Yukio Edano

Type: Person

Name: Yukio Edano

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

To woo young voters, DPJ tries self-reflection

The opposition Democratic Party of Japan held a self-deprecating convention Saturday, inviting more than 500 people aged under 30 to criticize their three-year rule in an effort to garner more support from young voters ahead of the Upper House electi ... [Published Japan Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Yukio Edano, Naoto Kan, Akira NAGATSUMA, Ichiro Ozawa, Yukio Hatoyama

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Asahi Shimbun

Huffington Post Japan Goes Live

TOKYO Huffington Post Japan launched on Tuesday through a collaboration with the Asahi Shimbun, a liberal broadsheet and one of the biggest newspapers in the world by circulation.The Japanese-language site has lined up some heavyweight figures for its ... [Published Hollywood Reporter - May 07 2013]

Entities: Japan, Asahi Shimbun, Tahara (Japan), Matsuura (Japan)

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

An avian flu outbreak in Japan could kill 'Abenomics'

No one has ever fully explained why, in 2002-3, the virulent pathogen known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ran rampant in mainland China (5,328 cases, 349 deaths) but only infected four people in South Korea, with no fatalities, and none ... [Published Japan Times - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Japan, Influenza, Bird Flu

First reported Dec 07 2012 - Updated Dec 07 2012 - 1 reports

Solar plant glut seen headed for Hokkaido

Japan has seen a rapid increase in solar power facilities since the incentives were launched five months ago to promote investment in clean energy, but Hokkaido is facing a glut, trade minister Yukio Edano said Friday. The number of solar power facilities ... [Published The Japan Times - News & Business - Dec 07 2012]

Entities: Solar Power, Yukio Edano, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 28 2012 - 1 reports

Following Through on Sustainability is Easier When You Have the Carrot and The Stick – Just Ask Japan

In October 2011, the Japanese Cabinet—still reeling from the Fukushima reactor meltdown earlier that year—approved an energy white paper calling for reduced reliance on nuclear power and increased emphasis on renewables. A little over a year after ... [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: Japan, Clean Technology, Sustainability, Fukushima (Japan)

First reported Nov 21 2012 - Updated Nov 22 2012 - 1 reports

Japan, China and South Korea to begin negotiations on trilateral FTA

The governments of Japan, China and South Korea will begin negotiations for a trilateral free trade agreement and discussions will begin next year.Japan's minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming and ... [Published Topnews.in - Nov 21 2012]

Entities: Free Trade Agreement, South Korea, Japan, China

Quotes

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has said that PM Naoto Kan has accepted Matsumoto "s resignation and hopes to appoint a replacement as soon as possible."

Japanese Disaster Reconstruction minister quits over insensitive remarks [Published Topnews.in - Jul 05 2011]

""compared with before, should i say stabilizing, or it can be said at least that we have been able to do cooling to a certain degree. if we can continue this cooling, such a thing is unlikely,""

If cooling continues, no meltdown in Japan’s nuke plant [Published Topnews.in - Apr 19 2011]

"we strongly urge tepco to provide information to the government more promptly" The Daily Star quoted Edano, as saying

Japanese Government criticizes nuke plant operator for lacking transparency [Published Topnews.in - Mar 27 2011]

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