SAPPORO, July 11 Kyodo - The town of Toyako, Hokkaido, the host of the Group of Eight summit, was seen returning to its daily routine Thursday after the end of the event for which local people spen

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Sony Corp.

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed Thursday to work to realize a visit by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Mi

SINGAPORE, July 11 Kyodo - North Korea has agreed to sign the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' non-aggression treaty, ASEAN official sources and diplomats said Thursday.

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Eighty-nine percent of Japanese surveyed said they want their children and grandchildren to develop a habit of reading newspapers, according to results of the private-sector

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - The government appealed on Thursday a district court ruling that ordered the state to open the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture, citing concerns that opening it will e

RUSUTSU, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Japanese and international nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday criticized the Group of Eight nations for failing to agree on real action to tackle global

TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday expressed Japan's intention of enhancing dialogue with Brazil to boost economic relations as Brazilian President Lui

BEIJING, July 10 Kyodo - Negotiators to the six-party talks for denuclearizing North Korea held a series of bilateral talks on Wednesday, ahead of their first six-way negotiations in nine months th

TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - U.S. President George W.