NUSA DUA, Indonesia, May 4 Kyodo - The Asian Development Bank kicked off a two-day annual meeting Monday with a call for economic rebalancing and environmental sustainability in efforts to support

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, May 4 Kyodo - Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano pledged at an Asian Development Bank meeting Monday to provide $100 million (about 10 billion yen) in grant aid over the ne

PRAGUE, May 4 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek agreed Sunday in Prague to promote bilateral cooperation in countering global warming and intensify t

PRAGUE, May 4 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested Sunday a general election could be held around the time of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election slated for July 12, although the

TOKYO, May 4 Kyodo - The number of children aged under 15 is estimated to have totaled 17.14 million in Japan as of April 1, marking a record low for the 28th straight year due to the declining bir

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, May 3 Kyodo -
Japan will be ready to offer support measures worth a total of 10 trillion yen

TOKYO, May 3 Kyodo -
Relatives of murder victims who are critical of the statute of limitations for

TOKYO, May 3 Kyodo -
Defenders of Japan's postwar Constitution in its present form and others
advocating its amendment held rallies across the country on Sunday, a national

KATHMANDU, May 3 Kyodo -
Nepal's Council of Ministers fired army chief Gen. Rookmangud Katawal on
Sunday, saying the government was dissatisfied with Katawal's explanation of

PRAGUE, May 3 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso arrived Sunday in the Czech Republic on the