Prime Minister Naoto Kan engaged in heated debate Thursday with his sole opponent in the upcoming Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, Ichiro Ozawa, especially over the issue of money politics.
Japan and 13 Caribbean nations agreed in Tokyo on Thursday to cooperate with each other in curbing global warming and offering support to quake-hit Haiti among other issues at their first meeting in a decade, a Japanese official said.
Kyodo News will launch a redesigned website for its English-language service Friday afternoon as part of efforts to strengthen its multilingual and multimedia services.
