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2009-01-06 17:49

Aso concedes WWII prisoners worked for his family mining company (AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, seen here on January 4, has effectively conceded that Allied prisoners held by Japan during World War II dug coal for his family mining company.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso effectively conceded on Tuesday that Allied prisoners held by Japan during World War II dug coal for his family mining company.


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2009-01-06 09:30

Japan to hunt for rare elements in seabed: official (AFP)

Japan plans to start exploring its seabed to harvest rare earth elements used in electronics, hoping to reduce its heavy reliance on Chinese imports, a government official has said.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sakar)AFP - Japan plans to start exploring its seabed to harvest rare earth elements used in electronics, hoping to reduce its heavy reliance on Chinese imports, a government official said Tuesday.


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2009-01-06 09:30

Japanese PM rejects calls for resignation (AP)

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, bottom, speaks to Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa after Nakagawa gave a speech during the 171st Regular Diet session in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Aso's Cabinet submitted an extra budget worth 4.8 trillion yen ($52 billion) to stimulate the recession-hit economy. He will also submit a record 88.5 trillion yen ($962 billion) budget for the next fiscal year starting in April 2009 to the parliament later in the month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Increasingly unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso rejected calls Tuesday for his resignation, insisting he needs to steer the world's second-largest economy out of recession.


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2009-01-06 09:30

Japanese whaler missing in Antarctic: officials (AFP)

Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru harpoons a whale in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica. A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator has said.(AFP/GREENPEACE/File/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert)AFP - A crew member on Japan's controversial whaling mission is believed to have fallen overboard in icy Antarctic Ocean waters, the fleet's operator said Tuesday.


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2009-01-06 05:08

Japan wants anti-whalers barred from ports (AP)

In this Dec. 26, 2008 file photo provided by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, anti-whaling protestors in the ship M/V Steve Irwin, right, throw butyric acid onto the deck of the Japanese whaling ship, the Kaiko Maru, during a close encounter in the Antarctic Ocean. Japan plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, an official said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, heightening a high-seas cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the Sea Shepherd conservationist group. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Eric Cheng, HO, File)AP - Japan said Tuesday it plans to ask Australia and possibly New Zealand and Chile to ban an anti-whaling protest ship from using their ports to refuel, heightening a cat-and-mouse game in Antarctic waters between Japan's whaling fleet and the conservationists.


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2009-01-05 16:47

Jobless in Japan march to demand jobs, housing (Reuters)

Reuters - Hundreds of jobless Japanese marched around parliament on Monday demanding work and housing as lawmakers began discussing measures to combat a worsening recession.

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2009-01-05 16:47

Japan PM faces defiance as parliament meets (AFP)

A man passes an electronic share prices board in central Tokyo. Japan's parliament has convened for a session on measures to revive the country's flagging economy, with Prime Minister Taro Aso under pressure both from within and outside the ruling bloc to call a snap election.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Japan's unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso faced a show of defiance Monday at the start of a high-stakes parliament session as a senior lawmaker threatened to leave the ruling party.


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2009-01-05 12:42

Japan PM woes grow as MP threatens to quit party (Reuters)

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso wipes his face during an upper house ordinary session at the parliament in Tokyo January 5, 2009. (Issei Kato/Reuters)Reuters - A former Japanese financial services minister threatened to quit the ruling party Monday if his policy demands were not met, in the latest sign of Prime Minister Taro Aso's fraying leadership as he tries to revive the economy.


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2009-01-05 12:42

Premium tuna fetches $100,000 in Tokyo auction (AP)

A Japanese bluefin tuna that fetched nearly 10 million yen at the year-opening auction is shown at Tokyo's Tsukiji market Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma and weighing 282.48 pounds (128.4 kilograms) was auctioned for 9.63 million yen ($104,700), the highest since 2001, when another Japanese bluefin tuna fetched an all-time record of 20 million yen, market official Takashi Yoshida said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, about ten times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said.


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2009-01-05 08:31

Pressure mounts on Japan PM as parliament meets (AFP)

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso faces questions in Japan's Upper House in Tokyo. The country's parliament has convened for a session on measures to revive the flagging economy with Aso under pressure both from within and outside the ruling bloc to call a snap election.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's parliament convened Monday for a session on measures to revive the flagging economy with Prime Minister Taro Aso under pressure both from within and outside the ruling bloc to call a snap election.


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