AP - Japan announced Friday it will provide $50 million in new emergency food aid to help developing countries cope with the impact of soaring food prices.

AFP - Japan announced Friday it would contribute a fresh 50 million dollars in aid to developing countries over the next three months to help them cope with soaring food prices.

AFP - Japan is ready to spare humpback whales from its Antarctic hunt for another year if international whaling talks make progress, a senior Japanese official said Wednesday.

AP - A man angered by a western Japanese city's welfare policy rammed a car loaded with gas canisters and kerosene into city hall Monday, injuring two workers, police said.

AFP - Leaders from the Group of Eight industrial powers will agree to establish a task force at their summit next month to tackle the world food crisis, a report said on Monday.

AP - Protesters clashed with police in Tokyo Sunday during demonstrations against an upcoming summit of leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations.

AP - Foreign ministers from wealthy nations welcomed North Korea's long-awaited declaration of its nuclear capabilities but warned Friday there remains a long way to go before the isolated Stalinist state can rejoin the international community.

AP - Group of Eight foreign ministers are condemning Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential runoff, saying authorities there have made a free and fair election impossible.