India resists Japan's call to support 2050 emissions cut target
NEW DELHI, Aug.
Fukuda to attend Olympics opening ceremony, meet Hu, Wen on Fri.+
TOKYO, Aug. 5 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will visit China to attend Friday's Beijing Olympic
LDP's Aso sees halting antiterror refueling mission possible+
TOKYO, Aug. 5 Kyodo -
Governing Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso suggested Tuesday
Olympics: Tokyo launches campaign for 2016 bid in Beijing+
BEIJING, Aug 5 Kyodo - Tokyo unveiled its slogan ''Uniting Our Worlds'' as its bidding theme Monday as it aims to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on the most compact scale in recent history.
U.S. nuclear sub La Jolla calls at Sasebo+
NAGASAKI, Aug 5 Kyodo - The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine La Jolla called Monday at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, after another U.S.
S. Korea's recalled ambassador to return to Tokyo on Tuesday+
SEOUL, Aug 5 Kyodo - South Korea's ambassador to Japan, who was recalled after Japan renewed its claim to a pair of South Korean-controlled islets, will return to his post Tuesday, a Foreign Minist
Chance of becoming lay judge estimated at 1 in 4,900 people+
TOKYO, Aug 5 Kyodo - The chance of getting selected as a lay judge would have averaged one in 4,911 had lay judge panels been introduced last year, a Kyodo News estimate based on data provided by t
16 police killed in 'terrorist' attack ahead of Olympics: Xinhua+
BEIJING, Aug 5 Kyodo - Security officials say terrorists are suspected of killing 16 paramilitary police officers in northwest China on Monday in an attack only days ahead of the Olympic Games, sta
Promotion of economic growth 'biggest mission': trade chief Nikai+
TOKYO, Aug 5 Kyodo - Toshihiro Nikai said Monday his biggest mission as Japan's new economy, trade and industry minister is achieving national growth by all means possible at a time when the global
