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You are here: Home / Archives for Jay Alabaster

Japan’s new prime minister faces test to win back voters

June 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Naoto Kan, the straight-talking populist named Japan’s new prime minister, faces a host of daunting tasks, from reviving the nation’s

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Emperor Akihito, Ichiro Ozawa, Irritable Kan, Jay Alabaster, Jeff Kingston, Marine Air Station Futenma, Mike Hammer, Sophia University, Temple University, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 24 | June 12 - June 18, Yoshihiko Noda, Yuki Tamura, Yukio Hatoyama, Yuri Kageyama, japan

Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection

March 22, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

apanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Africa, CITES, ICCAT, Japan Fisheries Agency, Jay Alabaster, Junichi Hakuta, Kazuhiro Takayama, Latin America, Masanori Miyahara, Qatar, Tokyo, Wakao Hanaoka, Yukio Unagizawa, attention, culture, japan

Japan PM says he’ll reassess U.S. Marine base pact

January 28, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister pledged Monday, Jan. 25, to “start from scratch” in re-examining a key military deal with Washington on relocating American troops, risking the ire of its key ally after a local election in Okinawa showed that residents oppose any new Marine bases in their region.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Asian Studies, Beijing, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano, China, Democratic Party, Futenma Marine Corps, Guam, Jay Alabaster, North Korea, Prime Minister Hatoyama, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Susumu Inamine, Tokyo, United States, Vol 29 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, japan

Japanese aid worker killed in Afghanistan

September 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

ABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Japanese aid worker kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan has been killed, police officials said.

Kazuya Ito, 31, was abducted near the city of Jalalabad early Aug. 26. Japan set up a task force in Kabul to seek his release, according to Japan’s foreign ministry. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Afghanistan, Ghafor Khan, Japanese Embassy, Jay Alabaster, Kabul, Kazuya Ito, Manji Fukumoto, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichita Yamamoto, Tokyo, vol 27 no 37 | September 6 - September 12

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