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

LOS ANGELES, July 30 Kyodo - The U.S.

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.

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda voiced concern Wednesday about the breakdown of global trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

LONDON, July 30 Kyodo - Britain hopes Japan will continue providing support for antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean amid fears that politicians could end the support, a senior British offi

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - As Japan waits for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to make a decision, possibly as early as Thursday, on reshuffling his Cabinet, foreign diplomacy has effectively been halted as