TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed the deaths of two more Japanese caused by the powerful earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, after the first case co

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Twenty-seven refugees from Myanmar, who arrived in Japan from Thailand last fall under a U.N.-promoted third country resettlement program, completed a six-month orientation and lang

SENDAI (Kyodo) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 rocked northeastern Japan shortly before noon on Wednesday, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in nort

(Kyodo) - Japan's top government spokesman on Wednesday voiced strong regret over China's reported unilateral start of development in a disputed gas field in the East China Sea.

TOKYO, March 9 Kyodo - UPDATE2(EDS: ADDING DETAILS)Prime Minister Naoto Kan decided Tuesday to promote State Foreign Secretary Takeaki Matsumoto to foreign minister following Seiji Maehara's resign

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - UPDATE1:(EDS: RECASTING WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS)

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo -Japan on Tuesday expressed regret over alleged comments by a senior U.S.

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - The Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan approved Tuesday a set of sanctions against Libya as part of international efforts to stop crackdowns by its leader Muammar Gaddafi on

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - The Japanese government will bring to Japan four pirates who were captured after attacking a tanker operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan slipped 9.4 percent from a year earlier to 987 in February, the 19th straight month of fall, as government financial aid apparen