TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Japan's key gauge of the current state of the economy in April marked the first rise in 11 months, the government said Tuesday, adding to signs that the economy has been recov

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo -
Three female ''pop culture addressers'' popularly called ''Kawaii (pretty)
ambassadors'' appointed by the Foreign Ministry have started traveling abroad

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Defense policy-making panels of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday proposed that Japan acquire the capacity to strike an enemy's missile launch sites as part of it

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The government must raise Japan's consumption tax rate to 12 percent from the current 5 percent if it is to achieve a newly proposed fiscal discipline target, an official esti

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Tuesday released an English guidebook on local cuisines as part of efforts to promote tourism in Japan's countryside.

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Japan's lower house is set to hold a vote next week on four different bills to amend the contentious organ transplant law that have reinvigorated discussions on whether brain

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The government will not appeal a Tokyo High Court ruling ordering the state to certify 29 of 30 plaintiffs as suffering from illness caused by radiation from the atomic bombin

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday embarked on procedures to map out its campaign platform for the House of Representatives election, which could be called anytime

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Tokyo's Akihabara district, a popular electronics area which attracts both
Japanese and foreign comic and animation fans, marked the first anniversary

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Japan's key money supply gauge rose 2.7 percent in May from a year earlier,
marking the sharpest increase in six and a half years due partly to the