Intanto in Estremo Oriente...

[Io Robert]

Japan to Send Mission to New York, London to Promote Bond Sales


Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Japan next month will send officials to London and New York to promote sales of government bonds to foreign investors, Vice Finance Minister Ryotaro Tanose said.
Tanose made the comments today at a meeting of the fiscal and finance committee of the lower house of parliament in Tokyo. He didn't elaborate.
Japan wants to attract more foreign investors to its debt market as they account for just 3 percent of government bond sales, according to the Finance Ministry.
Japan's public debt, the heaviest in the industrialized world, is expected to total 719 trillion yen ($7 trillion), or equal to 144 percent of gross domestic product, by March 2005, the government has estimated.
The benchmark 1.5 percent bond due September 2014 was little changed at 100.471 at 3 p.m. in Tokyo to yield 1.445 percent, according to Japan Bond Trading Co. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.

[Io Robert]

Japan appears ready to extend mission in Iraq

TOKYO Even as increasing attacks have curtailed the activities of Japanese troops in southern Iraq, Japan's government appears poised to extend their mission and provide continued support for the Bush administration.
In an interview, Defense Minister Yoshinori Ono, while saying that the government would delay a decision until shortly before the current mission ends on Dec. 14, expressed satisfaction with the way the deployment has gone. In any event, the mission will not end immediately. Replacement troops bound for Iraq have just left Japan on what is expected to be a three-month tour.
The presence in Samawa, Iraq, of Japan's 550 noncombat troops, participating in the country's most important military mission since World War II, has provided important diplomatic backing for the Americans. In recent weeks, U.S. officials have urged Japan to extend the deployment, and General John Abizaid, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, visited the Japanese base this month.

[Lorenzo]

In origine postato da Io Robert
Bello questo dibattito-sfida fra Decima e Captain sulle reali condizioni dell'economia USA ma è off-topic , il thread è dedicato all'Estremo Oriente.

Il bello che stanno anche sparando minkiate!!

Miles Insulae

[Iron81]

In origine postato da Lorenzo
Il bello che stanno anche sparando minkiate!!

[ART]

Sono un po' troppo legati alle rispettive parti: uno sembra sostenere che gli USA hanno praticamente i giorni contati, per l'altro pare che gli USA siano tutto e il resto del mondo niente. Per me la verità sta nel mezzo.

[Io Robert]

GLI USA IMPONGONO SANZIONI A 4 COMPAGNIE CINESI

DIPARTIMENTO DI STATO USA : Gli Stati Uniti hanno imposto sanzioni su 4 compagnie cinesi e un'azienda nordcoreana per aver venduto , queste , materiali e tecnolgie relative ad armi di distruzione di massa alla Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran.

In a public notice posted on the federal register, the department identified the five entities as Liaoning Jiayi Metals and Minerals Co., Q.C. Chen, Wha Cheong Tai Co., Shanghai Triple International Ltd. and North Korea's Changgwang Sinyong Corp.
The two-year sanctions, effective Nov. 24 under the 2000 Iran Nonproliferation Act, include barring U.S. government departments and agencies from procuring any goods, technology or services from the five entities, providing them with assistance, allowing them to take part in aid programs, selling them designated defense goods and services, and granting them export licenses.
The posted notice does not say what the five entities sold to Iran.
Confirming the U.S. action with reporters, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said only, "They were sanctioned...because they were selling items on the export control list to Iran."



PECHINO S'OPPONE

BEIJING: China opposes US sanctions against four companies that Washington says are involved in arms sales to Iran, ma è disposta a punire le aziende se le accuse verranno comfermate, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday.

The US State Department said on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on four Chinese companies and a North Korean company for selling weapons or arms-related technology to Iran. “China sternly opposes the US using domestic laws to impose sanctions against some Chinese companies,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a news conference. The US government’s federal register named the Chinese “entities” as Liaoning Jiayi Metals and Minerals Company, QC Chen, Wha Cheong Tai Company Ltd and Shanghai Triple International Ltd.

“If there is conclusive evidence to prove that Chinese companies or individuals have engaged in illegal exporting activities, the Chinese government will punish them in accordance with the law,” Zhang said. China has laws limiting arms exports and preventing proliferation and had strengthened their implementation, she added.

The two-year sanctions include barring US agencies from buying goods or services from the firms, providing assistance to them, allowing them to take part in US aid programmes and selling them items on the United States Munitions List.

Zhang declined to say if the Chinese government was investigating. The Bush administration imposed sanctions on Xinshidai, or China New Era Group, which has connections to Chinese defence industries, for engaging in missile technology proliferation activities in September. reuters

[yurj]

I più distruttori che impongono... sanzioni

[Io Robert]

In origine postato da yurj
I più distruttori che impongono... sanzioni

E dove la vedi la contraddizione?

