OSAKA, June 24 Kyodo - The Osaka Prefectural government will not appeal a court ruling that its decision in 2006 to reject applications from South Koreans living outside Japan for health passbooks

SUITA, Japan, June 24 Kyodo - Kawasaki Frontale staged a memorable comeback to knock holders Gamba Osaka out of the Asian Champions League and advance to the quarterfinals with a thrilling

TOKYO, June 24 Kyodo - Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano was confronted Wednesday with allegations that his fund management body might have received illegal donations from a dummy political organizatio

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo -
The government adopted a set of policy guidelines Tuesday to help restore

YOKOHAMA, June 23 Kyodo -
Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn told shareholders Tuesday the financial

BEIJING, June 23 Kyodo -
China stressed Tuesday that any interception and inspection of North Korean

MIYAZAKI, Japan, June 23 Kyodo -
The Liberal Democratic Party asked popular Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo -
The Tokyo High Court decided Tuesday to open a retrial of a 62-year-old man,
who was convicted and imprisoned for more than 17 years over a 1990 murder

NAHA, Japan, June 23 Kyodo -
Okinawa Prefecture on Tuesday marked the 64th anniversary of the end of the

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo -
A Japanese Foreign Ministry official played down on Tuesday the impact of U.S.