TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it has discovered that data was falsified in
connection with equipment at two nuclear power plants in Shizuoka and Shimane

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - A growing number of municipalities across Japan are installing vending machines designed to dispense drinks free of charge in the event of major earthquakes or

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Japanese wholesale prices in March dropped 2.2 percent from a year earlier for the sharpest fall in nearly seven years due to falling demand amid the weakening of the econom

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - The Japanese government will lift punitive tariffs on computer chips made by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., leading to a settlement of a three-year trade dispute be

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Private-sector job offers to students graduating from universities and graduate schools next March have totaled a four-year low of 725,000, reflecting companies' cautious hi

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Prime Minister Taro Aso will send a letter to U.S.

NARITA, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - An undocumented Filipino couple, who were under a deportation order, left Japan from Narita airport Monday afternoon to return to the Philippines, leaving behind the

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday welcomed a basic agreement by the U.N.

NIIGATA, Japan, April 13 Kyodo - Local municipalities on Monday urged Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates a nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, to probe the cause of a minor fire Saturd

PATTAYA, Thailand, April 12 Kyodo -
Japan's acceptance of a U.N. Security Council presidential statement in