BEIJING, March 17 Kyodo - North Korea has slowed disablement work at its key nuclear reactor from what had already been a snail-like pace, complaining it has not been given energy aid promised in c

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - Vegetables and fish carrying labels showing the extent to which carbon dioxide emissions have been reduced to produce them compared with regular products will

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it will consider taking subordinated loans and subordinated bonds worth up to 1 trillion yen issued by commercial banks in an unusual emergenc

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa said Tuesday that he will make a decision on whether to resign after prosecutors reach a conclusion, possibl

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - The impact of the global financial crisis on Africa and measures to be reflected at the April 2 London financial summit are expected to top the agenda when Japan meets with

TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo - Japan's economy is ''worsening rapidly'' and is ''in a severe situation,'' the
government said Monday, leaving its economic assessment unchanged for the first

TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo -
Japan Post Holdings Co. officially gave up a plan to sell its nationwide
''Kampo-no-yado'' inn network in fiscal 2008 as the internal affairs ministry

TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo -
A group of scholars and writers filed a lawsuit Monday, demanding the
government disclose documents that they say indicate the existence of a secret

SAN DIEGO, California, March 16 Kyodo -
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched six shutout innings and his teammates pounded out 12

TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo - Justice Minister Eisuke Mori on Monday granted a 13-year-old Filipino girl a
special permit to stay in Japan for a year, after her parents decided last week