BARCELONA, Spain, June 10 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami criticized his country's pursuit of nuclear energy Thursday during his acceptance speech at the 2011 International Catalunya Priz

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - The mayor of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture, which has been greatly affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis, called on the central government Thursday to set up an office n

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan expressed hope Thursday to stay in office at least until August, despite mounting pressure for him to quit this month from opposition parties and some

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - China is now viewed by U.S.

VIENNA, June 9 Kyodo - Member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency are expected to call for strengthening the function of nuclear regulatory authorities in a draft statement of their

TOKYO, June 9 Kyodo - Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 3.5 percent in the three months through March, the government said Thursday, slightly upgrading the preliminary figure of minus 3.7 p

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Senior Vice Defense Minister Katsuya Ogawa notified Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito on Wednesday that the government is considering relocating U.S.

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - The crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered power outages at its Nos.

TOKYO, June 8 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan came under unrelenting pressure to quit in the near future from both ruling and opposition lawmakers on Wednesday, the first anniversary of his taking

TOKYO, June 7 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan will consider at its next policy meeting expanding one of its emergency loan programs to boost the country's economy amid the negative impact of the earthqua