Ex-finance minister Yosano to leave LDP, launch new party next week+
TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo -
Former Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said Saturday he will leave the Liberal
40-yr-old Japanese man 'kidnapped' in Afghanistan: gov't spokesman+
TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo -
A Japanese journalist who has gone missing in Afghanistan has been kidnapped,
N. Korean defector Hwang to visit Japan on April 4-8+
TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo -
Hwang Jang Yop, a former high-ranking North Korean official who defected to
South Korea in 1997, will visit Japan for five days from Sunday, government
Beijing informs Tokyo of plan to execute 3 more Japanese+
TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo -
China has informed Japan that it plans to execute, possibly next Thursday,
three more Japanese men convicted in drug smuggling cases, a move that led
Antiwhaling activist indicted on five criminal charges+
TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo -
Prosecutors on Friday indicted an antiwhaling activist from New Zealand on five
Hatoyama has own relocation plan, aims to remove Futemma danger by 2014+
TOKYO, March 31 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said in parliament Wednesday he has his ''own
U.N. expert urges Japan to terminate intern program for foreign workers+
TOKYO, March 31 Kyodo -
A visiting U.N. expert on migrants' human rights urged the Japanese government
Ex-Red Army Faction member says airplane hijacking was 'selfish'+
TOKYO, March 31 Kyodo -
One of the former Red Army Faction members who hijacked a Japan Airlines
Tokyo to convey concern over China's plan to execute Japanese man+
TOKYO, March 30 Kyodo -
Japan's top government spokesman Hirofumi Hirano said Tuesday he will convey to
