TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - The Finance Ministry on Wednesday revised its regional economic assessment downward for the second straight quarter, recognizing ''weak movements'' in some areas with deteri

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - Japan's industrial production in June fell by a larger-than-expected seasonally adjusted 2.0 percent from the previous month for the first decline in two months as the car in

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - Japanese farmers were relieved Wednesday to find an escape from an influx of cheap imported farm products as free trade talks under the World Trade Organization collapsed Tu

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - With a free trade deal under the World Trade Organization now appearing unlikely to be struck in the foreseeable future, a number of countries are expected to gear up for fur

WASHINGTON, July 31 Kyodo - The United States plans to postpone its removal of North Korea from its list of terror-sponsoring nations unless a regime for verifying Pyongyang's nuclear declaration i

SAPPORO, July 31 Kyodo - Some events to promote exchanges between students in Hokkaido and South Korea have been canceled, largely due to the aggravated dispute between Japan and itsneighbor over S

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - NTT Docomo Inc., Japan's top mobile phone carrier, said Wednesday its group net profit for the April-June quarter surged 41.3 percent from a year earlier to 173.51 billion ye

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GENEVA, July 30 Kyodo - Key free trade talks under the World Trade Organization collapsed Tuesday, although a historic deal was within sight at one point, as the United States and emerging economie

CAIRO, July 30 Kyodo - A team of Japanese officials arrived in the Egyptian capital Tuesday to conduct research on dispatching defense personnel to U.N.