TOKYO (Kyodo) - Vice foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea agreed Thursday to seek an inter-Korean dialogue on denuclearizing North Korea and to cooperate on the reconstruction of areas devast

YANGON Kyodo - A senior Japanese official on Wednesday conveyed to Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Tokyo's plan to support further democratization of the Southeast Asian nation, diploma

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan's farm ministry plans to recommend the nation's food culture as a UNESCO-designated intangible cultural heritage, ministry officials said Wednesday.

OSAKA (Kyodo) - Shareholders rejected antinuclear proposals at the annual general meetings of three Japanese power utilities Wednesday following a similar development at Tokyo Electric Power Co.

ULAN BATOR (Kyodo) - A photo taken by Japan's Kyodo News following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeastern region was chosen Wednesday as the best image among those

TAIPEI (Kyodo) - Two Taiwanese activists were aboard a fishing boat that was spotted Wednesday morning near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Public support for embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet fell sharply to 23.2 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday, with 66.3 percent of the respondents saying he ha

Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday changed his Cabinet lineup slightly, naming Goshi Hosono, his special adviser, as state minister in charge of dealing with the ongoing crisis at the Fukus

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TOKYO (Kyodo) - The fisheries ministry has asked the Japan Coast Guard to dispatch a patrol boat to protect Japanese ships engaged in what they call research whaling from obstructive actions by an