Temp workers given shelter, appeal for aid for unemployed
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Temporary workers who have lost their jobs and places to live in the current
economic slump and other homeless workers began moving Monday to shelters
BOJ likely to project negative economic growth in FY 2009
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
The Bank of Japan is close to a decision to downgrade the prospects for the
Japan's new auto sales plunge to 34-year low in 2008
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Domestic sales of new vehicles, excluding minivehicles, fell to a 34-year low
of 3,212,342 units in 2008 -- nearly half of the peak level in 1990 -- as
Hyogo institute launches 5-yr health checks of Sichuan quake victims
KOBE, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
An institute at the University of Hyogo has launched a five-year program to
Diet convenes, debates to focus on extra budget
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Japan's parliament convened Monday for a regular 150-day session, with ruling
and opposition parties expected to clash over a supplementary budget for fiscal
Bayer filed for stem cell patent before Kyoto Univ. team
TOKYO, Jan. 4 Kyodo -
German chemical giant Bayer AG applied for a patent in Japan on June 15, 2007,
Japan protests to China over work at gas field
BEIJING, Jan. 4 Kyodo -
Japan has lodged repeated protests to China for continuing exploration work at
Ex-lawmaker Nagata commits suicide in Fukuoka
FUKUOKA, Jan. 4 Kyodo -
Former House of Representatives member Hisayasu Nagata, who resigned as an
Aso not to call general election until passage of FY 2009 budget
TOKYO, Jan. 4 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Taro Aso said Sunday he will not consider dissolving the House
Japan pledges $10 mil. in humanitarian aid to Palestinians
TOKYO, Jan. 3 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged Saturday to provide $10 million (about
