Aso positive about creating permanent SDF dispatch law
TOKYO, Oct.
Gaffe-prone ex-transport minister Nakayama not to run in next election
MIYAZAKI, Japan, Oct. 3 Kyodo - Nariaki Nakayama of the Liberal Democratic Party, who resigned as transport minister recently following a series of verbal gaffes, plans to retire from
Cambodian, Thai troops clash near disputed temple
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 3 Kyodo - Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged gunfire for several minutes Friday near a disputed temple on the border between the two countries, officials and other
Top U.S. nuclear envoy Hill back in S. Korea after N. Korea trip
SEOUL, Oct. 3 Kyodo - Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill, who returned from North Korea earlier Friday, said he had ''substantive and lengthy discussions'' in Pyongyang.
Farm ministry to punish 12 officials entertained by rice traders
KITAKYUSHU, Japan, Oct.
Fullcast to end daily paid workers dispatch business by next Sept
TOKYO, Oct. 3 Kyodo - Temp staff agency Fullcast Co.
Japan welcomes passage of financial bailout bill in U.S. Senate
TOKYO, Oct. 2 Kyodo - The Japanese government welcomes the passage of a revamped $700 billion financial bailout bill through the U.S.
FOCUS: Remote Japanese island trying to bolster ties with Taiwan
NAHA, Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - Residents of Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni are trying to find a way to counter its declining population by strengthening interactions with Taiwan.
