BEIJING, July 11 Kyodo - Japan urged North Korea on Friday in Beijing to promptly make good on a promise it made last month to reinvestigate the issue of its past abductions of Japanese nationals,

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Japanese exports of used cars are rising steadily, reflecting their popularity overseas, and foreign buyers are gaining the upper hand over their Japanese counterparts.

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Apple Inc.'s iPhone debuted Friday in Japan, with sales starting early in the morning at Softbank Mobile Corp.'s flagship store in Omotesando, downtown Tokyo, with over 1,500

BEIJING, July 11 Kyodo - Thursday to try to set up a mechanism to verify North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs.

BEIJING, July 11 Kyodo - Japan's top nuclear negotiator Akitaka Saiki expressed dissatisfaction Thursday over North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs, saying the documentdoes not contain

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Major bourses around the world are feared to be entering into a bear market as a drain of capital continues amid persistent deterioration in the investment environment under

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will place greater emphasis on making smaller, more fuel-efficient models, including the Prius gas-electric hybrid car, at its U.S.

BEIJING, July 11 Kyodo - Top nuclear negotiators from six countries agreed in Beijing on Thursday on the need to come up promptly with a mechanism to verify North Korea's declaration of its nuclear

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Physically active people have a lower risk of developing cancer regardless of whether their activities are part of work or leisure, a recent government study showed Thursday

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura expressed disappointment Thursday over Iran's test-firing of missiles the previous day, coinciding with the final day of the three-