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

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
Visiting Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov called Friday for
stability in Iran where there has been turmoil in the wake of a presidential

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The Japanese government formally revised and relaxed its guidelines for dealing
with the new H1N1 influenza Friday, basically allowing every medical

TOKYO, June 18 Kyodo -
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will visit Japan from June 30 to July 2 for

MIYAZAKI, Japan, June 19 Kyodo -
Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as recognized by Guinness World

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The office of Ichiro Ozawa, former head of the main opposition Democratic Party
of Japan, ultimately determined the winners in bidding for public works

TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
The farm ministry on Friday punished 56 officials, including those transferred