TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - The Japanese petrochemical industry may experience a wave of realignments as a gigantic petrochemical plant, jointly built in Saudi Arabia by Sumitomo Chemical Co.

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo -
Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, said

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Japan will host an international donors conference on April 17 to help Pakistan fight terrorism and overcome economic challenges, with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Major Japanese automakers continued to slash output sharply in February, with industry leader Toyota Motor Corp.

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Prosecutors said they indicted on Tuesday a secretary of Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, over a fundraising scandal.

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada disputed a claim Tuesday made by a senior government source a day earlier that Japan would be unable to intercept a rocket that North Korea

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone will meet Wednesday to decide what steps the Japanese governm

NARITA, Japan, March 23 Kyodo - A FedEx cargo plane from China crash-landed and burst into flames Monday morning at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, killing the two U.S.

AOMORI, Japan, March 23 Kyodo - The U.S. Navy's Aegis guided missile destroyer deployed in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, made a port call Monday in Aomori, as North Korea prepares

FUKUOKA, March 23 Kyodo - A group of Chinese has appealed a high court ruling that dismissed a damages suit filed against the Japanese government and two Japanese companies for forcing 45 Chinese n