State ordered to open Isahaya Bay dike
SAGA, Japan, June 28 Kyodo - The Saga District Court on Friday ordered the state to open the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture for five years, ruling in favor of some 2,500 fishermen who cla
Japanese inflation at fastest pace in over 15 years
TOKYO, June 28 Kyodo - The key Japanese consumer price index rose 1.5 percent in May from a year earlier, the fastest increase in more than 15 years, as worldwide inflationary pressure pushed
May jobless rate flat from April at 4%, no. of unemployed up
TOKYO, June 28 Kyodo - Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 4.0 percent in May, unchanged from the previous month, but the number of jobless people logged the
Highest no. of firms hold shareholders meetings for FY 2007
TOKYO, June 28 Kyodo - The largest number of companies, whose previous fiscal year ended March 31, held their shareholders meetings for the business year on Friday amid increasing attendance of act
Blair calls for G-8 accord on 2050 CO2 cut target at July summit
TOKYO, June 28 Kyodo - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Group of Eight leaders on Friday to agree to last year's Japan proposal to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 during
G-8 urgently issues statement voicing 'grave concern' over Zimbabwe
KYOTO, June 28 Kyodo - The Group of Eight foreign ministers urgently issued a joint statement Friday expressing ''grave concern'' over the situation in Zimbabwe and urging the African nation t
G-8 stresses need to verify N. Korea nukes, condemns Zimbabwe election
KYOTO, June 28 Kyodo - The Group of Eight major nations stressed Friday the importance of verifying North Korea's account of its nuclear programs and deplored the political violence in Zimbabw
FOCUS: U.S.-N. Korea thaw deepens Japan crisis in 6-way talks
KYOTO, June 28 Kyodo - The U.S. action to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism dealt a blow to Japan as the country counted on a hard U.S.
High fuel costs to keep 30% of Asian tuna fishing boats in port
TOKYO, June 28 Kyodo - Japanese and three other Asian unions representing pelagic long-line tuna fishing operators under a Tokyo-based umbrella group have agreed to suspend operations in a co
Japan, U.S. to cooperate in verification of N. Korea declaration
Kyoto, June 28 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and U.S.
