Soccer: Bin Hammam to appeal FIFA suspension
ZURICH (Kyodo) - Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed bin Hammam will appeal the provisional ban handed down to him by FIFA's ethics committee ahead of Wednesday's Congress.
Cooling system pumps stop for 15 hours at Fukushima plant's No. 5 unit
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday pumps to cool the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant's No.
Cooling system pumps stop for 15 hours at Fukushima plant's No. 5 unit
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday pumps to cool the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant's No.
Typhoon weakens to tropical storm, downpours expected across Japan+
(Kyodo) - Typhoon Songda weakened to a tropical storm off Shikoku Island in southwestern Japan on Sunday afternoon, but the Japan Meteorological Agency warned it could still bring downpours and str
Japan, China, S. Korea to jointly tackle tourism predicament
(Kyodo) - Tourism ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Sunday to jointly work out crisis management guidelines to address critical events that negatively affect tourism, such as natur
Japan, EU to start preliminary free trade talks, promote nuke safety
BRUSSELS (Kyodo) - Japanese and European Union leaders on Saturday agreed to swiftly start preparatory talks for a future free trade accord during an annual summit in Brussels, while vowing to coop
Defense Ministry to hire U.S. Embassy security expert
TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Defense Ministry will hire Ayako Kimura, an expert on security issues at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, on June 8 as a senior official in charge of the relocation of a U.S.
U.N. chief likely to visit quake-hit areas in Japan
NEW YORK (Kyodo) - U.N.
G-8 leaders agree on need for better int'l nuclear standards
DEAUVILLE, France, May 27 Kyodo - Leaders from the Group of Eight major powers agreed Friday on the need to better define international standards for nuclear safety and further cooperate in assisti
Kan airs regret over Russian deputy PM's visit to disputed isles
DEAUVILLE, France, May 27 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan voiced regret Friday over a recent visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov to disputed islands off Hokkaido in a mee
