Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi to retire from politics
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed his intention Thursday to retire from politics when his current term as a lawmaker ends, people close to him said.
New Japanese leader Aso leaves for N.Y. for U.N. speech, bilateral talks
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - New Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso left Tokyo for New York on Thursday afternoon to address the U.N.
Isetan Mitsukoshi to close 6 department stores by next spring
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japan's largest department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
U.S. nuke aircraft carrier George Washington deployed in Yokosuka
YOKOSUKA, Japan, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington arrived Thursday at
Approval rate for Aso's Cabinet stands at 48.6%: Kyodo poll
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The approval rate for Prime Minister Taro Aso's just-inaugurated Cabinet stood
at 48.6 percent Thursday, according to the latest Kyodo News poll, lower than
FOCUS: Japan stages comeback to rescue battered Wall Street firms
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Just as the world's second-largest economy was about to lapse into a recession,
Japanese banking giants have staged a stunning comeback with a frenzied series
Japanese gov't set to shelve consumption tax hike idea: Yosano
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japan is likely not to implement a consumption tax hike over the next three years now that Taro Aso has become president of the ruling Liberal Democratic
