TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - Japan's economy contracted in the October-December quarter at the fastest pace in about 35 years, shrinking an annualized real 12.1 percent, with the pace revised upward fro

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - Japan will host the first security meeting for senior defense officials from Japan and 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries next Tuesday to discuss ''n

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - Japan has decided to team up with South Korea for gathering information on Japanese abductees remaining in North Korea from defectors who now live in South Korea, diplomatic

TOKYO, March 11 Kyodo -
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The Japanese government on Wednesday welcomed the meeting in South Korea

TOKYO, March 11 Kyodo - The Japanese government on Wednesday welcomed the meeting between a former
North Korean agent and family members of a Japanese abductee in South Korea,

TOKYO, March 11 Kyodo -
All Nippon Airways Co. said Wednesday it will launch daily flights between

BUSAN, South Korea, March 11 Kyodo - Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui met with the brother and son of Japanese

TOKYO, March 11 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and a visiting special envoy to South Korean
President Lee Myung Bak agreed Wednesday that the two governments should voice

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - (EDS: ADDING ASO'S COMMENTS) Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada urged North Korea on Tuesday to

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - Japan will seek capital boost of the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank at a meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central