TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo - The Japanese government has decided to submit to the Diet next year a bill to clarify cases in which lawsuits against foreign governments can be filed with Japanese courts, s

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo - The International Maritime Organization is expected to oblige vessels traveling in international seaways to use designated facilities when they are broken up, with the aim o

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit the Tohoku and Kanto regions Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, issuing a tsunami warning to coasta

PHNOM PENH, July 20 Kyodo - Cambodia has sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council to press its case in an ongoing border dispute with Thailand, it was learned Sunday.

SINGAPORE, July 20 Kyodo - ASEAN foreign ministers are expected to discuss the creation of the grouping's human rights body at their annual meeting here Monday.

SINGAPORE, July 20 Kyodo - Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will discuss ways to further strengthen the 41-year-old grouping to create a more unified region in their

SINGAPORE, July 20 Kyodo - The ASEAN Regional Forum is set to adopt a raft of measures to get member countries to work together in dealing with common security challenges when it gathers here for

SAITAMA, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - A 15-year-old girl was arrested Saturday on suspicion of stabbing her father to death at their home in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, police said.

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GENEVA, July 19 Kyodo - Japan will try to achieve the target of exempting at least 8 percent of all farm products from substantial tariff cuts at next week's key meeting of the Doha Round global tr