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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

TOKYO, Sept.