TOKYO, April 15 Kyodo - Philip Morris Japan KK has decided to cancel its planned cigarette retail price hikes in Japan for fear of seeing a further fall in sales, a Finance Ministry official said T

TOKYO, April 15 Kyodo - Greenhouse gas emissions in Japan in fiscal 2008 dropped 6.4 percent from the year before to 1.28 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, reflecting a decline in energy c

TOKYO, April 15 Kyodo - Japan decided Thursday to provide up to 100 million yen in emergency grant aid to China after a remote area in a western part of the country was hit by a powerful earthquake

TOKYO, April 15 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday he needs agreement from the United States, the ruling coalition bloc and local governments concerned to settle the

BRUSSELS, April 15 Kyodo - European Union President Herman Van Rompuy published his first collection of haiku, traditional Japanese-style poems, on Thursday ahead of his scheduled visit to Japan la

WASHINGTON, April 13 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

NAGOYA, April 14 Kyodo -
Toyota Motor Corp. has suspended sales of the Lexus GX 460 sport utility
vehicle worldwide after receiving a safety warning from the U.S. magazine

WASHINGTON, April 13 Kyodo -
Wrapping up a two-day summit on nuclear terrorism, leaders from 47 nations

WASHINGTON, April 14 Kyodo -
When he last visited the United States nearly seven months ago, Japanese Prime

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo -
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada will make a three-day visit to New York