job, but despite applying to 40 firms, nary an offer was in sight.
Japanese began voting in an election on Sunday that looks set to topple the conservative party, handing the opposition the job of reviving the econom
Pakistan will need more aid from world donors as it battles militants and tries to repair its economy, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke said.
North Korea launched a long-range rocket over Japan on Sunday, drawing swift international condemnation and triggering an emergency meeting of the UN.
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/ 27 January 2009
Japan plans to use public money to help the companies hardest hit by the global financial crisis.