Aomori, Japan, June 21 Kyodo - Japanese police arrested the whale campaign coordinator and another member of conservation group Greenpeace Japan on Friday on suspicion of stealing whale meat, whic

Taipei, June 21 Kyodo - Japan officially apologized to Taiwan on Friday and reiterated its willingness to offer compensation for a ship collision earlier this month that sparked a diplomatic r

Sendai, June 21 Kyodo - The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Iwate and Miyagi prefectures last Saturday reached 12 on Friday after a body was found at a construction site in Ku

TOKYO, June 19 (Kyodo) - Japan and China have reached political agreement on gas exploration projects in the East China Sea in a major step forward in a longstanding dispute, with Japan to invest i

SEOUL, June 19 (Kyodo) - South Korea's top nuclear envoy urged Japan on Wednesday to participate in providing economic and energy aid to North Korea under an aid-for-denucelarization deal.

TOKYO, June 18 Kyodo - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday it will showcase an eco-friendly house almost free from greenhouse gas emissions on the occasion of a Group of Eight

TOKYO, June 18 Kyodo - Japan sees no need for the Group of Eight nations to agree at the July summit on a medium-term target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but expects the event to serve as a

BEIJING, June 18 Kyodo - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day official visit to North Korea, China's neighbor and traditional ally.

BEIJING, June 18 Kyodo - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day official visit to North Korea, China's neighbor and traditional ally.

TOKYO, June 17 (Kyodo) - Japan and the United States agreed in 1956 to include commuting to and from, and drinking at the workplace in certain cases in the scope of U.S.