JAPAN, N. KOREA TO HOLD WORKING-LEVEL TALKS IN BEIJING
TOKYO, June 6 Kyodo - Japan and North Korea will hold unofficial working-level talks in Beijing on Saturday on Pyongyang's past abductions and other issues in preparation for a possible resump
OVER 30% OF BIG HOSPITALS CLOSE, DOWNSIZE DEPARTMENTS OVER 4 YEARS
TOKYO, June 7 (Kyodo) - Among about 170 prefectural hospitals nationwide, 61 of them, or more than 30 percent, have closed some consultation and diagnostic departments or downsized their service
ABOUT 400 MOF BUREUACRATS RECEIVED FAVOR FROM TAXI DRAIVERS
TOKYO, June 6 Kyodo - The Finance Ministry said Thursday a total of 383 ministry officials have admitted to receiving favors from taxi drivers when taking rides home late at night on taxpayers' mon
G-8 OSAKA MEET TO MULL RESPONSE TO ENERGY, FOOD PRICE KIKES
TOKYO, June 5 (Kyodo) - Finance ministers of the Group of Eight major countries will put their heads together during a meeting in Osaka next week to work out solutions to the current surges in ene
LDP PANEL CALLS FOR 60-80% GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION TARGET
TOKYO, June 5 (Kyodo) - A ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel discussing ways to tackle climate change agreed Wednesday on the need for Japan to set its own long-term target to reduce greenhouse
Dollar slips into upper 104 yen zone before U.S. economic data
Tokyo, June 5 Kyodo - The U.S.
Fukuda cautious about announcing medium-term CO2 cut targets soon
Rome, June 5 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda expressed caution Wednesday about announcing Japan's medium-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets before next month's Group of Eig
Japan, Europe to launch satellite in 2013 to study clouds, climate
Tokyo, June 4 Kyodo - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has decided to launch a satellite in 2013 jointly with the European Space Agency to study the effects of clouds in trying to accurately
U.N. food summit's draft declaration calls for dialogue on biofuels
ROME, June 4 Kyodo - A U.N.
