In Japan, the problem that led to the dissolution of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government now is vexing the new government. Earlier this month, Hatoyama resigned over the controversy about the continued ...
A showdown is expected this week among pro- and anti-whaling nations at a meeting opening Monday in Morocco. Japan, and its steadfast defense of whale hunting, will be the center of attention. Eighty-eight countries will ...
TOKYO, June 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)?(EDS: ADDING INFO, COMMENTS) Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Monday his government may raise Japan's consumption tax rate from the current 5 percent in order to restore the nation's ...
LOS ANGELES, June 16 -- Energy ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, along with representatives of the International Energy Agency, will meet in Japan later this week to discuss ways of ...
TOKYO June 21 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, stressing that tax reform was vital to repair the country's tattered finances, told a news conference that full-fledged debate on a sales tax rise would begin ...
VENICE -- Tourists crammed into the motorboats taking them along Venice's Grand Canal from St. Mark's Square toward the domed Salute basilica should pause and turn their heads to the right. The ornate bronze stucco of Ca ...
Esimit Europa 2 has taken line honours in the Giraglia Race after it majestically crossed the finish line in San Remo at 11:05 in the morning. Owner Igor Simcic and his European crew onboard the 100-foot canting keel ...
If extraterrestrial life exists on Jupiter 's moon Europa, instead of deploying probes to drill past its ice shell to look for aliens in the ocean below, one might just go fossil-hunting on the icy surface. "A prospector ...
Charles Q. Choi: If extraterrestrial life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, instead of deploying probes to drill past its ice shell to look for aliens in the ocean below, one might just go fossil-hunting on the icy ...
Mark Hughes is set to take over at Fulham should current boss Roy Hodgson quit for Liverpool or England. The former Manchester City manager, who is friends with Fulham chief executive Alistair Mackintosh, could take ...
