Posts Tagged ‘Japan’

Osaka, Japan mayor under fire for calling war-time sex slaves ‘necessary’

Chinese minister says country is ‘shocked and strongly infuriated’

by Emily Senger - Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Suu Kyi meets Myanmar residents in Japan

TOKYO – Dozens of flag-waving well-wishers, including people from Myanmar, welcomed Nobel laureate and…

by The Associated Press - Sunday, April 14, 2013
Power restored after cooling system fails at tsunami-damaged Japanese nuke plant

TOKYO – Power was restored Friday to a cooling system at a tsunami-damaged nuclear…

by The Associated Press - Friday, April 5, 2013
Japan’s Cabinet OK’s $1 trillion budget for fiscal 2013

TOKYO – Japan’s Cabinet endorsed Tuesday a record-high 92.6 trillion yen ($1.02 trillion) general…

by The Associated Press - Tuesday, January 29, 2013
In Japan, high hopes for ‘Abenomics’

TOKYO – Hopes are high in Japan Inc. for the new prime minister. Stocks…

by Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press - Thursday, December 20, 2012
Japan’s Shinzo Abe says road ahead not easy

TOKYO – After leading his conservative party to a landslide victory that will bring…

by The Associated Press - Monday, December 17, 2012
Questions about beef carcasses

CTV raises questions about the handling of beef carcasses at the XL Foods plant….

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, November 29, 2012
A global tour of carbon pricing

As noted yesterday, Stephen Harper is presently in India, a country that has a…

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, November 6, 2012
It’s complicated: understanding the relationship between the West and Asia

A new book explores what the East learned from both the brutality and the economic success of the West

by Brian Bethune - Tuesday, September 25, 2012
No island vacation spot for China and Japan

Tensions rise over ownership rights to islands in the East China Sea

by macleans.ca - Monday, September 24, 2012
Japanese factories, stores shuttered as protests over disputed islands rage

TOKYO – Scores of Japanese-owned factories and stores in China were shuttered Tuesday as anti-Japanese demonstrations raged in dozens of cities.

by The Associated Press - Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Japan to pay for tsunami debris disposal, says Nikkei.com website

TOKYO – The Japanese government will reportedly help pay for the disposal of tsunami…

by The Canadian Press - Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Yaeba: Japan’s toothy trend

Dentists are making a mint on fashionably crowded or child-like teeth

by Anne Kingston - Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Badminton: As good as it gets without gold

To shouts of “Bruce Li!” Canada delighted and impressed at the semifinal against Japan

by Charlie Gillis - Thursday, August 2, 2012
Japan’s new bond girls: teen band AKB48

Selling government bonds just got a whole lot more glamourous

by Colin Campbell - Thursday, June 7, 2012
Toru Hashimoto, the brash, young mayor of Osaka, is Japan’s most popular politician

Osaka’s mayor is young, media savvy, opposes nuclear power, and is firing up voters

by Nicholas Köhler - Thursday, May 24, 2012
No jacket required for Japan’s post-nuclear etiquette of cool

The country’s government encourages ‘office casual’ but workers are reluctant to dress down, despite soaring temperatures

by Nancy Macdonald - Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Tsunami debris hits the shores of B.C.

Some scoffed when Tofino’s mayor first warned of the approaching barrage of Japanese washed-up objects. Not now.

by Ken MacQueen - Friday, May 11, 2012
On free trade, Harper needs to show some true grit

This government has been very aggressive about announcing free trade deals–not so much about closing them

by From the editors - Tuesday, April 3, 2012
New inspection at Fukushima Daiichi plant finds “extremely high” radiation levels

The latest probe into the state of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant reveals radiation…

by David Newland - Wednesday, March 28, 2012