Okada hoping U.S. base issue resolved soon, options diminishing+
NAHA, Japan, Dec. 6 Kyodo -
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Saturday reiterated the need for an early
FOCUS: U.N. meet touchstone of commitment to binding emissions cut framework
TOKYO, Dec. 5 Kyodo -
A key U.N. climate conference, which will open Monday in Copenhagen for 12 days
FOCUS: Ozawa`s power, Hatoyama`s ulterior motives lie behind Futemma delay
TOKYO, Dec. 5 Kyodo -
Behind Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's indecisiveness on the future of a U.S.
U.N. panel on N. Korea sanctions to inspect ports in Japan, S. Korea
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 Kyodo -
Members of an expert panel set up by the U.N. Security Council associated with
Over 40% of Japanese see no need to have children: survey
TOKYO, Dec. 5 Kyodo -
A record high 42.8 percent of Japanese people do not feel the need to have
children after marriage, with more than 60 percent of women in their 20s and
4 teenage kids of U.S. military personnel arrested for attempted murder
TOKYO, Dec. 5 Kyodo -
Four teenage children of U.S. military personnel at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo
Gov`t eyes giving up to 700 bil. yen in credit guarantees to JAL
TOKYO, Dec. 5 Kyodo -
The government is considering extending credit guarantees worth up to 700
billion yen on loans and investments from financial institutions to struggling
Murdered Briton had her hair cut, hands and feet bound in sand+
CHIBA, Japan, Dec. 4 Kyodo -
The hair of British woman Lindsay Hawker had been cut and her hands and feet
were tied with ropes when police officers found her body buried in a
Hatoyama Cabinet fails to prepare fresh stimulus steps on time+
TOKYO, Dec. 4 Kyodo -
The Cabinet failed Friday to strike a deal on the size of fresh stimulus
measures as it had planned, postponing an announcement on specifics until next
Hatoyama to postpone decision on Futemma issue till next year+
TOKYO, Dec. 3 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has apparently decided to postpone a decision on
