By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 August 2007 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has signed a key trade deal with Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhyono in Jakarta at the start of his three-nation tour of Asia. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Ja...
By Catherine Makino Tokyo 26 July 2007 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is battling to hold onto power in elections on Sunday for the upper house of parliament. His popularity is at new lows because of political scandals and a perception he is not f...
By Scott Stearns Rostock, Germany 06 June 2007 Japan and the United States want the world's leading industrialized nations to put more pressure on North Korea to comply with an international agreement aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. VOA...
By Doug Levine Washington 25 May 2007 Saxophonist Michael Brecker made many fine recordings as a sideman and a soloist during his career. But his final album, recorded just five months before his death, may be his best, however. VOA's Doug Levine ha...
By Yuriko Nagano Tokyo 17 May 2007 Japan is less than two years away from making a fundamental change in its legal system, by allowing jury trials. Under the new system, average citizens will work alongside judges to issue verdicts in many criminal c...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 27 April 2007 President Bush and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say they see eye-to-eye on North Korea. The two leaders are urging Pyongyang to shut down its nuclear weapons programs or face tougher action. VOA...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 11 March 2007 Chairman and Chief Executive of Suzuki Osamu Suzuki (L) and Managing Director of Maruti Udyog Limited Jagdish Khattar (R) after inaugurating Maruti-Suzuki's new autoplant at Manesar, 06 Feb 2007 Business leade...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 November 2006 In the wake of a United Nations' report last week that declared a world water crisis, concerned Asian leaders are planning concerted action to deal with the lack of clean water in their region. ---- Japan on Tu...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 A de facto spokesman in Tokyo for North Korea says Pyongyang now regards Japan as the most hostile nation in the world. The spokesman also says ethnic Koreans affiliated with the North have increasingly been th...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 06 November 2006 The United States, Japanese and South Korean diplomats are working towards a joint strategy for confronting North Korea when multi-state talks on the North's nuclear weapons programs resume. ---- American and S...