TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Self-Defense Forces went into full relief mode on Saturday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan called for more SDF troops to help areas hit by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of

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TOKYO (Kyodo) - The loss of life and destruction caused by Friday's catastrophic earthquake in Japan grew Saturday, with the combined number of people who have died or remain unaccounted for expect

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The strongest recorded earthquake to hit Japan rocked the northeastern coast Friday, triggering a series of tsunami including a 10-meter wall of water that submerged residential are

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Some rail services in the Tokyo metropolitan area resumed Friday night after being suspended for several hours following a massive earthquake that struck northeastern Japan.

TOKYO (KYODO) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan set up emergency headquarters on Friday at his office immediately after a devastating earthquake struck northeastern Japan, mobilizing the Self-Defense Forc

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - The Japan Coast Guard is set to arrest as early as Friday the four pirates who were captured by the U.S. military after they attacked a tanker operated by Mitsui O.S.K.

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - Japan and the United States have decided to hold security talks involving their foreign and defense ministers at an early date, with an eye to scheduling the talks during Ja

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - The United States sacked a senior diplomat handling Japanese affairs and offered an apology Thursday over his reported disparaging remarks about the people of Okinawa in an

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - A Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker, who has close ties with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, came under heavy fire Thursday from opposition parties for signing a document that si