2007年NPR美国国家公共电台六月-Japan Pushes for Wider Whale Hunt

It's Morning Edition from NPR News, I'm Steven Skip, and I'm Rena Mountain, good morning. The fate of a 21-year-old ban on commercial whaling is at stake. That ban is on the agenda of this week's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commissio

VOA标准英语2009年-Exit Polls Predict Big Defeat for Japan's

Polls have closed in Japan's nationwide election for its lower house of parliament. Media exit polling is predicting a big defeat for the party that has ruled Japan for more than half a century. Just minutes after voting concluded Sunday in Japan, m

VOA慢速英语--Nuclear Energy's Slow Return Hurts Japan's Power Producers

A new study shows that the Japanese nuclear industry is unlikely to reach a government target of providing at least 20 percent of the countrys energy by 2030. The study was prepared for the Reuters news agency. In Japan, eight nuclear power centers a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Not All South Koreans Satisfied With Japan's Apology To 'Comfort Women'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The United States considers Japan and South Korea essential allies, especially when it comes to dealing with the threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear program, but one issue dogs relations which goes all the way back to W

2006年VOA标准英语-Latest Shot Fired in Battle Between Japan Inc.,

By Steve Herman Tokyo 13 June 2006 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Leaders of Japan's political opposition are demanding Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi fire a central bank governor who owns shares in a fund run by a shareholder activist who has b

2006年VOA标准英语-US, Japan Disagree Over Military Realignme

By Steve Herman Okinawa, Japan 06 March 2006 The United States and Japan are about to start five days of talks in Honolulu Tuesday to finalize a sweeping agreement on realigning and downsizing U.S. fo

2006年VOA标准英语-OECD Concerned About Rising Poverty in Japan

By Steve Herman Tokyo 20 July 2006 Japan received a sobering warning about its economy from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Thursday. The OECD, in its annual survey of Japan, says that the country has finally emerged fro

2007年VOA标准英语-US, Japan Urge North Korea to Shut Down Nuclear

By Stephanie Ho Washington 27 April 2007 President Bush and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say they see eye-to-eye on North Korea. The two leaders are urging Pyongyang to shut down its nuclear weapons programs or face tougher action. VOA

2006年VOA标准英语-Families of Missing Keep Pressure on Japan to R

By Steve Herman Tokyo 26 November 2006 Japan's chief envoy to the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear program is in Beijing to help plan the next round of negotiations, which are expected next month. In addition, as VOA's Steve Herman report

2007年VOA标准英语-Japan Prime Minister's Job in Peril in Coming E

By Catherine Makino Tokyo 26 July 2007 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is battling to hold onto power in elections on Sunday for the upper house of parliament. His popularity is at new lows because of political scandals and a perception he is not f

VOA标准英语2008年-Japan Approves Anti-Terrorism Naval Mission in

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 11 January 2008 Japan's lower house of parliament has forced through a controversial anti-terrorism law reviving an Indian Ocean naval mission supporting U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. The bill's approval came after the mor

VOA标准英语2009年-Japan's Exports Plunge in January

The Japanese economy continues to be rocked by the global recession. Last month exports plunged and the nation's trade deficit hit a record high. Japan's government says exports dropped by nearly 46 percent in January compared with the same period l

VOA标准英语2011--Japan Still Struggling to Control Crippl

Japan Still Struggling to Control Crippled Nuclear Plant Small and peaceful anti-nuclear protests continue to be staged in Japan. The demonstrations are being held as troubles continue at and around the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in the northeas

VOA标准英语2010年-Japan to Release Chinese Trawler Capta

Japanese prosecutors say they will release a Chinese trawler captain who has been detained since his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels in disputed waters. The incident enraged China, which retaliated by canceling meetings with Japanese offic

VOA标准英语2009年-Gates: 'No Alternatives' to US-Japan Secur

By Al Pessin Tokyo 20 October 2009 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, shakes hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, 20 Oct 2009 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Japan's new leaders Tuesda

2007年VOA标准英语-Japan Gears Up for New Jury System

By Yuriko Nagano Tokyo 17 May 2007 Japan is less than two years away from making a fundamental change in its legal system, by allowing jury trials. Under the new system, average citizens will work alongside judges to issue verdicts in many criminal c

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Ghosts of the Tsunami' Shows How 2011 Event Transformed Japan

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On March 11, 2011, Japan took a devastating seismic one-two. First an earthquake, and then a tsunami that rose 120 feet high out of the Pacific. More than 18,000 people died. In the villages on Japan's Sanriku Coast some 250 mile

美国国家公共电台 NPR Japan's Prime Minister Isn't Popular, But His Coalition Won A Supermajority

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party now has a two-thirds super majority in the parliament. That's after voters cast ballots in a snap election over the weekend. Abe sought a mandate for issues ranging from the economy to t

VOA常速英语2007年-Japan's Upper House of Parliament Approves Bill

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 28 November 2007 Japan's upper house of parliament has approved a bill that would stop the country's air force transport mission in Iraq. It is the latest clash between the opposition party and the government over Japan's ro

2006年VOA标准英语-Japan's PM Impresses Ghanaian Hosts

By Nico Colombant and Efam Dovi Abidjan and Accra 03 May 2006 Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has impressed and encouraged his Ghanaian hosts during a three-day stopover, the first such visit