KATHMANDU, May 4 Kyodo - Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda announced his resignation in a televised address to the nation Monday afternoon, ending his eight-month coalition government.

MANILA, May 4 Kyodo - Emergency officials from the Asia-Pacific region will spend this week testing how to react to a major natural disaster during a five-day exercise that began Monday.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, May 4 Kyodo - The Asian Development Bank kicked off a two-day annual meeting Monday with a call for economic rebalancing and environmental sustainability in efforts to support

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, May 4 Kyodo - Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano pledged at an Asian Development Bank meeting Monday to provide $100 million (about 10 billion yen) in grant aid over the ne

PRAGUE, May 4 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek agreed Sunday in Prague to promote bilateral cooperation in countering global warming and intensify t

PRAGUE, May 4 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested Sunday a general election could be held around the time of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election slated for July 12, although the

TOKYO, May 4 Kyodo - The number of children aged under 15 is estimated to have totaled 17.14 million in Japan as of April 1, marking a record low for the 28th straight year due to the declining bir

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, May 3 Kyodo -
Japan will be ready to offer support measures worth a total of 10 trillion yen

TOKYO, May 3 Kyodo -
Relatives of murder victims who are critical of the statute of limitations for

TOKYO, May 3 Kyodo -
Defenders of Japan's postwar Constitution in its present form and others
advocating its amendment held rallies across the country on Sunday, a national