TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso said Monday he will decide himself when to dissolve the House of Representatives, after his farm minister sought an immediate dissolution for a genera

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso will hold a three-day emergency meeting beginning March 20 to hear opinions from more than 100 experts, including business leaders, economists and ac

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - Japanese tax revenues sank 10.4 percent in January from a year earlier to 3,555.91 billion yen with continued plunges in corporate tax receipts amid the sharp economic downt

SEOUL, March 2 Kyodo - The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers warned North Korea against a missile launch by reaffirming Monday that such a move, even if it were for a satellite as Pyongya

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - After remaining equivocal for months, Prime Minister Taro Aso announced Monday that he has decided to accept a payment under a controversial cash handout plan

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - A government panel has drafted a three-year ''emergency plan'' calling for the creation of 400,000 to 500,000 new jobs through combined public and private investments of 3 tr

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - Nissan Motor Co.

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - Domestic sales of new vehicles plunged 32.4 percent in February from a year earlier to 218,212 units, the largest drop since May 1974 when the first oil shock affected vehicl

TOKYO, March 2 Kyodo - The Japanese government plans to call for a meeting of the U.N.

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, March 1 Kyodo -
A Japanese mission consisting of corporate and government representatives