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JAPAN
Apr 2, 2005
Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda
KYOTO -- Japanese and international antinuclear groups plan to use an upcoming United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation to push for a moratorium on the Rokkasho atomic fuel reprocessing plant and the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2005
Welcome foreign investors, Saudi minister tells Japan
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- The Saudi minister for commerce and industry said Friday he hopes Japan will take advantage of a new investment climate that is promoting infrastructure projects.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2005
On disaster reduction, a missed opportunity
KOBE -- Thanks to intense international political heat, the Indian Ocean region will get a tsunami early warning within three years. But more fundamental issues related to disaster reduction remain on the back burner, resulting in a lost opportunity.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2005
Disaster meet ends with tsunami alert, preparation pledges
KOBE -- The United Nations committed itself Saturday to a broad plan of action to reduce the number of deaths caused by natural disasters over the next decade.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2005
Tsunami parley delegates seek specifics -- not vague pledges
KOBE -- As the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction headed into its final two days Friday, NGOs and some member states warned that the five-day parley would be a failure unless it culminated in specific action on disaster reduction measures, especially in the Indian Ocean region.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2005
U.N. eyes lead role in tsunami alert system
. Based in Hawaii, it is used by 26 nations, including the United States and Japan. The Japanese delegation said it would try to play a leading role through this system.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2005
Proposal presented at U.N. disaster reduction meet
KOBE -- A UNESCO-backed proposal that calls for the introduction of a $13 million tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean within one year was presented Wednesday at the U.N.'s World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2005
Quake hit foreign community at its roots
Korea," said George Gibbons, a Kobe resident from Britain who recently retired as an official at Marist Brothers International School. While exact figures were not available, a Kobe official said the number of ethnic Korean residents has seen a slight increase over the past four years.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005
Kobe remembers earthquake with candlelight vigil
KOBE -- This city on Monday morning marked the 10th anniversary of the January 1995 earthquake that resulted in the loss of 6,433 lives, with ceremonies paying tribute to reconstruction efforts and offering condolences and promises of further assistance to survivors of national and international disasters....
Japan Times
JAPAN / 10 YEARS AFTER
Jan 18, 2005
City's new face conceals unhealed wounds, a sense of communities lost
KOBE -- A decade after the massive Kobe earthquake, there remains little visible trace of the damage to this port city.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2005
North Korea boycott sees some impact
. "I think our campaign has put pressure on North Korea." Has the boycott worked?
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2004
Japan as seen through Hollywood's eyes
OSAKA -- Over the past year or so, Japan has figured in several popular Hollywood films.
Dec 28, 2004
Japan as seen through Hollywood's eyes
OSAKA -- Over the past year or so, Japan has figured in several popular Hollywood films.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 26, 2004
Foreign language of Japanese politics
TALKING POLITICS IN JAPAN, by Ofer Feldman. Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2004, 214 pp., $65 (cloth). One of the greatest frustrations of studying the Japanese language is constantly being lectured by native speakers of the language, as well as fluent foreigners, on its inherent difficulty and grammatical...
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2004
Gangland power vacuum leaves Kobe residents gasping
KOBE -- Nada Ward is one of Kobe's better neighborhoods, home to senior business executives and foreign diplomats, and known for its good schools and small, trendy shops and cafes.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2004
Iraqi officials end seminar with plan to save their marshlands
OSAKA -- A two-week seminar for Iraqi officials on preserving the rapidly disappearing marshlands in southern Iraq concluded Friday with plans to launch a pilot program that would introduce water and sanitation technologies to the area.
Dec 18, 2004
Iraqi officials end seminar with plan to save their marshlands
OSAKA -- A two-week seminar for Iraqi officials on preserving the rapidly disappearing marshlands in southern Iraq concluded Friday with plans to launch a pilot program that would introduce water and sanitation technologies to the area.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2004
Limited-term foreign professors seen cornering workload but not benefits
OSAKA -- A nationwide survey of foreign professors in Japan reveals that those who do the most work are younger, less experienced teachers either on limited term or part-time contracts, rather than tenured professors.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2004
Would permanent UNSC seat beget more responsible Japan?
OSAKA -- Becoming a permanent member of an expanded United Nations Security Council could force Japan to become a more responsible international player.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2004
Government strong-arms Itami airport
OSAKA -- The battle over the future of the Kansai region's airports heated up this month as the central government pressured Osaka's Itami airport to shift domestic flights to Kansai International Airport and threatened to take away Itami's official status as an international airport.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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