Koizumi formally announces retirement, names son as successor
YOKOSUKA, Japan, Sept. 27 Kyodo - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi formally announced on Saturday his intention to retire from politics, saying he will not run in an upcoming House
FOCUS: Aso debuts at U.N. amid concerns over power at home
NEW YORK, Sept.
Shareholders in Kanebo`s successor okay liquidation
TOKYO, Sept.
Real estate developer C's Create files for bankruptcy protection
TOKYO, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Real estate developer C's Create Co.
BOJ seen having hard time steering market rates
TOKYO, Sept. 26 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan pumped 1.5 trillion yen into the money market Friday only to
absorb 300 billion yen later, indicating that the central bank was having a
Japan to field diplomat Amano in race for IAEA chief+
TOKYO, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Japan will nominate veteran diplomat Yukiya Amano in the race for the top post
at the International Atomic Energy Agency to succeed Nobel Prize winner Mohamed
FOCUS: Street corner fish stores declining rapidly+
TOKYO, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Fresh fish stores on street corners are disappearing because of the growing
number of fish sections in supermarkets and a declining appetite for fish among
Aso downplays lower initial approval rates than Fukuda's+
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday downplayed the significance of
lower approval ratings at the time of his government's inauguration than the
Japan picks 5 more candidate World Cultural Heritage sites+
TOKYO, Sept. 26 Kyodo - The Japanese government has picked five more places as candidates for cultural heritage sites to be registered on the World Heritage list by UNESCO, bringing
