TOKYO (Kyodo) - The visiting chief of French nuclear fuel company Areva SA vowed Thursday that her firm will offer necessary expertise and personnel to help Japan resolve the ongoing crisis at the

NANJING, China (Kyodo) - Finance ministers, central bankers and academics from the Group of 20 developed and developing economies reached informal consensus Thursday that the Chinese currency shou

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday he will look into reviewing from scratch the government's plan to build at least 14 more nuclear reactors by 2030, as Japan battles to overcom

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The government decided Thursday to issue certificates to identify producing districts for all Japanese farm products shipped overseas to allay overseas concern on their safety follo

SINGAPOR (Kyodo) - The Singapore government said Thursday it has added Shizuoka Prefecture to its growing list of Japanese areas from which fresh produce is not allowed to be imported into Singapor

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan and France agreed Thursday that they will cooperate in crafting new international nuclear safety standards by the end of this year, following the continuing crisis at the Fuku

TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Co.

TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo - The industry ministry ordered utility companies Wednesday to act within a month to prepare for a possible loss of power at their nuclear reactors when hit by unexpectedly la

TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo -Efforts to remove radiation-contaminated water filling up at a troubled reactor building and an underground trench connected to it at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear

TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo - All seven civics textbooks that were newly approved for use at junior high schools from April next year describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as Japanes