RUSUTSU, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Japanese and international nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday criticized the Group of Eight nations for failing to agree on real action to tackle global

TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday expressed Japan's intention of enhancing dialogue with Brazil to boost economic relations as Brazilian President Lui

BEIJING, July 10 Kyodo - Negotiators to the six-party talks for denuclearizing North Korea held a series of bilateral talks on Wednesday, ahead of their first six-way negotiations in nine months th

TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - U.S. President George W.

TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday ruled out immediately lifting Japan's sanctions against North Korea when he met Chinese President Hu Jintao, saying

TOYAKO, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Leaders of 16 major greenhouse gas emitters agreed Wednesday that they will strive to ensure ''deep cuts'' in global emissions to address climate change, but stopped

TOKYO, July 10 Kyodo - Tokyo stocks rebounded Wednesday from the previous day's sharp fall as investors took comfort from an overnight rebound on Wall Street, but early gains were trimmed by the U.

CHIBA, Japan, July 10 Kyodo - Police sent papers Wednesday on a Tokyo-based meat packer and its chief to prosecutors on suspicion of having delivered Brazilian chicken for school lunches in Urayasu

TOKYO, July 10 Kyodo - Japan is considering building 12 nuclear reactors in South Africa to cover the power shortage there and in surrounding countries and to curb greenhouse gas emissions, govern

TOKYO, July 10 Kyodo - The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan hit a record high of 181.50 yen per liter on Monday, up 9.50 yen or 5.5 percent from a week earlier, due to last month's