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JAPAN
Nov 17, 2004
Science meet ends on sour note over exclusive nature
KYOTO -- The inaugural Science and Technology in Society meeting here concluded Tuesday with participants happy to exchange views with distinguished colleagues but divided on how to expand the conference to make it as important as the World Economic Forum.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2004
Inaugural science-technology forum urges help for developing countries
KYOTO -- Calls for broader scientific and technological support for developing countries as well as increased participation in scientific debate by the public resonated throughout the second day of the Science and Technology in Society forum Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2004
Major science meeting in Kyoto gets under way
KYOTO -- Nearly 400 government ministers, Nobel laureates, corporate executives and leading scholars gathered here Sunday for a three-day conference to discuss the impact of scientific and technological progress on society.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2004
China tells Japan to hurry up with free-trade deal
OSAKA -- Chinese participants of the 4th Japan-China Economic Conference urged Japan on Friday to speed up negotiations for a free-trade agreement so that an East Asian FTA can be concluded by 2020.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2004
Itami noise subsidies, hours to be curtailed
OSAKA -- The transport ministry formally notified local government officials Monday of its plans to cut noise pollution subsidies for residents living around Itami airport and to cut the facility's operating hours.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2004
Nuclear panel hears from Fukui residents
OSAKA -- Residents living near nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture expressed concern Friday over plans to recycle nuclear fuel, while supporters of the Monju fast-breeder reactor urged the central government not to abandon the project during a public hearing here.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 29, 2004
Nagoya takes on Osaka
Psst! Heard about the hottest "new" place in Japan? The city that's rapidly gaining a national reputation for being at the cutting edge of women's fashion and is, perhaps, the country's most vibrant economic center?
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2004
Report condemns failed Osaka projects
OSAKA -- The virtual bankruptcy of three municipal public-private projects designed to attract international investment was the result not only of poor management and vague strategy but of a refusal by management to adopt to changing economic conditions.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2004
Democrats, Republicans vie for Japan votes
OSAKA -- With less than two weeks to go until U.S. voters go to the polls to choose between incumbent President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, representatives of the Republican and Democratic parties in Japan are doing their best to round up very vote.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2004
Osaka eyes putting its homeless to work
OSAKA -- Facing central government cutbacks in financial aid to the homeless, Osaka officials are teaming up with the local business community to create a new program that will put some of Osaka Prefecture's estimated 7,700 homeless to work.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2004
Osaka parties as beer event commences
OSAKA -- The most popular autumn party in Osaka -- the annual International Beer Summit -- began Friday at the Umeda Sky Building.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2004
Chubu airport to add to Kansai's unease
TOKONAME, Aichi Pref. -- With the February opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport, its general manager of sales and marketing has a few words for those who worry the new facility will take flights away from Kansai International Airport.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2004
Sustainable development program tall order
KYOTO -- Next year marks the start of the U.N. mandated Decade of Education for Sustainable Development -- an ambitious program pushed by UNESCO to promote international resource development that is socially desirable, economically viable, culturally appropriate and ecologically sustainable.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2004
Rain forest advocacy NGO notes decline in ramin wood imports
OSAKA -- An Osaka-based environmental nongovernmental organization fighting to save tropical rain forests says both legal and illegal imports of ramin wood to Japan have been greatly curbed in recent years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 10, 2004
Dodging tourist traps in Kyoto
Ebisugawa has a vast array of small shops that sell dozens of varieties of high-quality green tea and traditional Kyoto sweets, as well as bric-a-brac stores that are a bargain-hunter's dream.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2004
'Fahrenheit 9/11' opens to big, enthusiastic crowds
OSAKA -- "Fahrenheit 9/11," American film director Michael Moore's savage attack on the policies of President George W. Bush, opened nationwide Saturday to long lines and enthusiastic crowds.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2004
Mihama accident latest in long string of nuclear plant woes
OSAKA -- In early 1999, a group of German nuclear scientists and engineers had just returned to Osaka after visiting nuclear power facilities in Fukui Prefecture. Sitting in a bar in the Hotel New Otani, they were deeply disturbed.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2004
Kepco cost-cuts proved fatal: protesters
OSAKA -- Antinuclear activists in Fukui and Osaka prefectures said Tuesday the accident the day before at the Mihama atomic plant was due to Kansai Electric Power Co.'s attempts to cut costs and will negatively effect the utility's plans to burn MOX fuel in the reactor.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004
Nuclear fuel plant not biz as usual
ROKKASHO, Aomori Pref. -- Despite safety concerns and local anger over allegations raised in July that the government hid a report showing that reprocessing spent atomic fuel costs more than burying it, officials at Rokkasho say they hope to begin uranium testing soon in preparation for the opening of...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2004
Nuclear fuel plant not biz as usual
ROKKASHO, Aomori Pref. -- Despite safety concerns and local anger over allegations raised in July that the government hid a report showing that reprocessing spent atomic fuel costs more than burying it, officials at Rokkasho say they hope to begin uranium testing soon in preparation for the opening of...
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.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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