NewsIsFree Search:Search results for "" at newsisfree.com (powered by SIETSJapan, U.S. envoys meet ahead of trilateral talks on N. Korea- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Top nuclear negotiators from Japan and the United States held one-on-one talks Thursday in Tokyo ahead of a trilateral meeting with their South Korean counterpart later in the day to discuss how to proceed with North Korea's denuclearization, amid a series of recent moves that signal a possible resumption of the stalled six-party talks. Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, was expected in the talks with Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant...http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289849113,14157,o/ G-8 unlikely to set 2020 emissions cut target at July summit: Fukuda- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda indicated Tuesday the Group of Eight major nations will not set a medium-term target for developed economies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during their July summit in Hokkaido. ''The G-8 (summit) is not a venue to reach an agreement'' for a medium-term carbon-capping target,'' Fukuda said in an interview with major news agencies from the G-8 nations, dashing the hopes of Europe and environmentalists who are calling for the group to set such a target. in.http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289317542,14157,o/ Fukuda hints at hiking consumption tax from current 5%- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Tuesday hinted at a hike in consumption tax from the current 5 percent. ''We have shouldered fiscal deficits as the (consumption tax) rate remains at 5 percent. It is a crucial time for us to decide,'' Fukuda told a group interview with news agencies of the Group of Eight nations in Tokyo. ==Kyodo in Kyodo: Top Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289317543,14157,o/ Observatory announces end of 3rd-shortest rainy season in Okinawa- (Found June 19, 2008 ) To access full stories on Kyodo News English website, it is necessary to subscribe. Please contact Kyodo's International Department in Tokyo via e-mail at kokusaikyodones.jp or call 03-6252-8301. If you are outside Japan, please contact Kyodo News International in New York at knikyodonews.com or call +1-212-508-5440. Currently we offer subscriptions to only corporate clients such as newspapers, magazines, trade publications, research institutes, government and international organizations in...http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289317544,14157,o/ Car bombing kills 11 people in Baghdad- (Found June 19, 2008 ) At least 11 people have been killed and 35 wounded in a car bombing in Baghdad, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Police and hospital officials were quoted as saying a parked car bomb exploded near a market in a mainly Shiite area in northern Baghdad. The blast occurred when the market was packed with shoppers preparing for their evening meal, the AP said, describing it as the deadliest car bombing in weeks as the capital has been relatively calm amid toughened security measures....http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289426173,14157,o/ Fukuda visits quake-hit northeastern area, vows to restore lifelines- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visited Japan's quake-hit northeastern area on Wednesday, vowing to do his best to restore lifelines and encouraging people who are spending restless days in temporary evacuation shelters. Police, the Self-Defense Forces and firefighters continued to search for 12 people who remain missing since Saturday's earthquake in such areas as a collapsed hot-spring inn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture. But accumulated mud and water have hampered their efforts. in Kyodo: Top Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289554605,14157,o/ Japan robot startups join efforts- (Found June 19, 2008 ) (AP PhotoKatsumi Kasahara)Home security robot BANRYU-T73S of Japan&039;s robot maker tmsuk Co., Ltd. moves during a joint press conference of four leading robot startups in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 18, 200... in Examiner in Japan Herald: Japan Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289721652,18072,o/ N. Korea to soon make nuclear declaration: Rice- (Found June 19, 2008 ) North Korea will soon make its long-overdue declaration of its nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday. ''North Korea will soon give its declaration of nuclear programs to China,'' Rice said in a think tank speech in Washington. in Kyodo: Top Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289755254,14157,o/ Record number of Japanese elderly kill themselves over poor health, money woes- (Found June 19, 2008 ) TOKYO - The number of elderly Japanese killing themselves surged nine per cent to a record high last year, fuelled by mounting health and economic worries among seniors in a rapidly aging society, the... in C News in Japan Herald: Japan Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289872145,18072,o/ Japan to keep death penalty: Fukuda- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda suggested Tuesday that Japan will maintain the death penalty as a majority of the Japanese public support capital punishment. ''Those calling for abolition of the death penalty are still in a minority. There is strong public support for continuing it,'' Fukuda told a group interview with news agencies of the Group of Eight nations in Tokyo. ==Kyodo in Kyodo: Top Newshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,289317541,14157,o/ |