TOKYO • Japan’s struggling main opposition party yesterday elected a former foreign minister as its leader – the third person in the post in 12 months..
New leader for Japan’s opposition party
TOKYO • Japan’s struggling main opposition party yesterday elected a former foreign minister as its leader – the third person in the post in 12 months.
Mr Seiji Maehara, 55, beat out former top government spokesman Yukio Edano, who was a high-profile face during the 2011 tsunami disaster.
The centre-left Democratic Party was booted from office in late 2012 following a series of mis-steps and policy flip-flops, along with criticism over its handling of the tsunami-triggered Fukushima nuclear disaster.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Filipinos to face jail over fake news
MANILA • Spreading fake news in the Philippines is now a crime and anybody proven to have done so can be locked up in jail for up to six months and fined up to 200,000 pesos (S$5,000) , according to a law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday.
