Gov't to transfer personnel functions to new Cabinet bureau+
TOKYO, Feb.
TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
Japan Broadcasting Corp. began Monday a 24-hour all-English global broadcasting
service targeting overseas viewers via satellite and the Internet.
SYDNEY, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
Hard-line anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society accused Japanese
YANGON, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
U.N. special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari met detained opposition leader
TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Taro Aso reiterated Monday that he aims to enact legislation
needed to form a consumer affairs agency by the March 31 end of the current
TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
Japan and the World Bank formally agreed Monday to launch a $3 billion fund to
TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
Sales at five of the nation's major department stores fell in January by
margins ranging from 8.4 to 12.2 percent from a year earlier as consumers
TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
With stock prices plunging amid the global financial crisis, the Tokyo Stock
Exchange said Monday that 10 of its listed companies were short of minimum
TOKYO, Feb. 2 Kyodo -
The government decided to work out a time schedule Tuesday to integrate some
functions of the National Personnel Authority into a new body called the