TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday committed to rejuvenating Japan by turning the northeastern coastal region devastated by last month's earthquake and tsunami into one of

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - The government has lifted the ban on shipments of ''kakina'' leafy vegetables from Tochigi Prefecture after the level of radioactive materials detected stabilized below the

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Japan's major agricultural cooperative federation urged the operator of a crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday to compensate affected farmers, saying the radiatio

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday visited Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, in their first trip to an area badly hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, to console

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - The number of foreign travelers visiting Japan in March is estimated to have halved from a year earlier in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent

MORIOKA, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Sendai Airport partially resumed domestic flight operations on Wednesday after it was submerged by a tsunami following a massive earthquake last month, with a Japan

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - The maximum radiation level in Tokyo in the 16 hours through 9 a.m.

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan is considering developing an environmentally friendly town with a population of about 50,000 to 100,000 in the event residents need to leave their h

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - A government panel agreed Wednesday on a set of measures that would help ease tax burdens on people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which have ravaged housi

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - A government panel agreed Wednesday on a set of measures that would help ease tax burdens on people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which have ravaged housi