Ex-Prime Minister Abe visits Iraq as Aso's envoy+
TOKYO, Jan.
Toyota, Nissan see Dec. output fall by largest margin for the month+
TOKYO, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Major Japanese automakers slashed global production sharply in December, with Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co.
ILO foresees up to 230 mil. jobless people in 2009+
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan.
World economy`'falling off a cliff,` warns BOJ chief Shirakawa
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa warned on Tuesday about the current
sharp deterioration in the global economy, describing the downturn as if it
U.N. rapporteur raises concern over N. Korea food crisis, rights abuses
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - An independent U.N. investigator on North Korea's human rights situation
Tuesday described the food shortage and rights violations in the country as
Former Foreign Minister Kakizawa dies at 75
TOKYO, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Koji Kakizawa, a former House of Representatives member and foreign minister, died Tuesday of esophagus cancer at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was
75.
