Toky (Jiji Press) - Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with the five members of popular Japanese male pop group SMAP on Saturday night and said he will heartily welcome a SMAP concert in China

Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--Stocks bounced back moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday morning, supported by an overnight ascent of U.S. equities and stability in exchange rates.

Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Stocks failed to hold on to their early gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday morning, as buying on the back of overnight rallies of overseas stock markets proved s

Tokyo, May 18 (Jiji Press)--Stocks advanced on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday morning on short covering prompted by a weaker yen.

Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--Experts are divided on the impact on the global economy of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--Stocks stayed under selling pressure after a two-day fall on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday morning, pressured by U.S.

Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)--The government made a formal decision Friday on a framework to compensate those affected by the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> Fukushima No.

Tokyo, May 11 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will decide on May 20 whether to sign the Hague treaty on cross-border parental abductions of children after breakups in international marriage,

Tokyo, May 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor ministry is investigating Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> over a female worker's exposure to radiation above the legal limit at the Fukushima No.

Tokyo, May 6 (Jiji Press)--Stocks fell back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday morning, on the back of the yen's rise and an overnight fall on Wall Street, with the key Nikkei average briefly falli