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Toyota's boss wears 'L' plates
| After two weeks in the bunker, Akio Toyoda should be pondering the old axiom about the grandsons of company founders and their nasty habit of destroying the family business. | The management response to the Toyota crisis has been clunky, the PR has been hamfisted and,...Full Story
Prime minister, brother top list of lower house asset holders
| Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his younger brother Kunio ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of personal assets possessed by 480 House of Representatives members, according to a calculation by The Yomiuri Shimbun based on a lower house report of its mem...Full Story
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| CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN | The beginning of the end? | Commentary and weekly watch by Doug Noland | Today is a briefer-than usual discussion: a more regular commentary is planned for next week - and at this time I assume my topic will be "a global reflation update". | R...Full Story
Recap of Saturday, February 6
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Report: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses
| (AP) - TOKYO - Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will notify the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, a news report said. | The recall of the gas-electric Prius will cover cars that went on sale since May last year...Full Story
Japan PM stresses support for Ozawa after scandal
| TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Monday he supported his party's secretary general who days earlier avoided being indicted over a political funds scandal. | Three weekend polls said around 70 percent of Japanese vot...Full Story
Ozawa has political responsibility over funds scandal: Hatoyama
Tokyo: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said on Sunday that while Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa has political responsibility for a funds scandal that has led to the indictment of two former and one current aide, the premier will not seek his resi...Full Story
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TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—---------- Hatoyama approves Ozawa's remaining as DPJ's No. 2 | TOKYO - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is also president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Monday he approved DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's decision to rema...Full Story
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Mon 8 Feb 2010
LDP deserter to join DPJ, DPJ-led group gets majority in upper house+
Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—House of Councillors member Kotaro Tamura told Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa on Monday that he will join the ruling party following his departure from the main opposition Liberal Democratic...
LEAD: 14 prefectures oppose allowing foreigners to vote in local elections+
Breitbart elections+ (AP) - TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS, BACKGROUND INFO) | Local assemblies in 14 of Japan's 47 prefectures have adopted statements in opposition to giving permanent foreign residents in Japan the right to vote in local ele...
5TH LD: Hatoyama approves Ozawa's remaining in DPJ's No. 2 post+
Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: RECASTING, UPDATING WITH MORE OZAWA COMMENTS) | Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is also president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Monday he approved DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's decision to re...
Ozawa requests 'sufficient time' for Obama meeting if he goes to U.S.+
Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Ruling Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa said Monday he has asked that the United States give "sufficient time" for U.S. President Barack Obama to meet with him if it wants him to visit the cou...
4TH LD: Ozawa to stay as DPJ No. 2 despite responsibility: Hatoyama+
Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO FROM OZAWA'S PRESS CONFERENCE) | Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday he will not seek the resignation of Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa from the ruling pa...
3RD LD: Ozawa has political responsibility over funds scandal: Hatoyama+
Breitbart Hatoyama+ (AP) - TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) | Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday that while Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa has political responsibility for a funds scandal that has led to the indictmen...
Toyota's Japan recall could spread to Lexus
The Times | Toyota's impending global recall of the Prius over problems with the brakes may be expanded to cover at least two other hybrid models in Japan, including one from the high-end Lexus range, The Times has learnt. | Toyota is on the brink of recalling...
Record slump in tourist arrivals
Kuensel Online | 8 February, 2010 - Tourist arrivals dropped by 15 percent in 2009 from the year before, prompting people in the industry to call it one of the worst slumps in recent years. | Arrivals fell to 23,480 in 2009, compared to 27,636 tourists in 2008, a d...
Alito's Folly: How Citizens United Leads to a Constitutional Dilemma-- Foreign Influence or a Ban ...
Newsvine | I've noted in a previous article the danger I think is presented to the American electorate by the ruling, specifically as it relates to corporate spending in elections. A lot of what I've heard and read since then downplays that danger. The sense ...
2ND LD: Ozawa has political responsibility over funds scandal: Hatoyama+
Breitbart Hatoyama+ (AP) - TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING) | Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama acknowledged Monday that Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa has political responsibility for a funds scandal that has led to the indictm...
Wen: China-Japan ties at crucial stage; trust needed
China Daily | BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday that China-Japan ties are at a crucial stage, urging the two countries to enhance mutual trust and step up dialogue and cooperation in all spheres. | "In the first decade of this century, China and Ja...
Sun 7 Feb 2010
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
Houston Chronicle | WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the Ameri...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough?
Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. | The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the Ameri...
LEAD: Ozawa has political responsibility over funds scandal: Hatoyama+
Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS) | Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama acknowledged Monday that Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa has political responsibility for a funds scandal that has led ...
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