TOKYO (Kyodo) - Aid groups urged Japan on Wednesday not to cut its official development assistance budget, following Tokyo's decision to slash around 10 percent of foreign aid allocations for fisca

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Mexico sought Japan's support Wednesday for the nation's candidate for the top job at the International Monetary Fund to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned after being cha

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan asked the World Trade Organization on Wednesday to launch a panel for settling its dispute with Canada over a Canadian province's preferential treatment of local companies in

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Nuclear safety experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency pointed to an underestimated tsunami hazard and the importance of ensuring the independence of nuclear regulatory

TOKYO (Kyodo) - An influential U.S. senator pointed Tuesday to China's military buildup as a factor requiring U.S.

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Moody's Investors Service Inc.

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan and Peru signed Tuesday a bilateral free trade agreement, which is expected to enable Japanese automobile and electric appliance makers to keep up with their South Korean riva

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The opposition camp on Tuesday continued to pile pressure on Prime Minister Naoto Kan to step down as the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and its ally the New Komeito party

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Tuesday that it has started to fully operate a water circulation system to stably cool one of the pools stori

(Kyodo) - Japan will invite 32 U.S.