TOKYO, Feb. 9 Kyodo -
The support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso has plunged further

COLOMBO, Feb. 7 Kyodo - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa called Saturday for the laying down of arms and unconditional surrender by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who

TOKYO, Feb. 7 Kyodo - The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has decided to approve Tokyo Electric
Power Co.'s plan to reactivate one of its seven nuclear power reactors at its

TOKYO, Feb. 7 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso on Saturday underscored his determination to resolve a
longstanding territorial dispute with Russia, calling on the government and the

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Taro Aso told Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday
that Japan will provide a fresh yen loan of 63 billion yen to Thailand to

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo -
Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. said Friday it expects to incur a group

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo -
(EDS: ADDING INFO)
Japan's six major banking groups incurred a combined loss of 991.3 billion yen

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday lowered its forecast for the 2008 business year to
March to a net group loss of 350 billion yen, the first red ink since it began

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Japan's six major banking groups saw a combined loss of some 990 billion yen
(about $10.8 billion) in their stock investments in the nine months through

TOKYO, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Japan Airlines Corp. said Friday it anticipates a group operating loss of 37
billion yen for the current business year through March, its first red ink in