Daily Yomiuri Online Click
- MSDF dispatch will cause waves / Could antipiracy operations be compromised by legal difficulties?
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Monday, January 26, 2009)
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada will, possibly as early as Tuesday, order the Maritime Self-Defense Force to start preparing for an antipiracy mission off Somalia as part of Japan's maritime policing activities. continued ... - Time to resolve issue of collective self-defense
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Monday, January 26, 2009)
Hisahiko Okazaki / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun
Nearly 40 years have passed since I first took up the problem of Japan's right to collective self-defense. I am not as presumptious as to claim that I was the first propounder but I certainly belonged to the minority. continued ...
The Asahi Shimbun Click
- EDITORIAL: Small satellites launched
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: Monday, January 26, 2009)
Seven small satellites, made by small businesses and students at university and technical colleges, were sent into space from a Japanese H-2A rocket Friday. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Pirates must be stopped
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: Monday, January 26, 2009)
The Japanese government has decided to send Maritime Self-Defense Force ships to protect Japanese commercial vessels from increasing pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in Africa. The government will finalize its decision in the coming week, and if things go quickly, MSDF ships will set sail for the area in March. continued ...
The Japan Times Click
- Civilian aid for Afghanistan urged
(The Japan Times) Monday, January 26, 2009
(Kyodo News) Japan should get serious about sending civilians to help with the reconstruction of Afghanistan, a country high on the agenda of U.S. President Barack Obama, former Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi says.( continued ... - Aso, Lee have plan to cooperate on antipiracy effort off Somalia
(The Japan Times) Monday, January 26, 2009
(Kyodo News) Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed during their talks in Seoul earlier this month on a plan to cooperate on antipiracy efforts off the coast of Somalia, Japanese sources said Sunday. continued ... - JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES: Trimming bureaucracy would give Japan years of 'buried treasure'
(The Japan Times) Monday, January 26, 2009
By TERUHIKO MANO
Every time a new economic indicator is released by the government, it becomes even more evident that this year will be a tough one for the Japanese economy. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Safety lessons for the MSDF
(The Japan Times) Monday, January 26, 2009
The Yokohama Maritime Accident Tribunal determined Jan. 22 that insufficient surveillance on the part of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's 7,750-ton Aegis destroyer Atago was the main cause of its Feb. 19, 2008, collision with the 7.3-ton trawler Seitoku Maru, which killed the two fishermen aboard the trawler. continued ...
The Mainichi Daily News Click
- Cabinet members' fundraising organizations broke labor insurance laws
(Mainichi Japan) Monday, January 26, 2009
Fundraising groups for five Cabinet members, including Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, failed to register their number of employees under the mandatory national labor insurance system, the Mainichi has discovered. continued ... - Cabinet disapproval rating at 65 percent, second worst since 1949
(Mainichi Japan) Monday, January 26, 2009
A nationwide telephone survey conducted over the weekend by the Mainichi Shimbun found that the approval rating for the Aso Cabinet has dropped by two points to 19 percent. Meanwhile, its disapproval rating has increased by seven points to 65 percent since the previous poll, marking the second worst results since the survey was first carried out in its current format in 1949. continued ... - Perspectives: Time for U.S. to move beyond dependence on military might
(Mainichi Japan) Monday, January 26, 2009
For the historic inauguration of America's first black president, I was in Atlanta to visit the birthplace of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. With President Barack Obama now in office, I feel we've taken one step closer to his dream of a world without racial barriers. However, Dr. King had one other great goal: the end of violence. And because we live in a world currently awash with violence, I hope the new president will start working to achieve Dr. King's other dream. continued ...
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