TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Tokyo's Akihabara district, a popular electronics area which attracts both
Japanese and foreign comic and animation fans, marked the first anniversary

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Japan's key money supply gauge rose 2.7 percent in May from a year earlier,
marking the sharpest increase in six and a half years due partly to the

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Japan's current account surplus shrank 54.5 percent in April from a year
earlier, while signs are emerging to suggest the pace of decline in exports has

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Blind Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii shared first prize with Chinese pianist
Zhang Haochen at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition on

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo -
The Japan Coast Guard issued an alert to ships Monday as North Korea has banned
vessels from passing through part of the Sea of Japan, a move that could

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo -
The Japan Coast Guard issued an alert to ships Monday as North Korea has banned
vessels from passing through part of the Sea of Japan, a move that could

ABOARD THE SAZANAMI, in the Gulf of Aden, June 8 Kyodo -
It has been roughly two months since Japan's first antipiracy operations began

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday sought China's cooperation in
adopting a U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea's second

BEIJING, June 8 Kyodo -
North Korea's top court sentenced two American journalists to 12 years of labor

DUBAI, June 8 Kyodo -
Japanese companies are capitalizing on the growing popularity of Japanese food
such as high-quality fruit and beef in Dubai, the most populous of the