BEIJING, April 7 Kyodo -
North Korea on Tuesday released the first video footage of the country's leader

PYONGYANG/BEIJING, April 7 Kyodo -
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North Korea's state-run television station on Tuesday broadcast video footage

TOKYO, April 7 Kyodo -
The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it will start accepting a wider range of
collateral for supplying funds to financial institutions to encourage them to

PYONGYANG/BEIJING, April 7 Kyodo -
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North Korea's state-run news television station on Tuesday broadcast video

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo -
The Japanese government expressed strong support Monday for U.S. President
Barack Obama laying out an ambitious vision for a world without nuclear

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Japan has yet to bridge differences with China and Russia on a U.N.

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Five central banks in the United States, Japan and Europe stepped up their battle against the global financial turmoil Monday, announcing they have agreed on a currency swap

DJIBOUTI, April 6 Kyodo - Japanese destroyers dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia made their first port call in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti on

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - The government is considering imposing a total ban on exports to North Korea following the suspected launch of a long-range ballistic missile by Pyongyang on Sunday, governme

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez agreed Monday in Tokyo to further boost bilateral cooperation on energy, Japanese Foreign Ministry offic