TOKYO, Jan. 3 Kyodo -
Japan's most influential business lobby is planning to compile its own
job-creating measures to address a recent tide of layoffs among temporary

NARITA, Japan, Jan. 3 Kyodo -
Overseas vacationers and other travelers crowded Narita International Airport

VIENNA, Jan. 3 Kyodo -
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that Japan's Yukiya Amano
and South African Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty have been nominated as

TOKYO, Jan. 3 Kyodo -
Almost all of 109 major Japanese companies surveyed said Japan is in recession,

TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo -
Major department stores kicked off their business for 2009 on Friday, cutting

TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo - The road traffic death toll during 2008 in Japan decreased for the eighth year
in a row to 5,155, down 589 from a year before, the National Police Agency said

TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo - Emperor Akihito offered his annual New Year's greetings to well-wishers who
gathered at the Imperial Palace on Friday.

TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo - A temporary tent village set up at a central Tokyo park has drawn more than 300
people without jobs or homes since it was set up on New Year's eve by

BEIJING, Jan. 1 Kyodo -
North Korea on Thursday criticized South Korea's leadership for its hard-line

TOKYO, Jan. 1 Kyodo -
A South Korean woman entered Japan last April passing through Japan's biometric