Tourism agency maps out action plan to lure more foreign tourists+
TOKYO, Jan.
ILO foresees up to 230 mil. jobless people in 2009+
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan.
World economy`'falling off a cliff,` warns BOJ chief Shirakawa
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa warned on Tuesday about the current
sharp deterioration in the global economy, describing the downturn as if it
U.N. rapporteur raises concern over N. Korea food crisis, rights abuses
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - An independent U.N. investigator on North Korea's human rights situation
Tuesday described the food shortage and rights violations in the country as
Former Foreign Minister Kakizawa dies at 75
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Koji Kakizawa, a former House of Representatives member and foreign minister, died Tuesday of esophagus cancer at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was
75.
Toyota union eyes 1.9 mil. yen bonus, sharply down from FY 2008
NAGOYA, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp.'s labor union has decided to seek an average of about 1.9
million yen in annual bonuses per worker for the 2009 business year, down more
Diet enacts 2nd extra budget for fiscal 2008
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - The Diet enacted Tuesday a second supplementary budget to reinvigorate the
economy featuring a controversial cash handout plan, following an intensified
Gov`t to tell defense force on Wed. to prepare for antipiracy mission
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada will instruct the Self-Defense Forces
on Wednesday morning to prepare for a deployment to waters off Somalia to
