EMM News Explorer: Jeffrey Kingston

[-said]: The party will have to try to live down the long shadow of Ozawa-style politics, because for a party that has promised to hit the reset button on politics as usual, it doesn't look that way,

finanznachrichten 15-SEP-09

[ said]: There is a lack of depth at the top, but he is taking some of the most talented and experienced people and putting them in key posts,

finanznachrichten 15-SEP-09

[-said]: it doesn't look that way,

reuters 15-SEP-09

[-said]: Under Obama in this multi-polar world, allies are going to be asked to pony up [contribute],

globalsecurity 02-SEP-09

[ said]: To me that is surprising and shows how skeptical the people have become, for very good reasons, of the ruling political elite,

asiatimes 28-AUG-09

[ said]: The problem is that there is not a consensus in Japan about history in Asia. Was it pan-Asian liberation or a 15-year bloody rampage? The debate isn't resolved,

thestar 02-AUG-09

[-said]: I'm not convinced that history as an issue will fade,

thestar 02-AUG-09

[ said]: They are angry about the government's poor performance in lowering the misery index and turned off by Aso's lack of leadership skills,

asiatimes 14-JUL-09

[-said]: In the last year of the Bush Administration Tokyo was angry that it was out of the loop on key negotiations,

ipsnews 28-MAY-09

[-told]: Obviously the situation is serious and undesirable and only underscores how little leverage everyone has, including China over Pyongyang,

ipsnews 28-MAY-09

[ explained]: Attitudes towards alcohol are incredibly lax here,

japantoday 18-MAR-09

[-told]: The suicide rate in Japan reflects business cycles, a rapidly aging society and poor public health care for people suffering from depression,

ipsnews 03-MAR-09

[-says]: In the current implosion, these companies are seeing orders evaporate from their large customers and since they don't have much of a cushion to fall back on during lean times, they are cutting costs anyway they can, meaning layoffs, firing, early retirement, wage and bonus cuts, work sharing and wage cuts,

ipsnews 03-MAR-09

[-told]: At a macro-economic level this translates into higher unemployment in a nation with an insufficient safety net and also means the consumer demand is plunging as everyone prepares for the worst,

ipsnews 03-MAR-09

[-said]: They were both smooth operators,

cnn 12-FEB-09

[-said]: It is entering an already competitive service niche with established heavyweights,

ipsnews 02-FEB-09

[ notes]: NHK is run more like a bureaucracy than a media business. Its habits, inclinations and practices are not business savvy and it tends to shy away from hard-hitting news stories,

ipsnews 02-FEB-09

[ said]: Clearly, he is among the conservative elite who believe Japan fought a war of liberation and that colonialism in Korea was not such a bad thing,

javno 10-NOV-08

[-said]: People realise relations with China are absolutely crucial and way too important to hold hostage to history,

javno 10-NOV-08

[ said]: He's in favor of a recent pump-priming budget, tax cuts and subsidies and things along those lines that they hope are going to revive the economy,

voanews 22-SEP-08

[ added]: The LDP is definitely on the ropes. There's just been a series of blunders, mistakes, and setbacks,

voanews 21-SEP-08

[ said]: Washington wants to make China feel like a stakeholder in the international system,

voanews 21-SEP-08

[ says]: I would not agree that Japan is in turmoil,

asiatimes 18-SEP-08

[-said]: Japan has been looking for a graceful exit for some time and this seems as good a time as any,

asiatimes 18-SEP-08

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