TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Japan plans to ask China to scrap a ban on the entry of leprosy sufferers to the country during the Beijing Olympic Games when they hold a bilateral dialogue on human rights

TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's chairing of the Group of Eight summit failed to substantially spur the sagging public support rate for his Cabinet, which rose to 26.8 percent i

BEIJING, July 12 Kyodo - Top nuclear negotiators from six countries agreed Saturday to try to verify a list of nuclear programs North Korea disclosed last month by carrying out site visits, reviewi

BEIJING, July 11 Kyodo - Chief nuclear negotiators from six countries agreed Friday in Beijing on the principles of creating a mechanism to verify North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs,

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Shinsei Bank said Friday it will acquire a Tokyo-based financial arm of General Electric Co.

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - A book released nearly 80 years ago and considered a representative piece of proletarian literature is apparently striking a chord with young part-time workers amid growing i

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga said Friday he believes Japan's consumption tax rate should be raised in two or three stages from the current 5 percent to reach a double-di

AOMORI, Japan, July 11 Kyodo - Prosecutors filed an indictment against two members of Greenpeace Japan for trespassing and stealing whale meat, which the conservation group presented to law-enforce

BEIJING, July 11 Kyodo - Japan urged North Korea on Friday in Beijing to promptly make good on a promise it made last month to reinvestigate the issue of its past abductions of Japanese nationals,

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Japanese exports of used cars are rising steadily, reflecting their popularity overseas, and foreign buyers are gaining the upper hand over their Japanese counterparts.