KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) - Whaling vessels left the ports of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Habu in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Saturday to conduct scientific research in the northwest Pac

TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo - Industry minister Banri Kaieda said Friday that Japan's overall economy would see a ''large impact'' if utility firms in western Japan cannot resume operations of their nucle

TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo - The labor ministry ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co.

OSAKA, June 10 Kyodo - Kansai Electric Power Co.

TSUKUBA, Japan, June 10 Kyodo - A pot enabling users to charge their cellphones by boiling water in disaster situations will go on sale later this month.

MOSCOW, June 10 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and two other astronauts from Russia and the United States arrived Friday at the International Space Station and began their five-month m

BARCELONA, Spain, June 10 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami criticized his country's pursuit of nuclear energy Thursday during his acceptance speech at the 2011 International Catalunya Priz

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The mayor of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, which has been greatly affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis, called on the central government Thursday to set up an office n

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed hope Thursday to stay in office at least until August, despite mounting pressure for him to quit this month from opposition parties and some

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - China is now viewed by U.S.