TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - The Japanese government will lift punitive tariffs on computer chips made by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., leading to a settlement of a three-year trade dispute be

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Private-sector job offers to students graduating from universities and graduate schools next March have totaled a four-year low of 725,000, reflecting companies' cautious hi

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso will send a letter to U.S.

NARITA, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - An undocumented Filipino couple, who were under a deportation order, left Japan from Narita airport Monday afternoon to return to the Philippines, leaving behind the

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday welcomed a basic agreement by the U.N.

NIIGATA, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Local municipalities on Monday urged Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates a nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, to probe the cause of a minor fire Saturd

PATTAYA, Thailand, April 12 Kyodo -
Japan's acceptance of a U.N. Security Council presidential statement in

TOKYO, April 12 Kyodo - Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp.

YOKOSUKA, Japan, April 11 Kyodo - The Maritime Self-Defense Force's first helicopter-carrying destroyer was opened to the public Saturday for the first time since it was deployed to the MSDF's Yoko

TOKYO, April 11 Kyodo - A woman from Aichi Prefecture became Japan's first ticket holder for the 2010 Shanghai Expo in a Tokyo ceremony Saturday kicking off a promotional campaign for the expositio