BEIJING, June 18 Kyodo - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day official visit to North Korea, China's neighbor and traditional ally.

BEIJING, June 18 Kyodo - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day official visit to North Korea, China's neighbor and traditional ally.

TOKYO, June 17 (Kyodo) - Japan and the United States agreed in 1956 to include commuting to and from, and drinking at the workplace in certain cases in the scope of U.S.

TOKYO, June 17 Kyodo - Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to cooperate in the development of new energy technologies as part of their efforts to address climate change, Japanese officials s

TOKYO, June 17 (Kyodo) - Every spring, Yi Jiefang plants trees in China's Inner Mongolia in the hope of holding back the spreading deserts and sandstorms, because greening the area was the wish of

TAIPEI, June 17 (Kyodo) - Taiwan's top representative to Japan slammed Monday his own government's handling of a diplomatic row with Tokyo as their bilateral ties appeared to further unravel and Ta

TOKYO, June 17 (Kyodo) - Crown Prince Naruhito left Haneda airport Monday for a 12-day trip to Brazil to attend a spate of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to t

Tokyo, June 17 Kyodo - Tokyo stocks closed over 2 percent higher Monday on the U.S. dollar's appreciation relative to the yen and eased inflation fears.

Tehran, June 17 Kyodo - A Japanese traveler freed Saturday after bandits kidnapped him in southeastern Iran in October apologized Monday for having caused trouble to the governments

Tokyo, June 17 Kyodo - A government climate change panel called for Japan to formulate an ''ambitious'' medium-term goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in a proposal submitted to Prime Minister Ya