TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo - Bills to form a new government agency to comprehensively deal with consumer affairs cleared the House of Representatives on Friday with unanimous support, paving the way for

TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan on Friday downgraded assessments on seven out of the nation's nine regional economies on slowing consumption and a sharp drop in capital investments, with

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U.S. nuclear experts who were involved in disablement work at North Korea's

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Japan's economy is ''worsening rapidly'' and is ''in a severe situation,'' the

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Pakistan garnered more than $5 billion, or 500 billion yen, in fresh aid for a

TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo - The estimated number of people who were born on or after Aug.

TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday he told visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that Japan will offer up to $1 billion to Pakistan at a donors conference Friday

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Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone and his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung

TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Taro Aso said Thursday he told visiting Pakistani President Asif

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Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone and his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung