U.N. rapporteur raises concern over N. Korea food crisis, rights abuses
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - An independent U.N. investigator on North Korea's human rights situation
Tuesday described the food shortage and rights violations in the country as
Former Foreign Minister Kakizawa dies at 75
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Koji Kakizawa, a former House of Representatives member and foreign minister, died Tuesday of esophagus cancer at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was
75.
Toyota union eyes 1.9 mil. yen bonus, sharply down from FY 2008
NAGOYA, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp.'s labor union has decided to seek an average of about 1.9
million yen in annual bonuses per worker for the 2009 business year, down more
Diet enacts 2nd extra budget for fiscal 2008
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - The Diet enacted Tuesday a second supplementary budget to reinvigorate the
economy featuring a controversial cash handout plan, following an intensified
Gov`t to tell defense force on Wed. to prepare for antipiracy mission
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada will instruct the Self-Defense Forces
on Wednesday morning to prepare for a deployment to waters off Somalia to
Nomura posts 492.36 bil. yen net loss for April-Dec. period
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Japan's largest brokerage house Nomura Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it fell into
the red with a group net loss of 492.36 billion yen for the first nine months
