TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - A total of 16 Indonesian and Filipino nurses passed Japan's qualification examination held in February, paving the way for them to work as nurses in Japan, the health minist

TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - Japan pushed ahead with work to restore power and key cooling functions at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Thursday despite three workers' exposure to radiati

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo -The number of foreigners arriving at Narita International Airport near Tokyo between March 11, when the massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, and March 22 plunged abou

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will resume production of the Prius and other hybrid vehicles, while Honda Motor Co.

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - The search for missing people following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan has been hindered in Fukushima Prefecture due to the ongoing nuclear crisis there, rescu

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Some airlines are planning to resume flights to and from Narita airport near Tokyo, but others are poised to reduce their services in Japan nearly two weeks after a massive

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - A former temporary worker who has admitted to carrying out a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district in 2008 was sentenced to death Thursday at the Tokyo Dis

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Water with radiation levels considered to be unsafe for infants to drink has been found at several purification plants outside of Tokyo, local officials said Thursday, while

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Abnormally high levels of radioactive materials were again detected in the sea near the crisis-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, its operator said Thursday, w

TOKYO, Japan, March 23 Kyodo -