Sendai, June 17 Kyodo - The death toll from Saturday's quake in northeastern Japan rose to 10 Monday after a body was found in the debris of a hot-spring inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, police

TOKYO, June 15 Kyodo - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 jolted extensive areas of northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, leaving at least six people dead, 13 people missin

BEIJING, June 15 (Kyodo) - North Korea's envoy to talks with Japan said Saturday he thinks discussion between the two countries held in Beijing this week was sincere and in-depth.

OSAKA, June 15 (Kyodo) - Developing economies that attended the Group of Eight finance ministers' meeting in Osaka hailed Saturday the initiative led by some major industrialized countries to set u

OSAKA, June 16 (Kyodo) - Group of Eight finance ministers on Saturday called for the development of new biofuels from nonfood materials as part of efforts to secure alternative energy

TOKYO, June 15 Kyodo - North Korea has promised to reinvestigate the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by its agents and expressed readiness to cooperate in handing over Japanese radicals who hi

OSAKA, June 14 (Kyodo) - Finance ministers from the Group of Eight major countries vowed Saturday to remain vigilant against surging commodity prices and to implement appropriate steps to fight inf

TOKYO, June 14 (Kyodo) - Japan, China and South Korea agreed in foreign ministerial talks Saturday to further cooperation on the North Korean nuclear and abduction issues, and to set a date in Sept

OSAKA, June 14 (Kyodo) - Finance ministers from the Group of Eight major nations pledged Saturday to help developing countries tackle climate change by providing financial and technological support

Paris, June 13 Kyodo - An international ministerial conference on assistance to Afghanistan began
Thursday in Paris, with Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura pledging $550