BOOTED OUT A big winner was former premier Yoshihiko Noda’s opposition Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) which increased its projected seat tally to 148 from 96 at the last election. Ishiba had promised to not actively support LDP politicians caught up in the funding scandal. But the opposition jumped on mediaContinue Reading
COULD THE OPPOSITION FORM A GOVERNMENT? This is tricky given the fragmented opposition, and memories of its tumultuous rule between 2009 and 2012, analysts say. “The possibility of a handover of power to the opposition isn’t zero, but there are far too many opposition parties for any of them toContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s ruling coalition may fall short of a parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday’s (Oct 27) general election showed, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the government of the world’s fourth-largest economy. A poll by national broadcaster NHK showed the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for almost all ofContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday’s (Oct 27) general election showed, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the government of the world’s fourth-largest economy. A poll by Nippon TV showed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan forContinue Reading
China stages such patrols around Taiwan several times a month, but this was the first since Beijing held a new round of full-blown war games near the island this month. In a statement late on Saturday, China’s foreign ministry said it strongly condemned and firmly opposed the latest US weaponsContinue Reading
TOKYO: Candidates in Japan’s super-tight parliamentary election will make last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday (Oct 26), with opinion polls suggesting the ruling coalition might fall short of a majority. Such an outcome would be the worst result for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2009 and potentially a knockoutContinue Reading
For the first time, scientists have discovered dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong, according to a statement released by the city’s government on Wednesday ( October 23 ), adding that the species is still unidentified. The Development Bureau said in a statement that experts from Hong Kong and mainland China hadContinue Reading
In their first formal discussions in five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday ( October 23 ) that their two countries should improve communication and cooperation and effectively manage disagreements. The two officials met on the outside of the BRICS conference in Kazan,Continue Reading
Beijing: A spokeswoman for the country’s foreign government said on Monday that China had condemned an assault on its embassy in Mandalay and urged Myanmar authorities to make every effort to try to arrest the perpetrators. Myanmar has experienced unrest since February 2021 when the defense immediately ousted an electedContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea announced on Saturday ( October 19 ) that it had recovered the remains of a crashed South Korean military drone, implying that the drone was being used as a propaganda device in the most recent conflict between the two and involved cross-border flying objects. ” In lightContinue Reading