TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus narrowed 7.6 percent in May from a year earlier to 365.6 billion yen for the third consecutive monthly decline, as advances in impo

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - U.S. President George W.

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - North Korea's long-due nuclear declaration anticipated Thursday will be ''significant'' as a step in the country's fulfillment of its six-party talks commitment to event

Tokyo, June 26 Kyodo - Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight nations are set to confirm their commitments on security and reconstruction in Afghanistan when they meet in Kyoto from Thursday, incl

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire a 2 percent stake in Barclays Plc for around 500 million pounds (about $985 million).

TOKYO, June 25 (Kyodo) - An advisory panel to the industry minister recommended Tuesday that the government reintroduce subsidies to encourage households to adopt solar power generation as part of

OSAKA, June 25 (Kyodo) - Police on Tuesday arrested Nozomu Sahashi, former president of now-bankrupt Nova Corp., on suspicion of diverting around 320 million yen in July from an employee benefit f

ZHANJIANG, China, June 25 (Kyodo) - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed into this port city in southern China on Tuesday, marking the first port call to China by a Japanese

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.