LONDON, July 30 Kyodo - Britain hopes Japan will continue providing support for antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean amid fears that politicians could end the support, a senior British offi

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - As Japan waits for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to make a decision, possibly as early as Thursday, on reshuffling his Cabinet, foreign diplomacy has effectively been halted as

TOKYO, July 31 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda indicated Wednesday he will reshuffle his Cabinet in the near future after two ministers return home Thursday from the World Trade Organization ta

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - Japan will withdraw its Air Self-Defense Force from Iraq by the end of this year in line with the expiration of a U.N.

TOKYO, July 30 Kyodo - The Cabinet formally approved Tuesday a 47.84 trillion yen cap on corepolicy-related outlays and an allotment of 330 billion yen for priority policy matters for fiscal 2

GENEVA, July 30 Kyodo - About 30 key trading powers held a ministerial meeting Tuesday to try to break the impasse in the free trade talks under the World Trade Organization as the risk of col

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TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - Japan's top government spokesman on Tuesday criticized South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung Soo's visit to a pair of disputed islets in the Sea of Japan as inappropriate, bu

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TOKYO, July 29 Kyodo - Japan decided Tuesday to extend a total of 6.62 billion yen in grant aid to 10 countries in Africa and Asia such as Congo, Liberia and Bangladesh as a relief measure against