TOKYO, July 2 Kyodo - Business confidence among Japan's major manufacturers deteriorated in the three months through June from the previous quarter, the Bank of Japan's closely watched Tankan surve

TAIPEI, July 2 Kyodo - For nearly three decades, Taipei's Songshan Airport, in the city's center, has served mostly local travelers.

TOKYO, July 2 Kyodo - Japan Tobacco Inc.

TOKYO, July 2 Kyodo - The Japanese Foreign Ministry added Mongolia to the title of its China Division on Tuesday, making it the China and Mongolia Division, to underscore the ''strategic importance

TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo - Japan on Monday sought cooperation from the United Nations in creating an effective framework to combat climate change with the participation of all major greenhouse gas emitt

TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo - Group of Eight leaders will agree at their July 7-9 summit in Japan on a new initiative to expand the use of civil nuclear power to curb global warming with three princip

TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo - Japan and India on Monday signed a bilateral currency swap arrangement in which the two countries will provide up to $6 billion in total to prevent a financial crisis, th

TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo - Japan on Monday condemned Friday's one-man presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe as ''deplorable,'' with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura issuing a statement urging P

TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo - Japan pledged Monday to work with the United Nations in tackling the issues of climate change, African development and surging food prices, as Japanese Foreign Minister Masahi

TOKYO, July 1 Kyodo - The food served up in company dining halls used to be cheap but was not quite as good as employees had hoped for.