ABU DHABI, July 17 Kyodo - Visiting Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga on Wednesday met with Obaid Humaid Al-Tayer, state minister for financial affairs of the United Arab Emirates, an

TOKYO, July 15 Kyodo - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura will attend the foreign ministerial talks in Singapore next week with ASEAN, China and South Korea as well as a regional security m

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - The approval rating on Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet rose marginally from the previous month in three newspaper surveys conducted after the Group of Eight summit Fuku

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - A government panel on Defense Ministry reform endorsed a nonbinding report Tuesday featuring proposals such as keeping bureaucrats away from the operation of the Self-Defense

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka who was found guilty by the Tokyo High Court of concealing a 100 million yen politic

FUKUOKA, July 16 Kyodo - Domestically produced timber is enjoying a surge in popularity in Japan because of uncertainties over supplies of imported timber following a sharp rise in demand from em

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Top U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen.

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Top U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen.

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan held its key interest rate steady in a widely expected move Tuesday while the central bank downgraded its forecast for the country's economic growth for the

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Sixteen Japanese-Filipinos left behind in the Philippines after World War II arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday seeking Japanese citizenship and information on their fathers or rel