GENEVA, July 22 Kyodo - Japanese farm minister Masatoshi Wakabayashi met with Japanese politicians Tuesday in Geneva and explained that members of the World Trade Organization are willing to conclu
SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan on Tuesday had an ''extremely short but very meaningful exchange of views'' incl
SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - ASEAN foreign ministers decided Tuesday not to immediately set up a proposed ''contact group'' to mediate a tense border standoff between Thailand and Cambodia, after Tha
SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - Nuclear negotiators involved in talks on denuclearizing North Korea held a series of meetings in Singapore on Tuesday, laying the groundwork for the first ministerial mee
BEIJING, July 22 Kyodo - Police say initial investigations have uncovered no evidence linking the two bus bombings in Kunming this week with terrorist groups or attempts to disrupt the Beijing Olym
TOKYO, July 22 Kyodo - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Tuesday a fresh system glitch had caused a temporary halt in trading of Topix index futures as well as bonds, the latest blunder in a string of
SINGAPORE, July 22 Kyodo - Japan pledged Tuesday to give an additional $21 million in reconstruction aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar, but Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura also urged in talks wi
GENEVA, July 22 Kyodo - The United States said Tuesday it is ready to limit its farm subsidies to $15 billion a year in an attempt to strike a deal at the long-delayed Doha Round of talks on global
KATHMANDU, July 22 Kyodo - Nepal's special assembly on Monday elected Ram Baran Yadav as the first president of the new republic, which had a king as its head as state until the monarchy was aboli
BANGKOK, July 22 Kyodo - High-level military delegations from Cambodia and Thailand failed Monday to produce any prompt solution to resolve a military standoff on their border since last week.
