Average land prices fall across Japan for 1st time in 3 yrs+
TOKYO, March 23 Kyodo - Average land prices in Japan fell in both commercial and residential areas as of Jan.
Baseball: No more surprise, Japan, S. Korea set for WBC final+
LOS ANGELES, March 23 Kyodo - In what could be described as an inevitable encounter, Japan and South Korea will square off in the World Baseball Classic final Monday, their fifth meeting in the sec
Japanese firms planning sharp cutbacks in recruitment+
TOKYO, March 22 Kyodo -
Major Japanese firms are planning to sharply curtail new graduate recruitment
in the spring of 2010 from a year earlier as business confidence has
Death toll in Gunma nursing home fire rises to 10
MAEBASHI, Japan, March 21 Kyodo -
Three more people have died in hospital due to a fire late Thursday evening at
N. Korea to close 2 aerial routes for `satellite` launch
TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo -
North Korea will close two aerial routes through its controlled airspace from
Business leaders urge Aso to form new economic steps of 30 tril. yen
TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo -
Business leaders urged Prime Minister Taro Aso on Saturday to compile
additional economic steps worth 30 trillion yen after the main budget for
Gaffe-prone Aso says stock traders can be `shady,` `not trusted`
TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo -
Gaffe-prone Prime Minister Taro Aso said Saturday that stock traders can be
considered ''shady'' in rural areas and stock industry people ''are not
