Japan Times :: Friday, September 25, 2009

• 11. OPINION - DAVID HOWELL
  China's two-sided 'miracle' should warn the ebullient
  Sept. 25, 2009
  By DAVID HOWELL
  CHANGCHUN/LONDON — Is China the economic locomotive that will lift the world back onto the growth path and help eradicate its vast debts? continued ...


• 15. NATIONAL NEWS
  Taiwan inaugurates Japan center
  Sept. 25, 2009
  TAIPEI (Kyodo) Taiwan inaugurated a research center Thursday dedicated to Japan affairs and academic cooperation at a leading university in Taipei, a move officials said would strengthen understanding and interaction between Taiwan and Japan. continued ...


• 18. NATIONAL NEWS
  Akamatsu to block Tsukiji move unless safety concerns addressed
  Sept. 25, 2009
  Kyodo News
  Farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu said Thursday he will not approve the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's plan to relocate the Tsukiji fish market unless safety concerns are cleared up. continued ...


• 19. CABINET INTERVIEW - JUN HONGO
  Kitazawa vague on support options for global antiterror role
  Sept. 25, 2009
  By JUN HONGO, Staff writer
  Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Thursday repeated that Japan will continue to make antiterrorism contributions after the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean is terminated, but stopped short of outlining possible alternatives. continued ...


• 20. NATIONAL NEWS
  Ex-welfare exec held over embezzlement
  Sept. 25, 2009
  One-time accounting official at support group for mentally disabled people took ¥10 million, Osaka prosecutors say
  OSAKA (Kyodo) Prosecutors on Thursday arrested a former senior official of a government-endorsed association for mentally disabled people for allegedly embezzling ¥10 million. continued ...


• 21. NATIONAL NEWS
  Hatoyama, Obama hold first meeting
  Sept. 25, 2009
  Compiled from AP, Kyodo
  NEW YORK — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and U.S. President Barack Obama strove in their first meeting Wednesday to avoid controversial issues, including the fate of Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean and Hatoyama's plan to review a plan on managing the large U.S. military presence in Japan. continued ...


• 25. NATIONAL NEWS
  Medvedev agrees to pursue answer to disputed isles, war treaty discord
  Sept. 25, 2009
  NEW YORK (Kyodo) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed Wednesday that the decades-old dispute over the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido should be resolved and a World War II peace treaty signed during the lifetime of the present generation, Japanese officials said. continued ...


• 34. NATIONAL NEWS
  Hatoyama to vow action in first U.N. address
  Sept. 25, 2009
  NEW YORK (Kyodo) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is set to vow in a speech at the United Nations on Thursday to act to combat the economic crisis and global warming and to achieve nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, while calling on the world for international coordination to help control globalization. continued ...


• 48. NATIONAL NEWS - KAZUAKI NAGATA
  JAL president asks for public fund injection
  Sept. 25, 2009
  By KAZUAKI NAGATA, Staff writer
  Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu on Thursday asked transport minister Seiji Maehara for a capital injection of public funds to keep the troubled carrier flying. continued ...


• 52. EDITORIAL
  Mr. Hatoyama's world debut
  Sept. 25, 2009
  Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama made a strong diplomatic debut on the international stage Tuesday, pledging that Japan will reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. The pledge was made in a speech delivered in English at the United Nations Summit on Climate Change, held just six days after his ascent to the premiership. continued ...