DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickly

DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickly

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party.

Japanese singer hospitalized after drinking in Taipei

Japanese singer hospitalized after drinking in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Japanese starlet Tomoe Shinohara, who was reportedly hospitalized in Taipei on March 5 after what appeared to be a nervous breakdown induced by excessive drinking and work-related exhaustion. Shinohara, who arrived in Taiwan on March 2 on a promotional tour, started to raise a ruckus in the corridor in front of her room on the 10th floor of the Regent Hotel around 2 a.m. on March 5, according to local media reports.

DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickl

DPJ thinks e-mail ruckus over, to pick Diet affairs chief quickl

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihiko Noda (L), who will resign as Diet affairs chief of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, again apologizes at a party executives' meeting on March 1 for disrupting the Diet by alleging that Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie had in an e-mail ordered a payment to a son of ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe. DPJ is seeking to pick Noda's successor as early as possible as it believes the uproar about the e-mail allegation has been settled with the apology by DPJ lawmaker Hisayasu Nagata and executives of the party. (Kyodo)

Japanese singer hospitalized after drinking in Taipei

Japanese singer hospitalized after drinking in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Japanese starlet Tomoe Shinohara, who was reportedly hospitalized in Taipei on March 5 after what appeared to be a nervous breakdown induced by excessive drinking and work-related exhaustion. Shinohara, who arrived in Taiwan on March 2 on a promotional tour, started to raise a ruckus in the corridor in front of her room on the 10th floor of the Regent Hotel around 2 a.m. on March 5, according to local media reports.