TOKYO, July 19 Kyodo - The current price hikes facing the Japanese economy is not a temporary development, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said Friday, suggesting the central bank may rais

TOKYO, July 19 Kyodo - The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted three former top executives of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, who were indicted for window-dressing the bank's financial sta

TAIPEI, July 19 Kyodo - A ''second wave'' of Chinese tourists began arriving in Taiwan on Friday on nonstop charter flights, in a further sign of warming ties across the Taiwan Strait.

NAHA, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - The Okinawa prefectural assembly adopted a nonbinding resolution Friday against a Japan-U.S. plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station within

TOKYO, July 19 Kyodo - The central government and five local municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture agreed Friday to set up two task forces this month to promote the stalled project of relocating the

TOKYO, July 18 (Kyodo) - Former Asian Development Bank President Tadao Chino died Thursday of liver failure at a hospital in the city of Saitama, his family said. He was 74.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Kyodo) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday warned of a further slowdown in the global economy amid growing inflationary pressure and slowing demand in developed coun

BEIJING, July 17 (Kyodo) - China's economic growth slowed slightly in the second quarter, according to government figures released Thursday, partly due to a fall in demand for its exports, particul

TOKYO, July 18 (Kyodo) - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Thursday it is unlikely that Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers will hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of a reg

SYDNEY, July 17 (Kyodo) - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday used the fourth day of his weeklong visit to Australia to highlight the deterioration of the natural environment, urging people to ''exercis