
AFP - Japan’s socialist party Sunday decided to leave the country’s ruling coalition in a row over a US base, putting pressure on Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama ahead of July elections, Jiji Press reported.

AFP - Japan’s socialist party Sunday decided to leave the country’s ruling coalition in a row over a US base, putting pressure on Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama ahead of July elections, Jiji Press reported.

AFP - Japan’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) Saturday maintained its threat to leave Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s coalition government, in a row over a US military base on Okinawa.

AFP - The US House of Representatives has defied the threat of a presidential veto by voting to fund a second engine for the F-35 fighter jet or additional cargo aircraft.