SAO PAULO, June 23 (Kyodo) - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito on Saturday attended a memorial festival in this southeastern Brazilian city celebrating the centennial of Japanese emigration to the coun

KATHMANDU, June 21 Kyodo - Nepalese police broke up an anti-China protest in Kathmandu and temporarily detained over 600 Tibetan protesters on Saturday, police said.

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Kyodo) - Japan has indicated to member countries of the International Whaling Commission that it may resume commercial whaling if the IWC fails to alleviate tensions between pr

Aomori, Japan, June 21 Kyodo - Japanese police arrested the whale campaign coordinator and another member of conservation group Greenpeace Japan on Friday on suspicion of stealing whale meat, whic

Taipei, June 21 Kyodo - Japan officially apologized to Taiwan on Friday and reiterated its willingness to offer compensation for a ship collision earlier this month that sparked a diplomatic r

Sendai, June 21 Kyodo - The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Iwate and Miyagi prefectures last Saturday reached 12 on Friday after a body was found at a construction site in Ku

TOKYO, June 19 (Kyodo) - Japan and China have reached political agreement on gas exploration projects in the East China Sea in a major step forward in a longstanding dispute, with Japan to invest i

SEOUL, June 19 (Kyodo) - South Korea's top nuclear envoy urged Japan on Wednesday to participate in providing economic and energy aid to North Korea under an aid-for-denucelarization deal.

TOKYO, June 18 Kyodo - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday it will showcase an eco-friendly house almost free from greenhouse gas emissions on the occasion of a Group of Eight

TOKYO, June 18 Kyodo - Japan sees no need for the Group of Eight nations to agree at the July summit on a medium-term target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but expects the event to serve as a