The government on Friday approved a bill to abolish the statute of limitations on murder cases subject to capital punishment.

     The Japan Coast Guard will arrest on Friday a member of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society for allegedly trespassing last month on a ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean.

     U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday outlined a new strategy to double the country's exports over the next five years through fresh funding of $2 billion fund per year from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to support small and midsize firms.