MANILA, June 25 (Kyodo) - Rescuers found several bodies Tuesday floating inside a sunken passenger ferry that capsized with more than 800 passengers and crew aboard Saturday off the coast of the ce

TOKYO, June 25 (Kyodo) - Japan would welcome North Korea's expected move to provide a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities that would lead to its removal from the U.S.

KUWAIT CITY, June 25 (Kyodo) - Kuwaiti oil minister Mohammad al-Olaim told visiting Japanese industry minister Akira Amari on Tuesday that the Gulf country will add 300,000 barrels of oil to its cu

NAHA, Japan, June 24 Kyodo - The people in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday marked the 63rd anniversary of the

TOKYO, June 24 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Monday expressed reservations about deciding anytime soon whether to raise the consumption tax rate from the current 5 percent, saying the issu

SENDAI, June 24 Kyodo - A fishing boat manned by 20 crew members capsized and sank early Monday afternoon in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, leaving four of the seven people recovere

Kuala Lumpur, June 24 Kyodo - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi avoided a crisis of confidence Monday when he won majority support in Parliament for his move to raise fuel

Beijing, June 24 Kyodo - North Korea will submit a full list of its nuclear programs to China on Thursday, a move that would end a six-month stalemate in denuclearization talks triggered by di

MANILA, June 23 (Kyodo) - The death toll from a typhoon in the Philippines rose to at least 73 Sunday while operations continued to find survivors after a ferry carrying more than 700 people ca

SAO PAULO, June 23 (Kyodo) - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito on Saturday attended a memorial festival in this southeastern Brazilian city celebrating the centennial of Japanese emigration to the coun