TOKYO, March 4 Kyodo - Visiting French trade minister Pierre Lellouche on Friday welcomed Japanese budget airlines' orders for Airbus aircraft, but said the development is not enough to determine t
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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 3 Kyodo - The search for survivors from last week's devastating earthquake in New Zealand's Christchurch has changed to a grim effort to recover bodies from rubble,
TOKYO, March 3 Kyodo - Japan on Thursday spurned Russia's protest against its decision not to take criminal action against right-wing activists who reportedly desecrated a Russian flag outside the
TOKYO, March 3 Kyodo - The government and major chemical maker Showa Denko K.K.
MOSCOW, March 3 Kyodo - Russia intends to cement its control of Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido by deploying sophisticated weapons, such as antiship cruise missiles and an air defense system,
KYOTO, March 3 Kyodo - Police arrested a preparatory school student in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Thursday for allegedly cheating in college entrance exams by using a mobile phone.
TOKYO, March 3 Kyodo - A Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker tried to leave the ruling party on Thursday, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister Naoto Kan as he faces an uphill battle to secure enou
TOKYO, March 3 Kyodo - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa said Thursday that the 16 DPJ members who recently boycotted a parliamentary vote on the budget were perfectly entitled t
TOKYO, March 3 Kyodo - Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara on Thursday apologized to five former Australian prisoners of war and their families in Tokyo over forced labor during World War II.
