PATTAYA, Thailand, April 11 Kyodo - Asian leaders who were here to attend regional summits over the weekend abruptly evacuated the Thai beach resort city of Pattaya on Saturday after antigovernment
PATTAYA, Thailand, April 11 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hinted Saturday during talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Pattaya, Thailand, tha
TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Masaaki Shirakawa ended the first of his five years as Bank of Japan governor this week, with analysts giving him passing marks for his handling of the global credit turmoil
TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa expressed opposition Friday to U.S.
TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested Friday that Japan may make concessions and not insist on the adoption of a U.N.
TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso's announcement of an extra budget proposal for fiscal 2009 has triggered speculation among House of Representatives lawmakers about when the prime mi
PATTAYA, Thailand, April 10 Kyodo - Japan and South Korea have separately proposed strong statements on North Korea's rocket launch to be issued by Asian leaders when they meet here this weekend, s
TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were congratulated on their 50th wedding anniversary Friday with thousands of people signing congratulatory books and around 100 couples
TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Japan adopted on Friday a fresh stimulus package involving the largest-ever public fund spending worth about 3 percent of its gross domestic product, which the government sa
