TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka who was found guilty by the Tokyo High Court of concealing a 100 million yen politic

FUKUOKA, July 16 Kyodo - Domestically produced timber is enjoying a surge in popularity in Japan because of uncertainties over supplies of imported timber following a sharp rise in demand from em

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Top U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen.

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Top U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen.

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan held its key interest rate steady in a widely expected move Tuesday while the central bank downgraded its forecast for the country's economic growth for the

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Sixteen Japanese-Filipinos left behind in the Philippines after World War II arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday seeking Japanese citizenship and information on their fathers or rel

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - The Tokyo High Court found three former Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kwon Chul Hyun lodged a protest Tuesday over Japan's decision to mention two disputed islets for the first time in a teaching guideline for j

BEIJING, July 16 (Kyodo) - Japan on Tuesday expressed its concern over China's ban on the entry of leprosy suffers and HIV positive people into the country and urged Beijing to rethinkits position

TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo - Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga left on Tuesday for a weeklong trip to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Uzbekistan aiming to attract investment to Japan from the resour