BEIJING, June 26 Kyodo - North Korea on Thursday finally submitted its long-delayed declaration giving details of its nuclear programs, the Chinese government confirmed.

WASHINGTON, June 26 Kyodo - President George W. Bush said Thursday he will lift trade sanctions against North Korea and cross it off the U.S.

KYOTO, June 26 Kyodo - Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight nations affirmed Thursday their commitments to implementing aid to strengthen the Afghan border against the growth of terrorism, but a

TOKYO, June 27 (Kyodo) - Sony Corp.

Tokyo, June 26 Kyodo - The Tokyo metropolitan assembly enacted Wednesday an amendment to an ordinance to oblige large office buildings, shops, hotels, universities and factories to

Tokyo, June 26 Kyodo - Japan and South Korea held working-level talks Wednesday in Tokyo toward reopening negotiations to sign a bilateral free trade agreement which have been suspended since Novem

Tokyo, June 26 Kyodo - The government said Wednesday that a total of 1,402 ministry and agency bureaucrats have received favors in such forms as cash and cans of beer from taxi drivers when be

Sapporo, June 26 Kyodo - A U.S.-born Japanese citizen living in Sapporo has lodged a protest with Hokkaido prefectural police, alleging police officers are discriminating against foreigners by tar

Beijing, June 26 Kyodo - Beijing Olympics organizers confirmed Wednesday they have scrapped the international legs of the Paralympics torch relay.

TOKYO, June 26 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and U.S. President George W.