Aso indicates lower house dissolution this spring unlikely
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Gov't eyes equipping public offices with solar panels
TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo -
The government is considering having schools, municipal offices and other
Court suspended parental rights in 1 day to save boy's life+
TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - A Japanese court accepted on the same day a child consultation center's request to suspend the parental rights of a couple who refused to let their son have a blood transfus
Nonproliferation panel urges U.S. to adopt no first use of nuke arms+
TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - A panel promoting nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation will urge the United States to take a leadership role in nuclear disarmament by developing a nuclear policy of ''n
Vatican foreign minister lays flowers at A-bomb monument in Nagasaki+
NAGASAKI, March 15 Kyodo - Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, visited Nagasaki on Sunday and laid flowers at a monument marking the hypocenter of the Aug.
U.S. eyed envoy visit to N. Korea on condition Pyongyang halt launch+
TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - Stephen Bosworth, the new U.S.
Chinese vice president Xi to visit Japan in fall or later: sources+
TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the most prominent candidate to succeed President Hu Jintao, will likely visit Japan in the fall or later this year, with the schedule pus
More than 60% back antipiracy missions by SDF: gov't poll+
TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - More than 60 percent of respondents backed antipiracy operations by the Self-Defense Forces while the ratio of those opposing the SDF's involvement in such missions was lim
2 seriously injured in strong wind+
TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - At least two people were seriously injured Saturday when they were hit by strong wind caused by a low pressure system covering eastern Japan.
