Japan's average gasoline price hits record high
TOKYO, July 10 Kyodo - The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan hit a record high of 181.50 yen per liter on Monday, up 9.50 yen or 5.5 percent from a week earlier, due to last month's
Bush looks forward to visiting Beijing for Olympics opening
TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday he is looking forward to traveling to Beijing in August to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
FOCUS: G-8 'success' still unlikely to help Fukuda shrug off domestic woes
RUSUTSU, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda has played the major role of host at a Group of Eight summit he described as ''a success,'' eking out a face-saving agreement in climate
IMF chief says G-8 expansion 'makes sense'
RUSUTSU, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Enlarging the Group of Eight summit membership to include fast-growing economies makes sense if the international community wants to address key global issues more e
G-8 summit ends with key emitters' nod for 'deep' CO2 cuts but no target
TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations wrapped up their annual summit Wednesday by reaching a consensus with other major greenhouse gas emitters on the needfor ''deep
Umbrellas, soft drinks classed as 'security risk' at Olympic venues
BEIJING, July 10 Kyodo - State-run media on Wednesday reminded spectators not to bring banned items to Olympic sports venues -- including long umbrellas, cigarette lighters and soft drinks -- as pa
World Bank chief says G-8 facing 'test' it cannot afford to fail
RUSUTSU, Japan, July 8 (Kyodo) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Monday that the international community is facing a double danger of escalating fuel and food prices, urging leaders at t
Rising food prices hit school lunch menus in Japan
TOKYO, July 8 (Kyodo) - Dietician Hatsuki Umemoto's heart skipped a beat when a schoolchild said, ''You give us 'komatsuna' (Japanese mustard spinach) every day.''The 23-year-old woman in charge of
NGOs discontent with limited No. of passes to G-8 summit media center
TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 (Kyodo) - Members of some nongovernmental organizations have expressed discontent over the limited number of passes issued by the Japanese government for entry into the Intern
Dollar climbs into mid-107 yen on Shirakawa's dim view of economy
TOKYO, July 8 (Kyodo) - The U.S. dollar rose into the mid-107 yen zone Monday in Tokyo on Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa's bleak view of the Japanese economy.
