SYDNEY, July 17 (Kyodo) - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday used the fourth day of his weeklong visit to Australia to highlight the deterioration of the natural environment, urging people to ''exercis
BEIJING, July 18 (Kyodo) - Chinese public security authorities have asked Japan to provide information on Japan-based members of the Falun Gong, a spiritual group banned in China, ahead of the Bei
TOKYO, July 18 Kyodo - Japan will try to act as a bridge between developed and developing countries when ministers from about 30 major trading powers fly into Geneva this weekend in the hope of ach
TAIPEI, July 18 (Kyodo) - A top U.S.
SEGAMBUT, Malaysia, July 18 (Kyodo) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was released on bail Thursday
TOKYO, July 17 Kyodo - The Central Union of Agricultural Unions, the umbrella body of Japanese agricultural cooperatives, adopted a resolution on Wednesday opposing a proposal by the chairman of fa
NAGOYA, July 17 Kyodo - A 14-year-old boy was arrested in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on the Tomei Expressway after hijacking a Tokyo-bound intercity bus from Nagoya for more than an hour Wednesday
PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK, July 17 Kyodo - Tension between Cambodia and Thailand rose Wednesday with Cambodia claiming Thai troops have entered its territory and Thailand saying they have only been
TOKYO, July 17 Kyodo - All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Corp.
TOKYO, July 17 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan downgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy in its monthly report released Wednesday, expressing concern about higher energy and raw material costs.
