TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - Japan decided Tuesday to extend a total of 6.62 billion yen in grant aid to 10 countries in Africa and Asia such as Congo, Liberia and Bangladesh as a relief measure against

KITAKYUSHU, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - A fire continued to burn Tuesday afternoon at several points of a gas pipe outside a coke factory in Nippon Steel Corp.'s Yawata Works plant complex inKitakyushu,

TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp.

BEIJING, July 29 Kyodo - Beijing has drawn up a list of ''emergency'' measures to cut air pollution during the Olympics, state-run media reported Monday, as the city was againenveloped in a haze of

GENEVA, July 29 Kyodo - Seven major trading powers on Monday made a hard push toward an outline accord on free global trade under the World Trade Organization, with officials saying that the rele

TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - The ruling coalition on Monday endorsed a government plan to set a 47.8 trillion yen cap on core policy-related spending in the fiscal 2009 general account budget and earmark

NEW DELHI, July 27 Kyodo - The death toll from 16 coordinated blasts that rocked India's western city of Ahmedabad on Saturday evening more than doubled overnight to 45 and is expected to rise furt

TOKYO, July 27 Kyodo - The Japanese government on Sunday launched discussions on the possible introduction of tax systems for currency trading activities and airline ticket purchases to help fund i

TOKYO, July 27 Kyodo - The aggravated bilateral row over South Korean-administered islets in the Sea of Japan has affected 104 exchange programs between Japan and South Korea, including the cancell

TOKYO, July 27 Kyodo - The Japanese government will set the request ceiling for the state budget's general expenditures, or core policy-related outlays, for fiscal 2009 starting next April at aroun