TOKYO, June 21 Kyodo -
The government has decided to extend yen loans to four Asian countries to
assist their efforts to fight global warming, government sources said Sunday.

TOKYO, June 21 Kyodo -
Japan has set narrow territorial waters along its five key straits in order to

TOKYO, June 21 Kyodo -
The Japanese government plans to introduce a ''point system'' to give
preferential treatment such as residency permit extensions to foreigners with

WASHINGTON, June 19 Kyodo - Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy will travel to China, Japan and South Korea next week for talks on next steps on the North Korean nuclear and miss

WASHINGTON, June 20 Kyodo - The U.S.

TOKYO, June 20 Kyodo - The total amount of stock dividends planned to be paid by listed firms for fiscal 2008 is expected to mark the first drop in seven years, mirroring deteriorating business res

SEMEY, Kazakhstan, June 20 Kyodo - Kazakhstan plans to build a new-generation nuclear power reactor by introducing Japanese technologies, the head of the country's national nuclear institute

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The Diet on Friday enacted three laws including an antipiracy law that had been

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
A former Australian Allied prisoner of war and a son of a British POW, who are

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The House of Councillors passed a bill Friday to establish a corporate
turnaround entity for financially troubled but otherwise viable small and