G-8 to call for study on food reserve system: draft+
TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo -
Group of Eight leaders meeting July 8-10 in L'Aquila, Italy, will call for a
Digital TVs lead items consumers want to buy with summer bonuses+
TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo -
Large, flat-screen televisions for terrestrial digital broadcasting, covered by
the government's ''eco-point'' purchase support program, top the list of
FOCUS: Kansai area leads the charge in energy-saving businesses+
OSAKA, June 9 Kyodo -
An increasing number of companies in the Kansai region are taking on the
challenge of developing new businesses using their own energy-saving
Japan to provide $10 mil. in grant aid for refugees in Pakistan+
TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo -
Japan will provide $10 million in emergency grant aid to Pakistan to support
millions of people displaced by Islamabad's anti-Taliban operations in
Japan culture promotion body launched in Brazil+
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 9 Kyodo -
A group of Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro has launched an organization to promote
U.N. members may give up mandatory cargo inspections for resolution+
NEW YORK, June 9 Kyodo -
Seven key U.N. members are leaning toward removing proposed mandatory
inspections of North Korean cargo from a draft Security Council resolution over
Chinese tourists prioritize nature in Japan: survey
FUKUOKA, June 9 Kyodo - Chinese people tend to prioritize nature while South Koreans prefer to put emphasis on tradition when they pick Japanese cities as travel destinations, according to a survey
Japan's April key economic gauge marks 1st rise in 11 months
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
FOCUS: 'Kawaii ambassadors' trot globe to promote Japanese pop culture+
TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo -
Three female ''pop culture addressers'' popularly called ''Kawaii (pretty)
ambassadors'' appointed by the Foreign Ministry have started traveling abroad
LDP proposes Japan obtain ability to hit enemy's missile launch sites
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
