Yoshimi Watanabe
latest news & developmentsJapanese lawmaker defects in blow to ‘old guard’
A senior lawmaker defected from Japan’s ruling party on Tuesday, denouncing beleaguered Prime Minister Taro Aso as an ”old-guard crony”
Bush, Bernanke to launch twin subprime assault
United States President George Bush will outline reforms on Friday to help struggling subprime mortgage borrowers and his central bank chief will deliver a speech which will be…