Pyongyang/Beijing, June 11 Kyodo - North Korea underscored its opposition against terrorism on Tuesday, in a possible move aimed at laying the groundwork for the United States to take it off a U.S.

TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo - The government showed on Tuesday the outline of its new economic policy guideline that involves pledges to maker further efforts to cut its spending and step up the battle ag

TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo - Japan will impose a no-fly zone with a radius of 46 kilometers around the Windsor Hotel Toya, the venue in Hokkaido of the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit, the transport minis

Tokyo, June 10, Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowed Monday to launch emissions trading on a trial basis in Japan in the fall and attain a 60-80 percent domestic greenhouse gas emissions reduc

Tokyo, June 10 Kyodo - The International Energy Agency urged Japan on Monday to increase its utilization ratio at nuclear power plants to lessen the power industry's dependence on the burning of o

Aomori, Japan, June 9 Kyodo - Energy ministers from the Group of Eight nations on Sunday agreed on the establishment of a new international framework aimed at facilitating energy-saving measures to

Tokyo, June 9 (Kyodo) - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima found the best possible answer to his swimwear tests Sunday as the defending Olympic breaststroke champion set a 200-meter world record at the Japan

NEW YORK, June 8 Kyodo - Japan, Germany and other U.N.

BEIJING, June 8 Kyodo - Japanese and North Korean envoys agreed Saturday on the need to make progress in improving relations and decided to hold formal talks next week on disputes preventing them

TOKYO, June 7 (Kyodo) - Japan's largest brokerage house Nomura Securities Co.