Japan Times :: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

• 22. NATIONAL NEWS
  Tent village residents still out of work
  June 30, 2009
  Kyodo News
  A tent village for laid-off temporary workers set up in Tokyo's Hibiya Park over the New Year's holidays was officially declared closed Sunday at a symposium to discuss unemployment issues, but many of those who stayed in the village remain jobless. continued ...


• 27. NATIONAL NEWS
  Ex-bureaucrat details secret U.S. nuke pact
  June 30, 2009
  Duty was to tell foreign ministers
  Kyodo News
  Vice foreign ministers had a "secret duty" to inform their foreign ministers of the clandestine Tokyo-Washington accord that has covered the handling of nuclear arms in Japan since 1960, a former vice foreign minister said Monday. continued ...


• 29. NEWS BUSINESS
  Japan Post reappoints scandal-hit Nishikawa
  June 30, 2009
  Kyodo News
  As expected, shareholders agreed Monday to keep Yoshifumi Nishikawa at the helm of Japan Post Holdings Co., whose attempt to sell its Kampo no Yado resort inns for a fraction of their value was blocked by Kunio Hatoyama. continued ...


• 37. NATIONAL NEWS
  Koizumi's candidate knocked out as mayor
  June 30, 2009
  Doubts emerge over son's plan to land Diet seat
  
  YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. (Kyodo) A 33-year-old newcomer beat the incumbent backed by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the Yokosuka mayoral election Sunday — a result seen as a blow to the prospects for Koizumi's son in the upcoming national election. continued ...