Japan Set for Polls, No Clear Winner Likely
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is poised to dissolve Japan’s Parliament, setting the stage for elections next month that will likely produce a weak coalition government.
A territorial flare-up between China and Japan intensifies as two Beijing-sent patrol ships arrive near disputed East China Sea islands in a show of anger.
The US envoy on North Korean human rights issues says that political and economic reforms unfolding in Burma are a great example for Pyongyang to follow.
Burma officially enlists the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Daiwa Securities Group to help establish a stock market in latest step toward reforming the impoverished country’s economy.
