Encoding and decoding may be almost as old as writing itself. This past summer I read “Treason by the Book,” a fascinating work by Yale University professor Jonathan D. Spence set in 18th-century China. It seems a scholar named Zha Siting (1664-1727) was charged with intrigues against the imperial court. He had allegedly asked [...]
The Liberal Democratic Party has elected former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki as its new president. By garnering about 60 percent of the total vote — 120 of the 199 LDP Diet member votes, and 180 of the 300 votes distributed among the LDP’s local chapters — he defeated former Vice Justice Minister Taro [...]
Mizuho Fukushima, the new state minister in charge of consumer affairs and reversing the low birthrate, said her job is to prioritize policies that directly affect the public’s livelihood and to make sure the new Consumer Affairs Agency is effective. Fukushima, who also heads the Social Democratic Party, said efficient handling of the the [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) Vitali Klitschko gave Cris Arreola such a beating that his corner finally stepped in to stop the fight. Good thing, because Arreola wasn’t about to quit by himself. Klitschko cemented his spot alongside his brother, Wladimir, at the top of the heavyweight ranks Saturday night by battering a game but outclassed [...]
Sept 28 (Reuters) – okinawa Electric Power Co, Inc. *Moody’s assigns (P)Aa2 to okinawa Electric Power’s Domestic Shelf Registration
Robert Eldridge, an academic known for his historical research on okinawa, said Sunday he will assume on Monday a No. 2 position at the community…
The cover of a Okinawan magazine recently showed a photo of Shiraishi Island along with a title that urged people to come and relax in shima no jikan (island time). This, of course, is the image outsiders have of our island.
They come here and see the elderly people ambling along the road, the old [...]
Meeting with a special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao in Pyongyang last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed his willingness to resolve problems related to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through bilateral and multilateral talks.
Mr. Kim reportedly told Mr. Hu’s special envoy Dai Bingguo that North Korea will adhere to [...]
okinawa Gov Hirokazu Nakaima told visiting Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Friday that he believes relocating the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station outside of…
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa will make a three-day visit to okinawa from Friday to hear the views of local municipality heads on the planned relocation…