HEADLINES
G20 finance chiefs agree to help poorer nations hit har...
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies agreed T...
Figure skating: Japan's pairs figure skating gold medal...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the...
Japan welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, hopes for Midd...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Friday welcomed the agreement by Isr...
Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Israel and Lebanon agreed Thursday to a 10-day ceasefire a...
Japan diesel sellers ran price cartel through monthly m...
TOKYO -- Eight gas station operators are suspected of repeatedly coordinating di...
Chinese Embassy in Tokyo says it received 2 terrorist t...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday that it received two...
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Ind. reaches settlement over sui...
OSAKA -- The family of an engineer who took his own life while on assignment in ...
US urges nations to back 'trade over aid' plan as UN wa...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is urging other nations to back a "trade over aid" i...
Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Jet balloons' retur...
Popular "jet balloons" came back to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in the city of Nishi...
Editorial: Japan law review should ban prosecutors from...
Voices of opposition have been rising from lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democ...
N. Korea's nuclear capabilities appear to have advanced...
SEOUL (Kyodo) -- The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednes...
Kumamoto marks decade since deadly quakes
The southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary ...
Nikkei index ends at record high on US-Iran peace talk ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high above 59,000 poin...
Nikkei index ends at record high on U.S.-Iran peace tal...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high above 59,000 poin...
Japan man admits killing son, moved body several times ...
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A man arrested for abandoning the body of his son who had been ...
Police issue warnings to 21 youths in Tokyo's Kabukicho...
TOKYO -- Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers issued warnings to 21 ind...
