Tokyo - As the leaders of the world's largest economies gathered in the northern island of Hokkaido Monday for the Group of Eight (G8) summit, an estimated 150 people set out on a protest rally fr

Tokyo - Japan's foreign reserves exceeded 1 trillion dollars in June on rises in the appraisal value of the nation's euro-denominated assets and gold holdings, the Finance Ministry said Monday.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Monday with little trading incentives.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average edged down 8.43 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 13,229.46.

Toyako  -Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations will agree during their summit in Hokkaido to stockpile grains to better cope with future food crises, sources said.

Toyako, Japan - Several thousand protesters demonstrated in northern Japan Saturday against the upcoming Group of Eight (G8) summit.

Tokyo - Japanese immigration authorities have denied entry to 19 members of an international farmers' group who flew in from South Korea, sources associated with an NGO said Friday.

The farmers' group members arrived in Japan on Thursday and had planned to attend a forum in Hokkaido ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit meeting, which is scheduled July 7-9 in Toyako, Japan.

An immigration official said the group members' purpose for coming was "not clear," after they were asked whether they had participated in demonstrations in the past.

The members were to attend a forum on climate change and its impact on food supplies.