Welcome to Black Tokyo! TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan for the first time has a chance of a female prime minister in Yuriko Koike, but feminists are sceptical on whether she would do the country’s women any good.
Koike has hinted she may run in the September 22 race within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) [...]

Most of you all know that Fukuda resigned as Prime Minister (PM) of Japan. In response to why I didn’t blog about his resignation, the short answer is: “I’m waiting for the rest of the story!” In the meantime, I am following the buzz about Taro Aso.
The following article was forwarded by Tenrou Kibagami. [...]