Offshore wind farms equivalent to 10 nuclear plants eyed
TOKYO, May 8 Kyodo -
(EDS: ADDING DETAILS) A high-powered government panel has drafted a plan that
Japan to propose declaring 2011-2020 U.N. decade of biodiversity+
TOKYO, May 7 Kyodo -
Japan will propose a resolution at the U.N. General Assembly meeting this
autumn to declare the 10 years through 2020 the U.N. Decade of Biodiversity so
Island heads reject Hatoyama's request to host U.S. base functions+
TOKYO, May 7 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday asked mayors from Tokunoshima Island to
FOCUS: Outlook for main parties in upper house election looks murky+
TOKYO, May 7 Kyodo -
With about two months left before an upper house election this summer, the
outcome is hard to foresee as public support falls away from the
Hatoyama suggests 'moving Futemma outside Okinawa' was not a pledge+
TOKYO, May 6 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama suggested Thursday that he was only referring to a challenge, not a pledge, when he said during last year's election campaign that his Democratic
Japanese officials to go to Sudan to study possible chopper ops+
TOKYO, May 6 Kyodo - The government is set to send a fact-finding mission to Sudan on Friday to study the feasibility of sending Ground Self-Defense Force helicopters to a U.N.
Monju nuclear reactor restarts after over 14 years of suspension+
TSURUGA, Japan, May 6 Kyodo - Japan's Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor resumed operations Thursday after 14 years and five months of suspension due to a sodium coolant leak and a resultant fire.<
A-bomb exhibit without Japan's atrocities not balanced: U.S. veteran+
NEW YORK, May 5 Kyodo - The head of a U.S. veterans group says exhibitions focusing on the damage wrought by the U.S.
Kim Jong Il arrives in Beijing for talks with Hu+
BEIJING, May 5 Kyodo -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Beijing on Wednesday and was
expected to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao later in the day, diplomatic
Gov`t to seek understanding of Okinawa over U.S. base relocation+
TOKYO, May 5 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano
agreed Wednesday that the government will continue seeking the understanding of
