TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - At least two people were seriously injured Saturday when they were hit by strong wind caused by a low pressure system covering eastern Japan.

KURE, Japan, March 14 Kyodo - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers set sail Saturday for an antipiracy mission off Somalia, marking the first such activity abroad for the country's Self-

TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso warned in a strongly worded message to North

TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Taro Aso said Friday he would not overlook it if North Korea

TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo -
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Friday ordered the dispatch of

TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Taro Aso ordered the ruling parties Friday to compile
large-scale additional economic measures lasting several fiscal years in an

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TOKYO, March 13 Kyodo -
A Filipino couple facing the threat of deportation have decided to leave their

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - Beef and pork products from somatic cell-cloned cows, pigs and their offspring are as safe as those from conventionally bred ones, the Japanese government's food risk assess

MAEBASHI, Japan, March 12 Kyodo - The Justice Ministry granted a one-year residence status Thursday to an Iranian female college student who had illegally stayed in Japan for more than 10 years, mi