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(Kyodo) _ Kyodo World Service now begins the news cycle for Friday, March 19. The news materials are handled by Kyodo World Service editors in Tokyo. For inquiries on news stories,...

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH END OF TRADING) New York stocks climbed moderately Thursday with the Dow Jones index registering a 1.5-year closing high on investor hope for stronger ...

(Kyodo) _ Tacit agreements between Japan and the United States concerning U.S. nuclear-armed vessels visiting Japanese ports were necessary in the 1960s due to the unstable political...

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADD INFO) A proposal to ban international trade in bluefin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea was voted down at a meeting Thursday of signatory states...

(Kyodo) _ Foreign Ministry documents compiled mainly in the 1960s that indicate the existence of a Japan-U.S. secret pact over passage and port calls of U.S. nuclear-armed warships...

(Kyodo) _ New York stocks fluctuated Thursday morning on conflicting economic data. The 30-issue Dow Jones Industrial Average, which gained 47.69 points Wednesday, added 8.31 points to

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING DATE) ---------- Baseball: Tight race expected for PL TOKYO - All six teams have a chance to reach the postseason, but the Nippon Ham Fighters and the Seibu...

(Kyodo) _ All six teams have a chance to reach the postseason, but the Nippon Ham Fighters and the Seibu Lions stand out as the most likely contenders for the Pacific League title. Yu...

(Kyodo) _ ---------- Proposed trade ban on bluefin tuna voted down at int'l talks DOHA, Qatar - A proposal to ban international trade in bluefin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean and...

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH DEFEAT OF PROPOSED TRADE BAN) A proposal to ban international trade in bluefin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea was voted down at a...

TOKYO, March 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Thursday he and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner shared "serious concerns" over the ...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO AT 2ND AND 8TH GRAF) The U.S. current account deficit in 2009 fell 40.5 percent from the previous year to $419.87 billion, the smallest

(Kyodo) _ A proposal to ban trade in bluefin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea was voted down at a meeting Thursday of signatory states of the so-called Washington...

(Kyodo) _ The number of international trademark filings by corporations dropped 16.4 percent to 35,195 last year, reflecting falling worldwide economic output, according to a study...

TOKYO, March 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday he has decided to accept a court-brokered settlement plan for a damages suit filed by ...

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH REACTION FROM ANOTHER UDD LEADER IN 10TH-11TH GRAFS) Human rights commissioners held a meeting with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday as they...

TOKYO, March 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING, UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan decided Thursday to discharge Vice Secretary General Yukio...

(Kyodo) _ ---------- 2009 U.S. current account deficit shrinks over 40%, hits 8-year low WASHINGTON - The U.S. current account deficit in 2009 fell 40.5 percent from the previous year...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) The U.S. current account deficit in 2009 fell 40.5 percent from the previous year to $419.87 billion, the smallest in eight years...

(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner shared "serious concerns" Thursday over the Iranian nuclear problem, Okada said. "We...