TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said Wednesday that Japan is watching
''calmly'' the recent steep rise in the yen's value against the U.S. dollar,

TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
A parliamentary defense secretary received a reprimand from Chief Cabinet
Secretary Hirofumi Hirano on Wednesday for saying that Japan's refueling

TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama indicated Wednesday it is unlikely his government
will be able to submit a second extra budget for fiscal 2009 to an

TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
The government will set up two task forces to implement Japan's new climate
change policy unveiled by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama that involves a 25

TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
Two group firms of loss-making Japan Airlines Corp. have already carried out

TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
A very strong typhoon in the Pacific may be taking a ''quite dangerous'' course
and could sweep across large swaths of the Japanese archipelago as it is

TOKYO, Oct. 6 Kyodo -
Japan hopes to confirm cooperation with China and South Korea at Saturday's
trilateral summit meeting in addressing the North Korean nuclear, ballistic

TOKYO, Oct. 7 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama hinted Wednesday that the government could shift

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 Kyodo -
Toyota Motor Corp. told the U.S. government Monday of a decision to issue a

CHIBA, Japan, Oct. 6 Kyodo -
Japan's biggest information technology and electronics fair -- CEATEC -- opened