Archive for October, 2008
Japan General Fired for War Views (New York Times)
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A high-ranking Japanese military official was dismissed Friday for stating that the U.S. had ensnared Japan into World War II.
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Japan’s defense minister dismissed his air force chief on Friday for writing an essay that claimed the country was not an “aggressor” in World War II and was trapped into getting involved in the conflict by the United States.
More than 870 people have killed themselves in Japan by inhaling toxic fumes from household chemicals this year, 30 times more than the total for all of last year, the government said Friday.
The UN Human Rights Committee on Friday called on Japan to abolish the death penalty, just days after the country executed two people taking the annual level of deaths to a 30-year high.
Japan’s air force chief sacked (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Japan is dismissing its air force chief for writing an essay that claimed the country was not an “aggressor” in World War II and was trapped into getting involved in the conflict by the United States.
Japan’s defense minister said on Friday he will sack the air force chief of staff for saying that Japan was ensnared into World War Two by the United States and was not an aggressor in the conflict in Asia.
Japan sacked its air force chief on Friday after he wrote an essay in which he denied the country was an aggressor in World War II, a stance likely to anger its Asian neighbours.
Hirvonen holds first day Japan advantage (CNN)
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SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Mikko Hirvonen of Finland holds the overall lead after the first day of the Japan Rally, with championship leader Sebastien Loeb of France in third place.
Japan cut interest rates for the first time in seven years on Friday, expecting severe stress in the global economy to persist, while UK banking giant Barclays said it was raising $12 billion in capital.
Japan’s benchmark stock index closed down 5% Friday as investors shrugged off an interest rate cut by the central bank and instead unloaded shares for quick profits ahead of a long weekend.