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Gov't report calls for enhancing economic resilience after disaster

TOKYO, July 22 Kyodo - Japan needs to enhance its economic resilience to achieve sustainable growth after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as the disaster and subsequent nuclear crisis may exert

Kan apologizes for lack of foresight in 2009 election pledges

TOKYO, July 22 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan apologized Friday to the public for his party's lack of foresight over its major policy pledges for the 2009 general election, in a move aimed at win

EAS ministers meet, focus on N. Korea, S. China Sea

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 22 Kyodo -

2 Koreas pledge to work toward early restart of 6-party nuke talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 22 Kyodo -

Child benefits may be cut if after-tax income above 10 million yen

TOKYO, July 22 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan's ruling party, seeking to win opposition cooperation over a key budget-related bill, proposed Friday to cut the amount of child allowances to be pai