TOKYO, July 8 (Kyodo) - Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters criticized the Japanese government Monday over its plan to lift some sanctions imposed on North

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, urgingleaders at the

SEOUL, July 5 Kyodo - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and South Korea leaders agreed in talks Friday that South Korea should play a more active role in tackling global challenges.

PYONGYANG/BEIJING, July 5 Kyodo - North Korea said Friday it is ready to cooperate with its counterparts in the six-party process for denuclearizing the country to verify a list of Pyongyang's nucl

TOKYO, July 3 Kyodo - Leaders of the Group of Eight nations are set to affirm next week that they will collaborate closely with each other to monitor trade flows in crude oil futures markets as par

FRANKFURT, July 3 Kyodo - The European Central Bank decided Thursday to raise its key interest rate to 4.25 percent per annum from 4.0 percent in a widely expected move to stem growing inflationary

BEIJING, July 3 Kyodo - China confirmed Thursday that it held talks with envoys from the Dalai Lama this week, but gave no indication that any breakthroughs or concessions were made in the negotiat

TOKYO, July 3 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and the mother of a Japanese national abducted by North Korea appeared encouraged Thursday with remarks by U.S. President George W.

TOKYO, July 3 Kyodo - Leaders of five major emerging economies will meet next Tuesday in Sapporo to discuss climate change, the world economy and food security before meeting with Group of Eight le

MOSCOW, July 4 Kyodo - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has implied that two diplomatic documents issued in 1956 and 1993 would give ''positive impulses'' to help solve a long-standing territorial