TOKYO, June 20 Kyodo - The total amount of stock dividends planned to be paid by listed firms for fiscal 2008 is expected to mark the first drop in seven years, mirroring deteriorating business res

SEMEY, Kazakhstan, June 20 Kyodo - Kazakhstan plans to build a new-generation nuclear power reactor by introducing Japanese technologies, the head of the country's national nuclear institute

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The Diet on Friday enacted three laws including an antipiracy law that had been

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
A former Australian Allied prisoner of war and a son of a British POW, who are

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The House of Councillors passed a bill Friday to establish a corporate
turnaround entity for financially troubled but otherwise viable small and

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
Visiting Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov called Friday for
stability in Iran where there has been turmoil in the wake of a presidential

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The Japanese government formally revised and relaxed its guidelines for dealing
with the new H1N1 influenza Friday, basically allowing every medical

TOKYO, June 18 Kyodo -
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will visit Japan from June 30 to July 2 for

MIYAZAKI, Japan, June 19 Kyodo -
Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The office of Ichiro Ozawa, former head of the main opposition Democratic Party
of Japan, ultimately determined the winners in bidding for public works