Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced his resignation after just eight months in office. His resignation comes after he broke an election pledge to move an unpopular US military base away from the southern island of Okinawa.
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China’s PM sees “urgent” need to avoid conflict
May 30th, 2010 |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says there is an “urgent” need to avoid conflict between the Koreas following the sinking of a South Korean warship.
But Wen, speaking Sunday after a two-day summit with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, gave no indication that China is ready to join them in blaming North Korea for the tragedy.
Obama heads to Asia, breaks foreign travel record
November 12th, 2009 |
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US President Barack has travelled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors and now, will undertake a nine-day tour of Asia.
Since taking office, he has made seven foreign trips and visited 16 countries, three of them twice.
The Asia trip will take him to Japan, Singapore, China and South [...]
Japan to comprehensively review alliance with US: Hatoyama
October 30th, 2009 |
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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has reiterated his government will “comprehensively review” the Japan-US alliance but added it will continue to deepen bilateral ties in a “multilayered” way.
“As I have repeatedly said, the Japan-US alliance is the cornerstone of Japan’s foreign policy,” Hatoyama said during a House of Councillors plenary session.
But he said his [...]
China urges restraint over NKorea missile tests
October 14th, 2009 |
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China on Tuesday called for restraint after a series of North Korean missile tests and said the launches should not hamper an improving outlook for diplomacy in dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear programmes.
“We have noted that the DPRK (North Korea) has launched short-range missiles. I believe that this will not affect the improving situation on the [...]
World leaders gather for working dinner at G-20 summit
September 25th, 2009 |
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US President Barack Obama welcomed world leaders to the G-20 summit at a working dinner.
Leaders including Britain’’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Japan’’s new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama among others, arrived with their spouses at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.
Group of 20 leaders are working to [...]
No big deal if PM has preferred G-20 over UNGA this year: ex-diplomats
September 21st, 2009 |
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Former diplomats do not see anything amiss in the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, missing this year”’’s United Nations General Assembly session in New York and opting to attend the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh later in the week.
Singh, who has developed a personal rapport with world leaders over the years, is certainly losing an opportunity [...]