SAPPORO, July 31 Kyodo - Some events to promote exchanges between students in Hokkaido and South Korea have been canceled, largely due to the aggravated dispute between Japan and itsneighbor over S

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - NTT Docomo Inc., Japan's top mobile phone carrier, said Wednesday its group net profit for the April-June quarter surged 41.3 percent from a year earlier to 173.51 billion ye

LOS ANGELES, July 30 Kyodo - The U.S.

GENEVA, July 30 Kyodo - Key free trade talks under the World Trade Organization collapsed Tuesday, although a historic deal was within sight at one point, as the United States and emerging economie

CAIRO, July 30 Kyodo - A team of Japanese officials arrived in the Egyptian capital Tuesday to conduct research on dispatching defense personnel to U.N.

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda voiced concern Wednesday about the breakdown of global trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

LONDON, July 30 Kyodo - Britain hopes Japan will continue providing support for antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean amid fears that politicians could end the support, a senior British offi

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - As Japan waits for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to make a decision, possibly as early as Thursday, on reshuffling his Cabinet, foreign diplomacy has effectively been halted as

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda indicated Wednesday he will reshuffle his Cabinet in the near future after two ministers return home Thursday from the World Trade Organization ta

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - Japan will withdraw its Air Self-Defense Force from Iraq by the end of this year in line with the expiration of a U.N.