Tokyo, Sept. 22 (Jiji Press)--The volume of carbon dioxide emitted by Japanese power firms in fiscal 2007 rose 10.5 pct from a year earlier, an industry group said Monday.

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Jul. 1--TOKYO -- Graffiti found Tuesday on the body of a Shinkansen bullet train forced railway operator East Japan Railway Co. to cancel a scheduled Niigata Prefecture-bound run, affecting some 500 would-be passengers, JR East officials said.

Tokyo, April 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's total electricity output topped one trillion kilowatt-hours for the first time ever in fiscal 2007, an industry group said Tuesday.

Tokyo, March 26 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that it plans to secure sufficient electricity supplies to meet expected peak demand this summer, despite having little prospect of operations resuming at an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, March 26 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Co.