TOKYO, June 24 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Monday expressed reservations about deciding anytime soon whether to raise the consumption tax rate from the current 5 percent, saying the issu

SENDAI, June 24 Kyodo - A fishing boat manned by 20 crew members capsized and sank early Monday afternoon in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, leaving four of the seven people recovere

Kuala Lumpur, June 24 Kyodo - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi avoided a crisis of confidence Monday when he won majority support in Parliament for his move to raise fuel

Beijing, June 24 Kyodo - North Korea will submit a full list of its nuclear programs to China on Thursday, a move that would end a six-month stalemate in denuclearization talks triggered by di

MANILA, June 23 (Kyodo) - The death toll from a typhoon in the Philippines rose to at least 73 Sunday while operations continued to find survivors after a ferry carrying more than 700 people ca

SAO PAULO, June 23 (Kyodo) - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito on Saturday attended a memorial festival in this southeastern Brazilian city celebrating the centennial of Japanese emigration to the coun

KATHMANDU, June 21 Kyodo - Nepalese police broke up an anti-China protest in Kathmandu and temporarily detained over 600 Tibetan protesters on Saturday, police said.

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Kyodo) - Japan has indicated to member countries of the International Whaling Commission that it may resume commercial whaling if the IWC fails to alleviate tensions between pr

Aomori, Japan, June 21 Kyodo - Japanese police arrested the whale campaign coordinator and another member of conservation group Greenpeace Japan on Friday on suspicion of stealing whale meat, whic

Taipei, June 21 Kyodo - Japan officially apologized to Taiwan on Friday and reiterated its willingness to offer compensation for a ship collision earlier this month that sparked a diplomatic r