TOKYO, April 5 Kyodo - North Korea declared a success in putting a satellite into orbit Sunday but the launch suspected of being a Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile test stirred outcries fro

LONDON, April 2 Kyodo - Leaders of the world's major industrialized and emerging economies resolved Thursday to lift the world economy by implementing a total $5 trillion fiscal expansion to create

LONDON, April 3 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday, reiterated that a U.N.

LONDON, April 3 Kyodo - Japan got an official go-ahead for its additional stimulus plan at the just-concluded global financial summit in London, as summiteers managed to show a united front on the

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - The Justice Ministry presented in its interim report released Friday possible options that may be considered if Japan decides to review its statute of limitations on serious

BEIJING, April 3 Kyodo -
China will have more than 4 million wealthy households in six years, trailing

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo -
Japan is getting ready for an imminent rocket launch by North Korea in
anticipation that Pyongyang will go ahead with the launch as planned, Chief

PHNOM PENH, April 3 Kyodo -
Cambodian and Thai troops clashed along their disputed border Friday,

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo -
Japan and Djibouti reached a status of forces agreement Friday, stipulating the

LONDON, April 2 Kyodo - (EDS: RECASTING WITH FRESH INFO)