TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo -
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso on
Thursday for remarks in which he showed his willingness to review postal

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo -
Seven people committed suicide in 2008 after posting online messages suggesting
suicidal action, according to a National Police Agency survey released

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Japanese wholesale prices fell 0.2 percent in January from a year earlier for
the first year-on-year decline in five years and one month due to sharp

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo -
The number of people who voluntarily gave up their driver's licenses in Japan

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone and visiting U.N. special envoy to Myanmar
Ibrahim Gambari agreed Thursday to step up joint efforts to press the Myanmar

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo -
Prosecutors served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on a criminal defendant for
allegedly intimidating a woman who testified against him in court.

NAGOYA, Feb. 12 Kyodo - A former sumo elder denied charges Thursday that he ordered wrestlers at his
stable to haze and assault a teenage grappler who later died from related

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co.

TAIPEI, Feb. 12 Kyodo - Japan welcomes the recent warming in relations between Taiwan and China, but it
continues to fret over security issues in the Taiwan Strait and seeks to

TOKYO, Feb. 12 Kyodo -
Japanese electronics maker Pioneer Corp. said Thursday it will withdraw from