The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Yoichi Suzuki , consul general of Japan in Boston.
Yoshikai Masanori, deputy director general of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, warned that there could be capital flight from economies that were seen as not doing enough to overcome the problem.
Japan's government is consulting with experts from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the French nuclear fuel company Areva, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the agency's chief spokesman.
Ms Bokova replaces outgoing Director General Koichiro Matsuura of Japan who has led the organisation for two terms.
UNESCO: Irina Bokova of Bulgaria elected as UNESCO's 10th Director General
Mr Fujii, say people who have spoken to him, was fed up with the power wielded over Mr Hatoyama by Ichiro Ozawa, secretary-general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
Unexpectedly, it was our district's president of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
NPR: 'A Tale of Music': From 'Literature from the Axis of Evil'
Hirai Yoshimitsu, deputy secretary-general of the Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan, predicts that within a decade, half of Japan's e-commerce will be conducted over non-PC devices such as phones and public computer kiosks.
Thanks to the personal intervention of General MacArthur, the military ruler of occupied Japan, Hirohito narrowly avoided indictment as a war criminal.
The Director-General thanked the Government of Japan for the depth of its support.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today announced the appointment of Takahisa Kawakami of Japan as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).
The second discordant image of the week was of a ballistic missile fired by North Korea over Japan and in the general direction of the United States.
Meanwhile in Japan the Secretary General of the LDP, ISHIBA Shigeru warned that the position on the islands is not negotiable on iota.
The tendency for governments to sacrifice the needs of the general population in favor of entrenched corporate interests is not unique to Japan.
Readers currently in Gifu, Japan for the General Conference of the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers can test the solution for themselves beginning tomorrow.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who won the recent general election on a platform of promises to revive Japan's sluggish economy, has called upon Japan's central bank to do more to fight deflation.
In the two weeks after November 11, when dissolution of the Diet and new general elections became the new Japan story, foreign net buying totaled JPY 400 billion (USD 4.9 billion).
FORBES: Whither Japan Stocks: Will an LDP/Komeito Win Drive Up Japanese Stocks?
Instead, the key factor behind export growth is the general health of the global economy, which determines how many units of Japan's competitively but not cannibalistically priced exports the world buys.
Shares in banks and real-estate firms, which tend to perform better when the economy strengthens, have picked up, reflecting expectations that the Bank of Japan will loosen policy more aggressively to halt the general decline in prices that has crippled domestic demand.
Daniel Roderick, senior vice president of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a joint venture between General Electric and Japan's Hitachi, told Bloomberg the company is looking to secure contracts to deliver reactor technology, nuclear services, and nuclear fuel cycle services to Saudi Arabia.
And since his sacking, it turns out that of the 230-odd aspiring writers of historical fiction, 78 were officers in Japan's air force, most of them close to their general.
On October 31st General Tamogami was promptly sacked by Taro Aso, Japan's prime minister for all of five weeks.
To general surprise, Junichiro Koizumi, billed as a reformer and a maverick, became prime minister of Japan after his hapless predecessor, Yoshiro Mori, resigned.
Reports Tuesday said that China rejected an invitation from Japan to talk at this week's United Nations General Assembly, in light of a territorial dispute between the countries.
In fact, the Constitution of Japan was written by the U.S. occupation authorities, whose head was General Douglas MacArthur, under direction of officials in Washington, D.
FORBES: Limited Government, Reform, and the Japanese Constitution
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Japan's Toyota Motors has revved ahead of U.S.-based General Motors in 2012 to reclaim the title of world's biggest auto manufacturer.
"With some softening in the dollar, players are electing to take profits as the market has risen almost without a hitch since the Bank of Japan's monetary policy loosening on April 4, " said Yoshihiro Okumura, general manager Chibagin Asset Management.
During her visit to Japan, the Director-General also held a bilateral meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Panasonic, Mr. Fumio Ohtsubo, following the renewal of UNESCO's partnership agreement with this major partner to enhance awareness raising and educational outreach activities for Wolrd Heritage.
Japan represents the cutting edge of this lurch into what may in a decade be the general East Asian pattern.
FORBES: Decline Of The Asian Family: Drop In Marriages, Births, Threatens Economic Ascendancy
Before the general election in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party explicitly put this and all other territorial claims onto the front burner of its political agenda.
If one wanted to be downbeat (which we do not) it would be easy to draw an analogy the condition of financial institutions in Japan, banks, securities firm, and insurance companies, and the society in general: aging, increasingly frail and infirm, and shrinking at a painfully slow pace.
应用推荐