TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed Thursday to work to realize a visit by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Mi

SINGAPORE, July 11 Kyodo - North Korea has agreed to sign the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' non-aggression treaty, ASEAN official sources and diplomats said Thursday.

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - Eighty-nine percent of Japanese surveyed said they want their children and grandchildren to develop a habit of reading newspapers, according to results of the private-sector

TOKYO, July 11 Kyodo - The government appealed on Thursday a district court ruling that ordered the state to open the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture, citing concerns that opening it will e

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