[Io Robert]

IL GIAPPONE ALZA LA TESTA


CORRIERE DELLA SERA-10 dic 047 Giappone: programma sviluppo missili con Usa
TOKYO (Giappone) - Il Giappone intende alleggerire l'embargo sulle esportazioni di armi, per poter partecipare con gli Stati Uniti al programma di sviluppo di un sistema missilistico. La storica decisione giapponese, annunciata oggi dal governo di Tokio, arriva con la pubblicazione del nuovo "Piano base di difesa nazionale", il primo dal 1995. Per la prima volta la Cina e' menzionata esplicitamente come minaccia potenziale alla sicurezza giapponese. (Agr)


NOTIZIA YAHOO

Japan has taken another step away from its post-World War II pacifism with the ending of its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defense planners to regard China and North Korea (news - web sites) as potential threats.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed to allow military sales -- only to the United States and for missile defense -- a day after it extended Japan's ground-breaking troop deployment in Iraq (news - web sites) for another year
The policy change Friday came in the form of a set of guidelines for defense policymakers, updated for the first time in nine years, along with a five-year outline for military procurements set to begin from April 2005.
The guidelines approved by the cabinet said Japan needed to change its mindset to have "multi-function, flexible defense capabilities" to deal with new threats such as terrorist and missile attacks.

A statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Japan decided to export missile parts to the United States under "strict controls" to contribute to "the Japan-US security alliance and secure the safety of our country."
Hosoda said any other military exports would be approved on a case-by-case basis. Koizumi on Friday held out the possibility that Japan, which is heavily dependent on oil shipments, could sell arms to Southeast Asian nations to fight piracy.
Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the country's largest commercial lobby, the Japan Business Federation or Keidanren, hailed the new defense policy, saying Japan was "in the midst of a major turning point."
The constitution imposed by US occupiers after World War II said Japan would forever renounce war. Japan has since produced top-of-the-line equipment which its military -- known as the Self-Defense Forces -- is forbidden to use.

Embracing its pacifist role, Japan in 1967 said it would ban all weapons sales to communist countries and other states perceived to threaten world peace. The self-imposed ban was tightened in 1976 to rule out all military exports.
Tokyo and Washington began to study a missile interception shield after Stalinist North Korea shocked the world in 1998 by firing a missile over Japan.
But Japan was forbidden from exporting missile components to its close ally because it has had a defense-only security policy since its bitter defeat in World War II.
The new defense outline comes as Japan sees increasing tension with both North Korea and China.
Japan has said Chinese ships have crossed into Japanese waters, often near disputed gasfields, at least 33 times this year, including a nuclear submarine that set off a diplomatic incident last month.

Hosoda played down the symbolism of the guidelines, noting they did not explicitly label China a threat. But he said that due to growing Chinese military and economy strength, Japan "needs to watch China."
The guidelines said: "China, which has a great impact on security in this region, is pushing ahead with enhancing its nuclear and missile capabilities in modernizing its navy and air force while expanding marine activities."
Tomohide Murai, professor of Japan's state-run National Defense Academy and specialist on East Asia security issues, said Beijing "will surely upgrade and modernize its military" as its economy grows.
"Although China has never said it would attack Japan, we cannot really rule out its offensive intention given the fact that the Chinese nuclear submarine just entered our waters," he said.

Bilateral visits have been on hold, with China voicing anger over Koizumi's repeated visits to a Tokyo shrine dedicated to 2.5 million Japanese war dead including seven men hanged for World War II war crimes.
The guidelines said North Korea was "developing, deploying and proliferating weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles," describing its military moves as serious, destabilizing factors in the region.
An advisory panel to Koizumi mapping out the defense strategies recommended in October that Japan study acquiring the ability to launch pre-emptive strikes.
But there was no explicit reference to that point in the new outline. Murai said it probably reflected "a lack of debate among people" as well as fear that such a major move would cause unnecessary concern at home and abroad.




MILITARI GIAPPONESI ANCORA UN ANNO ALMENO IN IRAQ
IRAQ: GIAPPONE, GOVERNO APPROVA PROROGA MISSIONE TRUPPE
(AGI/REUTERS/EFE) - Tokyo, 9 dic. -Il governo giapponese ha deciso di prorogare per un anno ancora la missione delle truppe nipponiche in Iraq meridionale: l'esecutivo ha prolungato fino al 14 dicembre del 2005 lo stanziamento dei quasi 600 soldati che il Giappone ha dislocato nella base di Samawa.
La decisione, fortemente osteggiata dall'opinione pubblica, era stata approvata in mattinata dai due partiti di governo, i libeldemocratici e il Nuovo Komeito. I soldati giapponesi a Samawa (appoggiati da un'unita' di circa 200 effettivi dell'areonautica di stanza in Kuwait), si trovano nella citta' meridionale irachena dal gennaio del 2004, "con fini -secondo il governo- umanitari e di ricostruzione". L'opposizione avrebbe voluto che il prolungamento della missione fosse discusso in Parlamento nel corso dell'attuale sessione (che si conclude domani); ma il governo non ha voluto prolungare la sessione parlamentare e ha prorogato la missione senza ricorrere al Parlamento, ma con l'appoggio dei due partiti di governo, che del resto hanno la maggioranza nella Dieta.
Il primo ministro Junichiro Koizumi, strettissimo alleato del presidente Usa, George W. Bush, si e' speso in prima persona nell'appoggio alla campagna militare. Per il Giappone, si tratta della prima missione di soldati giapponesi in una zona straniera di conflitto dalla fine della II Guerra Mondiale: un passo storico che e' stato accompagnato dalla critiche di chi ritiene che la missione violi la Costituzione pacifista del Paese e dal timore che i soldati possano essere coinvolti in scontri. (AGI) -
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