Tokyo, March 22 (Jiji Press)--Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist Paul Krugman on Tuesday expressed opposition to Japan's plan to raise the 8 pct consumption tax to 10 pct in April 2017.

Tokyo, March 22 (Jiji Press)--Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist Paul Krugman on Tuesday expressed opposition to Japan's plan to raise the 8 pct consumption tax to 10 pct in April 2017.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul, March 21 (Jiji Press)--North Korea fired several short-range projectiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday afternoon, according the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Jerusalem, March 17 (Jiji Press)--Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front intends to present conditions for the release of Jumpei Yasuda, a Japanese freelance journalist missing in Syria, in nagotiations wi