TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to announce that Japan will boost its aid to Asian economies hit hard by the current economic crisis by 500 billion yen to 2 trillion yen duri

TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo - Japanese destroyers began their antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia on Monday, marking the start of the first such mission abroad for the Japanese Self-Defense Force

CHIBA, Japan, March 29 Kyodo -
Independent Kensaku Morita is assured of scoring a victory in Sunday's Chiba

WASHINGTON, March 28 Kyodo -
President Barack Obama will host a meeting on climate change and energy in

HAMAMATSU, Japan, March 29 Kyodo -
The Air Self-Defense Force began moving Patriot guided-missile units stationed

TOKYO, March 29 Kyodo - Ichiro Ozawa, president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan who
recently decided to remain in the post despite the indictment of an aide for

SHIZUOKA, Japan, March 29 Kyodo -
Over 100 people, many of them Brazilians who have lost their jobs or

SASEBO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Japanese Aegis guided-missile destroyers set sail for the Sea of Japan Saturday to prepare to intercept a rocket North Korea plans to launch if it falls into

KOCHI, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso said Saturday the government will consider making substantial gift tax cuts or exemptions to utilize the financial assets of the

TOKYO, March 28 Kyodo - Traffic increased significantly on expressways in Japan on Saturday as two-year toll discounts on weekends and national holidays started as part of stimulus