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

Kyoto, Japan (G8) - North Korea's nuclear declaration and expected removal from a US terrorism list is in the spotlight Friday at two- day talks by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight, crea