Japan's unemployment rate falls to 4.5% in May
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan's unemployment rate stood at 4.5 percent in May, down 0.2 point from the previous month for the first improvement in three months, showing signs of gradual recovery from the M
Kaieda making arrangements for 3-day visit to China from July 16
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Industry minister Banri Kaieda is making final arrangements for a three-day visit to Beijing and other areas in China from July 16 to meet Chinese officials including Commerce Minis
TEPCO starts system to cool another spent fuel pool at nuclear plant
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Japan proposes launch of economic dialogue with Mercosur
ASUNCION (Kyodo) - Japan proposed Wednesday launching a dialogue with Mercosur, the four-nation South American trade bloc, to boost economic relations and explore the possibility of signing a free
Japan to offer aid to improve living standards of Myanmar people
NARITA (Kyodo) - A senior Japanese official who held talks Wednesday with Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday upon her return home that Tokyo plans to offer aid to the Sou
Hiroshima to bid to host 2015 NPT review conference
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) - Hiroshima will seek to host the next U.N. conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the 1945 U.S.
Japan, S. Korea vice foreign ministers seek inter-Korean dialogue
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
Japan tells Suu Kyi plan to help Myanmar's democratization
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
Farm ministry plans to recommend Japanese cuisine as UNESCO heritage
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.
Shareholders reject antinuclear proposals at Japan utilities
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.
