Daily Japan Headlines: Monday, Aug 29, 2011
Photo Source: The Telegraph.
The Telegraph: Japan sends search team to find remains of Iwo Jima dead
The remains of more than 12,000 Japanese have still to be located on the island, 66 years after the Americans captured the Pacific outpost in one of the most savage battles of the Second World War.
The documents have been handed over to Japan’s health ministry by the US National Archives and Records Administration and identify four sites on the island – a mere 5 miles from north to south – where there was heavy fighting and the American forces are believed to have buried the dead Japanese.
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BBC Video: Japan’s ruling DPJ party chooses next prime minister
Japan’s ruling DPJ Party is selecting a new leader, with the vote winner becoming the country’s sixth prime minister in five years.
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Gulf Times: Kaieda ahead in Japan PM race, but run-off expected
Japanese Trade Minister Banri Kaieda has the lead in a ruling party race to pick the next prime minister, but a bruising run-off looks likely as chances of a majority win in a first-round vote are slim, media surveys showed yesterday.
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The Australian: Getting Japan’s kingmaker on side risky work
The last thing Japan needs at this time is more jockeying for political advantage among a group of would-be prime ministers. But that is what is occurring as the process of replacing Prime Minister Naoto Kan reaches its expected climax on Monday. A tug-of-war over policies is disguising what is, in reality, a struggle for power.
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Washington Post: In Japan, new nuclear agency tests ability to reform
In a bid to restore public confidence, the Japanese government has unveiled plans to reform the country’s nuclear regulatory agency, separating it from the ministry in charge of promoting nuclear power.
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The National: Growing concern in Japan over rise of yen
In the past three months, the currency has gained 5.6 per cent and recently strengthened to a post-Second World War high of 75.95 against the US dollar as investors sought refuge amid market instability.
That was despite Bank of Japan (BoJ) intervention early this month to sell ¥1 trillion in an effort to curb the currency’s gains. A strong yen is bad for the export-dependent country, which is struggling to reduce public debt and rebuild after the tsunami and earthquake disasters in March.
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New York Times: Japanese Island’s Activists Resist Nuclear Industry’s Allure
When the boats came to start work on a planned nuclear power plant just off this tiny island, an aging fisherwoman named Tamiko Takebayashi carried out a dramatic protest: she lashed herself to the dock.
The move, while reminiscent of a Greenpeace action, was highly unusual in understated Japan.
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Sydney Morning Herald: ANZ eyes Japanese banks: report
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group , Australia’s fourth-largest lender, is looking at buying Japan’s Tokyo Star Bank or Aozora Bank, the Australian Financial Review said in its Street Talk Column without citing any sources.
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LA Times: Huntington Beach’s Ocean View team wins Little League World Series
Ocean View beat Hamamtsu City, Japan, 2-1, and became the seventh team from California to win the title.
Both teams had scored in the bottom of the third inning, and the game stayed tied until Pratto’s decisive single into right-center field.
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AFP: Riner the hero as France win judo world teams double
Their women beat Japan in the first final of the day before Riner stepped up in a dramatic sudden death period of golden score to give the men victory over Brazil in the decisive rubber.
Japan and South Korea took the bronze medals beating Georgia and Russia respectively.
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