Tokyo - Japan is facing serious risk from climate change, and its prime minister should push world leaders at the G8 summit it hosts next week to reduce global emissions within 15 years, the World

Tokyo  - Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday on a better-than-expected Tankan business sentiment survey.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 45.15 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 13,526.53.

Tokyo - UN leader Ban Ki-moon ur

Tokyo - Group of Eight leaders were expected to agree to expand the use of civil nuclear power to fight climate change at the upcoming Toyako summit July 7-9, according to Japanese media Monday.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday as inve

Tokyo  - Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Friday urged Group of Eight (G8) leaders to agree on the ambitious target to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 during their July summit in