SAN DIEGO, California, March 18 Kyodo -
Yu Darvish's highly anticipated outing on U.S. soil ended in disappointment

TOKYO, March 18 Kyodo -
A rare Chinese government booth to promote the country's animated films is
among the stands set up by around 250 organizations from 12 economies plus

OSAKA, March 18 Kyodo - An Austrian woman has been charged with smuggling stimulants from Thailand to
Japan under the instruction of her Iranian boyfriend whom she lives with in the

BEIJING, March 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il and his Chinese
counterpart Wen Jiabao discussed ways of resuming the six-party denuclearization

TOKYO, March 19 Kyodo - Ukraine will be the first foreign government to sell greenhouse gas emission
rights to Japan to help Tokyo meet its reduction goal under the Kyoto Protocol,

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - Major Japanese makers of electronic and electrical equipment are planning pay freezes or effective pay cuts for the 2009 business year as they prepare their wage proposals W

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner the New Komeito party on Tuesday began to consider setting up a relief fund for former workers suffering from p

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - Senior defense officials from Japan and the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met Tuesday to discuss ''nontraditional'' security issues facin

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - The upcoming global financial summit slated for April 2 in London will likely call for greater financial regulations and more coordinated efforts among major economies in ca

BEIJING, March 17 Kyodo - North Korea has slowed disablement work at its key nuclear reactor from what had already been a snail-like pace, complaining it has not been given energy aid promised in c