Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan will extend its sanctions
against North Korea by one year from the expiration set for April 13,
government officials said Tuesday.

Washington, March 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese architects Kazuyo
Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have won the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)--Nissan Motor Co. <7201> is in a final
phase of talks to ink a cross-shareholding deal with major German automaker

Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Yukio
Hatoyama said Wednesday that the government has yet to give cabinet approval

Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government disclosed Wednesday an outline of measures to revamp the government-held Japan Post Holdings Co.

Sapporo, March 22 (Jiji Press)--The Sapporo District Public
Prosecutors Office on Monday indicted two people over an election money

Doha, March 18 (Jiji Press)--A Monaco-proposed ban on international commercial trade in Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna was rejected Thursday at a key panel meeting of an ongoing conference

Tokyo, March 17 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan decided to double
the amount of liquidity supplied under its new money market operation to 20

Tokyo, March 16 (Jiji Press)--The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)
plans to introduce cross-listings of exchange-traded funds with the Tokyo

Tokyo, March 15 (Jiji Press)--The government has kicked off studies
at a panel of experts to draw up a basic defense program for Japan for the
first time since 2004.