Tokyo - Record high oil prices have reached "abnormal levels", according to Japan's Economics Minister Saturday.

Tokyo  - Japan and North Korea plan to meet in Beijing Saturday for unofficial talks aimed at resuming bilateral negotiations that have been stalled for eight months, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobuta

Tokyo  - Halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 would cost 45 trillion dollars in addition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday.

Tokyo  - Japan's foreign reserves fell below 1 trillion dollars for the first time in May due to declines in US Treasury bond prices, the Finance Ministry said Friday.

Tokyo  - Japan's foreign reserves fell for the second month in a row in May and dipped below 1 trillion dollars for the first time in four months on declines in US Treasury bond prices, the Finance

Tokyo  - Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average on Friday rose above the 14,500 level for the first time in five months on Wall Street's overnight surge.