TOKYO, May 6 Kyodo - Chubu Electric Power Co.

TOYAMA/FUKUI, Japan, May 6 Kyodo - Police launched an investigation Friday into a fatal food poisoning case involving an Ishikawa Prefecture-based ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain, following

HANOI, May 6 Kyodo - Some Asia-Pacific countries face ''very strong'' inflationary pressures, but they are unlikely to see inflation spiral out of control as they employ appropriate policy measures

BEIJING, May 6 Kyodo - New vehicle sales by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

TOKYO, May 5 Kyodo - Workers entered the No.

WASHINGTON, May 4 Kyodo - Sony Corp. has informed a U.S.

TOYAMA, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at a ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain has risen to four after a 70-

HANOI, May 5 Kyodo - Japan called Thursday for ''mainstreaming'' disaster prevention in the Asia-Pacific development agenda in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northe

BEIJING, May 4 Kyodo - A group of Japanese parliamentarians called on Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday to help Japan's reconstruction from the March disasters by easing restrictions o

IITATE, Japan, May 4 Kyodo - An Australian livestock producers' group invited two villagers from Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday to next week's fundraising event in Sydney to help disast