Japan's U.N. ambassador says overhaul of Security Council is 'long overdue'
If the United Nations is to be seen as a truly credible institution, it is necessary to change the structure of the outdated Security Council, Japan’s U.N. ambassador says.
Any U.N. reform must include Security Council revamp, Abe tells Guterres
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York on Tuesday that reform of the United Nations must include changes to the Security Council in order to be meaningful. According to a senior Japanese official, Abe said he supports and wants ...
From immigration to zoning, reforms need central guidance to succeed: adviser
The central government must exert control over the regions to push through regulatory reforms needed for economic revival, said the head of a council on special economic zones. "Things will turn really bad when you just rely on local governments," Tatsuo Hatta, 72, said in ...
High risks, rewards in Xi's reforms
Only by addressing the weakening of investment-led growth, bureacratic inefficiencies and worsening pollution, and then shifting to an innovation-based, environmentally sustainable growth model, can China continue to prosper and ultimately achieve high-income status.
Reforming China's 'commanding heights'
Xi's effort to root out corruption has empowered both the party and the reformers. The question is how far they will take their reform ambitions.
Educator reverses school's fortunes by reviving progressive principles
When Evernote Corp. CEO Phil Libin visited Tokyo's Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin in May, the combined junior and senior high school for girls came under the media spotlight — not only because it was unusual for a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur to visit a girls' ...
If Chinese leader Xi Jinping is serious about enacting reforms, he should implement political and judiciary changes designed to strip the party of its privilege and firmly establish the rule of law.
China to give as many as five privately funded banks a chance
China will allow a batch of three to five banks funded by private investment this year to operate under a trial as part of the country's financial reforms, according to the China Banking Regulatory Commission. China will guide private investment to participate in the restructuring ...
Entrance exams get failing grade
National university exams are notorious for their emphasis on book learning. Once a year, examinees throng test sites, doing their best to regurgitate heaps of facts in the hopes of getting into the university of their choice. Once done, however, the pressure to study is off. ...
With rapid growth imperiled, China at a crossroads
China remains a colossus, but its future is increasingly clouded.
In light of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the Diet enacts a law to begin a drastic, three-stage reform of the electricity sector that will free up the regionally monopolized supply system.
