Daily Yomiuri Online Click
- Govt eyeing 5 tril. yen boost for economy
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 30, 2008)
The government and the ruling bloc have agreed to set aside about 5 trillion yen for measures in the government's additional economic stimulus package, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Wednesday. continued ... - Aso to announce delay to election / Prime minister to explain decision to reluctant New Komeito head Ota
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 30, 2008)
Prime Minister Taro Aso likely will reveal Thursday he will not dissolve the House of Representatives for a general election anytime soon, according to sources in the ruling coalition. continued ... - DPJ to tackle govt on 2nd extra budget
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 30, 2008)
Senior leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan met Wednesday and decided to confront the government and the ruling coalition over a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 expected to be submitted by the government. continued ...
The Asahi Shimbun Click
- 35 find missing pension records
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: October 30, 2008)
BY FUKUKO TAKAHASHI
In rare good news from the scandal-plagued Social Insurance Agency, 35 senior citizens have found missing public pension records that will enable them to receive their long-overdue pension payments. continued ... - Finance Ministry expects 5 trillion yen decrease in tax revenue
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: October 30, 2008)
Overall tax revenue for fiscal 2008 will fall more than 5 trillion yen ($50.8 billion) short of the government's 53.5-trillion-yen estimate, due mainly to poor corporate performances, the Finance Ministry said. continued ... - Aso to delay election until 2009
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: October 30, 2008)
Prime Minister Taro Aso will postpone a Lower House election at least until January to deal with the financial crisis and perhaps give his party more time to drum up support, sources said. continued ...
The Japan Times Click
- No 'concrete' intelligence on Kim
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
(Bloomberg) Prime Minister Taro Aso wasn't citing specific intelligence reports when he speculated that North Korea's Kim Jong Il is still running the hermit state, the government's top spokesman said Wednesday. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Crisis knocking at Japan's door
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
The global financial crisis is battering the Japanese stock market and threatening the real economy. The erratic Nikkei 225 index dipped below 7,000 at one point this week, the lowest in about 26 years, and the recent gains of the yen against the dollar and euro cast a dark spell over companies that underpin the Japanese economy with exports. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Unconvincing MSDF report
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
Last week the Defense Ministry made public an interim report on the death of a petty officer 3rd class from an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage 16 days after a "training fight" on Sept. 9 at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's First Service School in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture. The petty officer, who had joined the training course for members of the MSDF special task force, was forced to fight 15 fellow members, one after another, with each fight lasting one minute. continued ...
The Mainichi Daily News Click
- Debate on 'anti-terror' fuel supply operations neglects suffering of Afghan people
(Mainichi Japan) October 30, 2008
The bill for a New Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law, which will permit the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) to continue refueling operations in the Indian Ocean for another year, has become fodder for political maneuvering, as the ruling and opposition parties squabble over a timetable for the dissolution of the House of Representatives. As a journalist who has reported on the Peshawar-kai, the Fukuoka-based nongovernmental organization that pioneered in providing aid to Afghanistan, I do not believe that refueling operations will do much to stamp out terror. I am also very sorry that we are letting an opportunity slip by. We should be reconsidering how to support the increasingly troubled nation of Afghanistan and reassessing Japan's involvement in the war on terror. Instead, we have relegated the matter to the sphere of politics. There are only two and a half months before the first Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law expires. I think we should debate the matter thoroughly, even if we have to conduct an election in the meantime. continued ...
Kyodo
- Opposition parties rap Aso over tax hike plan, election delay
Oct 30 09:33 AM US/Eastern
TOKYO, Oct. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday for his plan to raise the consumption tax and for his failure to call an early general election, signaling they would engage in a heated battle with the government and ruling parties ahead. continued ... - Gist of fresh economic package
Oct 30 06:17 AM US/Eastern
TOKYO, Oct. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The following is the gist of fresh economic stimulus measures unveiled by Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday to cushion the negative impact on livelihoods from the global financial crisis. continued ... - Aso says majority of public favors economic stimulus over election
Oct 30 05:41 AM US/Eastern
TOKYO, Oct. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday that a majority of the public favors economic stimulus measures rather than discussing the political situation, suggesting he does not have an intention to immediately dissolve the House of Representatives for a general election. continued ... - Japan may mull extra sanctions on N. Korea depending on situation
Oct 30 12:35 AM US/Eastern
TOKYO, Oct. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested Thursday that the government may consider imposing more sanctions on North Korea if Pyongyang fails to fulfill its promise to launch a reinvestigation into its abductions of Japanese nationals. continued ... - Drunk and injured MSDF Officer airlifted on P-3C
Oct 30 12:25 AM US/Eastern
TOKYO, Oct. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A 46-year-old Maritime Self-Defense Force officer was transported from its air base on Iwojima Island to the Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture by a P-3C patrol airplane after he had consumed alcohol and injured himself, MSDF officials said Thursday. continued ...
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