PHNOM PENH, July 27 Kyodo - Cambodians voted Sunday in a general election seen largely as a two-way race between the ruling Cambodian People's Party and the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, after which

GENEVA, July 26 Kyodo - The world's seven major trading powers on Friday took a step forward toward striking an outline agreement in the Doha Round of free trade talks, bringing back their ongoing

TOKYO, July 26 Kyodo - Naoki Akiyama, a senior official of a Foreign Ministry-linked organization who was arrested Thursday on tax evasion charges, may have received $250,000 (about 30 million yen)

WASHINGTON, July 26 Kyodo - U.S.

Bangkok, July 26 Kyodo - Tej Bunnag, a former career diplomat, was appointed Saturday as Thailand's new foreign minister, with the initial task of trying to resolve a tense military standoff betwee

TOKYO, July 26 Kyodo - Income outflows from Japan to oil producing countries in the Middle East are expected to increase by some 17 trillion yen in the current fiscal year through next March from a

TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo - Honda Motor Co.

TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo - Japan's key consumer price index in June rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier, marking the fastest pace of increase in more than 15 years as pressure from rising energy cost

GENEVA, July 25 Kyodo - The beleaguered global free trade talks approached a critical stage Friday at the World Trade Organization as a make-or-break meeting of ministers from major trading powers

BEIJING, July 25 Kyodo - Tens of thousands of people queued outside sports stadiums in Beijing on Friday for the last chance to buy Olympics tickets, with scuffles breaking out at the games' main v