AFTER being appointed Japan's first-ever female defense minister, former TV presenter Yuriko Koike... what I should wear as the first woman defense minister." Koike's predecessor, Fumio Kyuma ……

, during a meeting with the then Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, Defense Minister Liang... major nation in the world that has no aircraft carriers, in a clear first sign by a defense ……

China and South Korea, have voiced their opposition (反对) to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Dec 26 visit to the Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社).It is the first time in seven years that a Japanese prime ……

JAPAN created its first Defence Ministry since World War II, on Tuesday, as part of a push to raise... minister, and proposing legislation.More importantly, the overseas peacekeeping activities of the Self ……

Nov 28, 1990: Margaret Thatcher resigned after more than 11 years in Downing Street. The prime minister was Britain’s first female leader and the longestin office since 1827. ……

Mitt Romney to secure a second term. This month alone saw South Korea elected its first-ever female president, Park Geun-hye, and Shinzo Abe returned as Japan’s Prime Minister. Earlier in the year ……

president Shinzo Abe became Japan’s prime minister, the LDP and Abe have been setting their eyes... forces with war potential - Japan has only self-defense forces.“Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party ……

TOKYO - Japan's parliament approved a bill Monday to allow its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to provide... and Washington last month.The legislation allows Japan to send the SDF overseas during an armed ……

, a former education minister. In other major changes, Yoshinori Ono replaced Shigeru Ishiba as defense...JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rearranged his cabinet on Monday. The move was seen ……

, AFP reported. Under a US-imposed pacifist constitution after World War II, Japan’s military has been limited strictly to self-defense. But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing new bills that will allow ……

militaristic aggressionShinzo Abe became the first sitting Japanese prime minister in seven years... Minister Wang Yi *vowed China will fight to the finish if Japan continues to deliberately challenge ……

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug 28. XINHUAAs Japan...者) in the race include LDP Policy Chief Fumio Kishida and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, both ……

carriers. Some of Japan's naval ships can also perform as aircraft carriers. But China has yet to build one of its own.Recently, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie said that China would not remain ……

surveillance programs. Snowden was stuck for weeks at a Moscow airport after leaving Hong Kong, the first... outrage at home and abroad, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso retracted his Nazi comment on Aug 1 ……

female president-elect女性候任总统Park Geun-hye, 60, won a close *presidential election on Dec 19 to become the Republic of Korea’s (ROK’s) first female president, China Daily reported. The president-elect ……