TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Tuesday released an English guidebook on local cuisines as part of efforts to promote tourism in Japan's countryside.

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Japan's lower house is set to hold a vote next week on four different bills to amend the contentious organ transplant law that have reinvigorated discussions on whether brain

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The government will not appeal a Tokyo High Court ruling ordering the state to certify 29 of 30 plaintiffs as suffering from illness caused by radiation from the atomic bombin

(KPL) The Lao and Vietnamese governments jointly cooperated on a three-year project, 2007-2009 to develop Thongkalong village, Paksong district, Champassak province.

BANGKOK, June 9 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday expressed regret and concern over the Monday night mosque shooting in Thailand's southern border province of Narathiwat, in

Three new Influenza A (H1N1) cases confirmed in Thailand

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The International Press Institute (IPI), a global
network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, elected a South

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Jun (Bernama) -- The recent Influenza A(H1N1) cases in the
country are under control and have not reached the outbreak level, said Health

Jakarta, June 9 (ANTARA) - The government needs to increase its defense budget following the tragic accidents that have befallen a number of military airplanes recently and the latest developments

Semarang, C Java, June 9 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is also chief of the Democratic Party (PD)'s advisory board on Tuesday extended condolences over the death of party treasu