Okinawa envoy likely to be named ambassador to China
January 1, 2006The government is considering naming Yuji Miyamoto, ambassador in charge of Okinawa issues, as the next ambassador to China, government sources said Saturday. Miyamoto, a Chinese expert who has served as a minister at the Japanese Embassy in Beiji...
Koizumi resolves in New Year's message to advance reforms
January 1, 2006Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated his resolve to accelerate administrative reforms to further advance his structural reform drive in a New Year's Day statement Sunday. "There is no end to reform," Koizumi said as he offered his fifth New Ye...