This is the final part of my discussion of Prime Minister Hatoyama’s speech to the Diet last week. In the final part of his speech, Hatoyama discussed Japan’s role in the international community, touching on each of the major issues facing Japan including those that he discussed at the United Nations recently. The main topics [...]
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Written By: guyjin on November 2, 2009
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Written By: guyjin on September 25, 2009
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On Thursday (US time), Prime Minister Hatoyama addressed the General Debate of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The text and video links (great chance to see the Prime Minister speaking English…) are below:
Written By: guyjin on September 10, 2009
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A few days ago, I posted about the plans of the incoming Hatoyama government to cut ‘greenhouse emissions’ by 25% over 1990 levels. By the way, I put ‘greenhouse emissions’ in inverted commas because this is a strange term that doesn’t really mean anything… Greenhouse emissions are a natural part of the [...]
Written By: guyjin on September 7, 2009
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Prime Minister to be, Hatoyama Yukio today again mentioned his ‘Hatoyama Initiative’ to be detailed at the UN later this month, which includes ambitious targets for environmental reform, including cuts in ‘emissions’ of 25% from 1990 levels by 2020. This is the same target that was included in the DPJ’s Bill [...]
