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PROFILE-JAPAN: HIV Infected Nurse Carries the HIV/AIDS Message
Whenever Shoko Kitayama, 33, speaks about her experiences as a person living with HIV, her audience listens enraptured.JAPAN: Ambition Still Burns for UN Security Council
Japan believes it is time for the United Nations to undergo reforms, but it will have to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council first before it can make a real push for any change.FINANCE: Japan Gets Little Help from G-7, Critics Say
The weekend summit among finance ministers of the seven richest countries in the world might have made a good photo opportunity, and many analysts here say that was virtually all it was.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Tokyo Trashed Over Waste Export to Manila
Local activists have long been raising a stink about Japan's garbage disposal habits, but the return to Japan this week of an export shipment of illegal waste is reinforcing fears that authorities have been slow in addressing the country's trash problems.CULTURE-JAPAN: Growing Up After ‘Adults’ Day’
When 51-year-old Keiko Arata celebrated Adult Day 31 years ago, she says she was quite a different person.JAPAN-ASIA: Premier Pushes Tokyo’s Profile in Region
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's trip to South- east Asia on Monday marks a diplomatic offensive aimed at strengthening Japan's stature and profile in the region.DEVELOPMENT-JAPAN: With Smaller Budget, People-Friendly Aid Needed
Dogged by domestic economic constraints, Japan's overseas aid budget, the world's largest, is facing a cut in fiscal 2000 that has prompted activists to call for a more people-friendly aid policy.LABOUR-JAPAN: Amid Shrinking Paychecks, Signs of the ‘New Worker’
Asako Noda, 49, is among the hundreds of thousands of employees across Japan who have already received their winter bonuses, which have been shrinking in the last few years.CULTURE-JAPAN: Pregnancy Mystery Puts Royal Family In Spotlight
The guessing game surrounding a possible pregnancy in Japan's royal family has triggered a new national watch into an institution that remains far less open than many of their counterparts in other countries.LABOUR-JAPAN: Amid Shrinking Paychecks, Signs of the ‘New Worker’
Asako Noda, 49, is among the hundreds of thousands of employees across Japan who have already received their winter bonuses, which have been shrinking in the last few years.DEVELOPMENT: East Timor Gets 522 Million Dollars in Aid Pledges
Donor countries and agencies on Friday pledged 522 million U.S. dollars for the reconstruction of devastated East Timor, but kept a low profile on the touchier issue of seeking justice for the thousands estimated killed by pro-Indonesian militia.EDUCATION-JAPAN: Time for Lessons on Creativity
Japan is making sweeping changes to its education policy, driven by a desire to ease traditionally rigid structures that education experts say tend to constrain creativity and individual character.EDUCATION-JAPAN: System Fails Students — and Parents Too
Japan's education system, once admired for promoting lofty standards, is under scrutiny after a jealous mother confessed to murdering a friend's two-year-old daughter who had passed an entrance exam into a prestigious school./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ JAPAN: ‘Pocket Monsters’ Gorge on Profits
Kanta Yamaguchi, 11, is a hero in his class because he has collected the most number of 'Pokemon', or 'Pocket Monsters' products. He has 120 out of a total collection of 150 available the market -- and two kinds of each monster.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Crimes Fuel Support for Death Penalty
Hiroko Nagahara, 46, says she used to be a silent supporter of Japan's struggling movement for the abolition of the death penalty, but not any more.LABOUR-JAPAN: Roll the Welcome Mat for Foreign Workers
Japan says it is ready to open the door -- though not too wide -- to foreign workers in a move designed to avert a looming labour crunch in the country in the wake of the rapid ageing of its society.LABOUR-JAPAN: Roll the Welcome Mat for Foreign Workers
Japan says it is ready to open the door -- though not too wide -- to foreign workers in a move designed to avert a looming labour crunch in the country in the wake of the rapid ageing of its society.TRADE-JAPAN: Genetically Modified Food Puts Tokyo in a Fix
Strong consumer resentment of imports of genetically modified food products has put Japan in an awkward position at next week's World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in the United States.WOMEN-JAPAN: Enough with Pushing Part-time Workers Around
She says she worked as hard as any of her male colleagues at a local company. But after seven years of being employed there, Kyoko (not her real name) was told recently that she was being let go.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Expo Plans Fly into ‘Green’ Opposition
Public support for Japan's hosting of the World Exposition in 2005 is fast warning, after conservationists revealed that building the site would mean destroying rare wildlife and biodiversity in the area.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Climate Pact Drives ‘Green’ Car Technology
Spectators milling about the 33rd Tokyo Motor Show inspected a wide range of "environmental" vehicles, applauded by activists who have long lobbied the auto industry to take more responsibility for its role in global warming.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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