Japan

Tokyo stocks slip due to overnight Wall Street declines

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks ended morning trading lower Tuesday following the US market's overnight falls.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 238.18 points, or 1.78 per cent, to 13,121.86.

G8 turns to the economy, climate change

Toyako, Japan - Group of Eight (G8) leaders turned to the environment and to surging oil and food prices Tuesday amid concerns that high commodity prices may further slowdown the global economy.

Lights go off across Japan to make people think about environment

JapanTokyo - Lights went out for two hours at more than 76,000 facilities across Japan on Monday night to m

G8 urged to raise Tibet issue with Chinese president

Toyako, Japan - Leaders of the world's major economies linked in the Group of Eight were urged Sunday to raise the issue of Tibet with Chinese state and party leader Hu Jintao at their summit in Ja

G8 summit under pressure to deliver on climate, energy, food

Toyako, Japan - Under pressure to deliver, the leaders of the world's seven richest countries and Russia will meet in Japan on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the impact of spiralling food and oil pr

Meeting with African leaders opens G8 summit

Toyako, Japan - The Group of Eight (G8) summit opened Monday on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido with a meeting with African leaders, amid concerns that the world's richest nations may bac

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