noun
Kyodo News Service
Proper noun; the name of a major Japanese news agency.
共同通信社は日本の主要な通信社の一つです。
Kyodo News Service is one of Japan's major news agencies.
Compound of 共同 (kyōdō, 'joint, cooperative') + 通信社 (tsūshinsha, 'news agency'). The name reflects its founding as a cooperative news organization.