Topic: Katsuya Okada

Noda’s Tax-Boost Plan Stalls in Danger to Japan Bond Yields

Businessweek - 20 days ago
By Sachiko Sakamaki and Takashi Hirokawa . Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says doubling the consumption tax is a necessary remedy to...

Japan did not keep nuclear notes

BBC News - 21 days ago
The Japanese government has admitted it failed to keep records of key meetings during the nuclear crisis last year.. . Deputy PM Katsuya Okada has...

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ABC 3 Pensacola (WEAR) - 21 days ago
BC-Japan-Nuclear Crisis,0119 January 27, 2012 05:50 GMT . . Govt failed to keep records of key nuke ...

Stalled Tax Boost Risks Japan Bond Slump as Noda Fails to Get LDP Backing

Bloomberg - 21 days ago
Enlarge image Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg. Yoshihiko Noda, Japan's prime minister.. . Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda says doubling the...

Japan PM Noda picks party official as finance minister: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News - 168 days ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will appoint relatively unkown former parliamentary affairs chief Jun Azumi as finance minister after his first choice, Katsuya Okada, turned it down, local media reported on Friday.Azumi will take charge of Japan's ...

Japan PM wants fiscal hawk Okada as finance minister: report

Reuters US Online Report World News - 168 days ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda wants a like-minded fiscal conservative as finance minister in his cabinet due to be unveiled on Friday, local media reported.Private broadcasters TBS and Fuji TV said on Thursday that former ruling party secretary ...

Japan PM picks fiscal hawk Okada as finmin: reports

Reuters US Online Report World News - 169 days ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has picked a like-minded fiscal conservative as finance minister and a close ally as his No. 2 minister in his cabinet to be launched on Friday, Japanese media reported.Private broadcasters TBS and Fuji ...

Japan PM resists party pressure to resign

AFP Asian Edition - 241 days ago
Japan's embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan resisted growing pressure from his own party on Monday to say exactly when he will step down in order to end a political stalemate.Kan met executives of his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who ...

Rift in Japan's ruling party deepens over funds scandal

AFP Asian Edition - 426 days ago
A rift within Japan's ruling party deepened Friday as its most prominent strongman rejected a call from the leadership to testify in parliament over his involvement in a political funds scandal.Ichiro Ozawa, a former conservative kingpin who helped the Democratic ...

Japan ruling party execs to meet as rift widens

Reuters US Online Report World News - 431 days ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Executives of Japan's ruling party were expected to meet Monday to decide whether a parliamentary ethics panel should summon powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa to testify on a funding scandal, risking deepening a rift in the party as the government struggles ...