Japan economy likely to decelerate more next year: BOJ's Noda
KUSHIRO, Japan, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Bank of Japan policymaker Tadao Noda said Thursday that Japan's economic
slowdown is expected to ''pick up pace'' next year, contradicting the BOJ's
Signatures to protest journalist's slaying submitted to Myanmar Embassy
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The family of slain Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai and their supporters
renewed their protest Thursday against Myanmar's military government ahead of
BOJ's 1st dollar-fund supply auction meets weak demand
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan's first-ever dollar-fund supply operation has met with
sluggish demand with bids for money undershooting the amount the central bank
Gov't may need to spend more to support smaller firms: Nikai
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The government may need to spend more to enhance its new credit guarantee and lending programs to smaller firms in the wake of a serious financial crisis in
2 ex-Dutch POWs apply to Japan for A-bomb recognition
NAGASAKI, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Two former Dutch prisoners of war who were detained in Nagasaki during World War II and survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the city applied Thursday for
Kawaguchi appeals for total elimination of nuke weapons
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 Kyodo - A Japanese envoy urged high level officials at a meeting Wednesday to ratify
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty as soon as possible.
New land minister Nakayama retracts 'gaffes' in media interviews
TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Nariaki Nakayama, the new minister of land, infrastructure, transport and
tourism, on Thursday retracted a series of remarks in media interviews earlier
