OSAKA, July 22 Kyodo -
Services on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line were partially suspended Thursday for
more than eight hours in western Japan after a collision between two

TOKYO, July 22 Kyodo -
Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui provided few details about Megumi
Yokota, one of the Japanese abducted by North Korea, her parents said Thursday

HANOI, July 22 Kyodo -
Japan and South Korea reaffirmed Thursday trilateral tie-ups with the United
States in dealing with North Korea following the fatal sinking of a South

HANOI, July 21 Kyodo -
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Wednesday urged his Myanmar
counterpart Nyan Win to ensure the participation of pro-democracy leader Aung

TOKYO, July 22 Kyodo -
Former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui met Wednesday with the parents of Megumi

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo -
The government on Wednesday retained its monthly economic assessment for July

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo -
Tatebayashi in Gunma Prefecture saw a temperature of 38.9 C on Wednesday
afternoon, the day's highest in Japan, due to a high-pressure system in the

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo -
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to cut its domestic production in October by 20

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday promoted Japan's abilities to host the

TOKYO, July 20 Kyodo -
Nobel Peace Prize winner and president of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus met with
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday and sought the Japanese government's