Lawmakers should receive cash payouts just like others: LDP members
TOKYO, Jan. 6 Kyodo -
A senior governing Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker suggested Tuesday that
TOKYO, Jan. 6 Kyodo -
A senior governing Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker suggested Tuesday that
TOKYO, Jan. 6 Kyodo - The heads of Japan's major business lobbies warned Tuesday of a tough year
ahead in 2009 and stressed the urgent need to upgrade safety net programs to
TOKYO, Jan. 6 Kyodo -
With his hands full trying to secure parliamentary passage of two budget
proposals, Prime Minister Taro Aso is struggling to schedule overseas visits
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
Mergers and acquisitions of Japanese corporations by foreign investors dwindled
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Labor and management began the year's business Monday with the former seeking
both employment stability and wage hikes, and the latter stressing the prospect
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Japan on Monday blasted China's continued exploration work at a disputed gas
field in the East China Sea, with Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone describing
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Temporary workers who have lost their jobs and places to live in the current
economic slump and other homeless workers began moving Monday to shelters
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
The Bank of Japan is close to a decision to downgrade the prospects for the
TOKYO, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Domestic sales of new vehicles, excluding minivehicles, fell to a 34-year low
of 3,212,342 units in 2008 -- nearly half of the peak level in 1990 -- as
KOBE, Jan. 5 Kyodo -
An institute at the University of Hyogo has launched a five-year program to