YOKOSUKA, Japan, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington arrived Thursday at

TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The approval rate for Prime Minister Taro Aso's just-inaugurated Cabinet stood
at 48.6 percent Thursday, according to the latest Kyodo News poll, lower than

TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Just as the world's second-largest economy was about to lapse into a recession,
Japanese banking giants have staged a stunning comeback with a frenzied series

TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Japan is likely not to implement a consumption tax hike over the next three years now that Taro Aso has become president of the ruling Liberal Democratic

KUSHIRO, Japan, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Bank of Japan policymaker Tadao Noda said Thursday that Japan's economic
slowdown is expected to ''pick up pace'' next year, contradicting the BOJ's

TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The family of slain Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai and their supporters
renewed their protest Thursday against Myanmar's military government ahead of

TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan's first-ever dollar-fund supply operation has met with
sluggish demand with bids for money undershooting the amount the central bank

TOKYO, Sept. 25 Kyodo - The government may need to spend more to enhance its new credit guarantee and lending programs to smaller firms in the wake of a serious financial crisis in

NAGASAKI, Sept. 25 Kyodo - Two former Dutch prisoners of war who were detained in Nagasaki during World War II and survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the city applied Thursday for

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 Kyodo - A Japanese envoy urged high level officials at a meeting Wednesday to ratify
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty as soon as possible.