TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Five central banks in the United States, Japan and Europe stepped up their battle against the global financial turmoil Monday, announcing they have agreed on a currency swap

DJIBOUTI, April 6 Kyodo - Japanese destroyers dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia made their first port call in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti on

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - The government is considering imposing a total ban on exports to North Korea following the suspected launch of a long-range ballistic missile by Pyongyang on Sunday, governme

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez agreed Monday in Tokyo to further boost bilateral cooperation on energy, Japanese Foreign Ministry offic

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Japan has yet to bridge differences with China and Russia on a U.N.

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Monday terminated the order he gave to the self-Defense Forces to intercept and destroy the North Korean rocket that flew over Japan witho

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - The Cabinet will decide Friday its basic guideline for new sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang launched a rocket Sunday despite Japan's repeated warnings against doing s

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Japan will implement an additional fiscal stimulus plan involving more than 10 trillion yen of actual spending, or over 2 percent of the nation's gross domestic product amoun

TOKYO, April 5 Kyodo - Relatives of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea called on their government Sunday to expand sanctions against Pyongyang following its launch earlier in the day of wha

TOKYO, April 5 Kyodo - Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Sunday that Japan should take resolute action against North Korea over its rocket launch, expressing displeasure over the rocket's traje