TOKYO, July 26 Kyodo - Naoki Akiyama, a senior official of a Foreign Ministry-linked organization who was arrested Thursday on tax evasion charges, may have received $250,000 (about 30 million yen)

WASHINGTON, July 26 Kyodo - U.S.

Bangkok, July 26 Kyodo - Tej Bunnag, a former career diplomat, was appointed Saturday as Thailand's new foreign minister, with the initial task of trying to resolve a tense military standoff betwee

TOKYO, July 26 Kyodo - Income outflows from Japan to oil producing countries in the Middle East are expected to increase by some 17 trillion yen in the current fiscal year through next March from a

TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo - Honda Motor Co.

TOKYO, July 25 Kyodo - Japan's key consumer price index in June rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier, marking the fastest pace of increase in more than 15 years as pressure from rising energy cost

GENEVA, July 25 Kyodo - The beleaguered global free trade talks approached a critical stage Friday at the World Trade Organization as a make-or-break meeting of ministers from major trading powers

BEIJING, July 25 Kyodo - Tens of thousands of people queued outside sports stadiums in Beijing on Friday for the last chance to buy Olympics tickets, with scuffles breaking out at the games' main v

GENEVA, July 24 Kyodo - The United States has taken sides with the European Union on its proposal to limit to 4 percent farm products to be exempted from high tariff cuts at the free trade talks un

SINGAPORE, July 25 (Kyodo) - Twenty-seven ministers from Asia-Pacific nations and their key partners agreed Thursday on a new cooperation framework on maritime security, especially in theStrait of