VIENNA, June 9 Kyodo - Member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency are expected to call for strengthening the function of nuclear regulatory authorities in a draft statement of their

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 3.5 percent in the three months through March, the government said Thursday, slightly upgrading the preliminary figure of minus 3.7 p

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Senior Vice Defense Minister Katsuya Ogawa notified Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito on Wednesday that the government is considering relocating U.S.

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - The crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered power outages at its Nos.

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan came under unrelenting pressure to quit in the near future from both ruling and opposition lawmakers on Wednesday, the first anniversary of his taking

TOKYO, June 7 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan will consider at its next policy meeting expanding one of its emergency loan programs to boost the country's economy amid the negative impact of the earthqua

TOKYO, June 7 Kyodo - Japan said Tuesday in a report to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency that its nuclear regulatory system failed to deal swiftly with the ongoing crisis at t

TOKYO, June 7 Kyodo - The ruling Democratic Party of Japan on Tuesday started making arrangements to hold its presidential election in early July to pick Prime Minister Naoto Kan's successor.

SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean stocks traded 0.79 percent lower late Tuesday morning, dragged down by oil refiners and auto makers, analysts said.

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