Yachi urges Japan to send civilians to Afghanistan for reconstruction+
TOKYO, Jan. 24 Kyodo - Japan should seriously consider sending civilians to Afghanistan to help its reconstruction, which U.S.
U.S. hails N. Korean leader's positive stance on 6-way nuke talks+
WASHINGTON, Jan.
Japan launches satellite to study Earth's greenhouse gases+
TANEGASHIMA, Japan, Jan.
2 dead, more than 20 injured as gangway falls off at shipyard+
OITA, Japan, Jan.
Japan sends blankets, sleeping mats to devastated Gaza
TOKYO, Jan. 23 Kyodo -
Japan began airlifting on Friday some $1 million worth of blankets, sleeping
2nd extra budget likely to clear Diet on Mon.
TOKYO, Jan. 23 Kyodo -
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan decided Friday to vote on a
second extra budget for fiscal 2008 in the upper house on Monday, senior DPJ
Mitsui Sumitomo, 2 others to merge, create Japan`s largest nonlife insurer
TOKYO, Jan. 23 Kyodo -
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Aioi Insurance Co. and Nissay
Sony to incur largest-ever loss for FY 08, step up cost cuts
TOKYO, Jan. 22 Kyodo -
(EDS: ADDING BACKGROUND INFO IN 4TH GRAF)
Sony Corp. said Thursday it expects to incur its largest-ever operating loss in
China's Wang meets with N. Korea premier
BEIJING, Jan. 22 Kyodo -
A senior Chinese Communist Party official visiting North Korea met Thursday
with the country's premier as well as a high-ranking member of the ruling
