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POLITICS-JAPAN: Tokyo Nurses A Headache Called Indonesia
Political instability in Indonesia is proving to be a huge headache for Japan, which has long been among President Suharto's closest allies and a major economic player in the country.MUSIC: Salsa Turns Japanese
Step into a packed Tokyo bar with a name like "La Cabana" or "Salsa Caribe" and you'll be surprised to find Japanese couples throwing aside their traditional reserve to dance to the pounding musical rhythms of Latin America.JAPAN-INDIA: Tokyo Mulls Aid Freeze After Nuclear Testing/UPDATE/
Shocked and angered by India's nuclear testing, Japan is contemplating economic sanctions on one of its biggest aid recipients.HEALTH-JAPAN: Trouble in Smokers’ Paradise
Japan may still be a smokers' paradise, but its fledgling anti-tobacco lobby is determined to wage legal battle against big tobacco firms, be they local or foreign producers.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-ASIA: Downturn Draining Health Budgets
Asia's economic downturn is sapping the region's health resources, putting women and the poorest at greatest risk and threatening to reverse hard-fought gains made in improving health over the decades.DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: Downturn Draining Health Budgets
Asia's economic downturn is sapping the region's health resources, putting women and the poorest at greatest risk and threatening to reverse hard-fought gains made in improving health over the decades.DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: Downturn Draining Health Budgets //CORRECTED REPEAT//
Asia's economic downturn is sapping the region's health resources, putting women and the poorest at greatest risk and threatening to reverse hard-fought gains made in improving health over the decades.JAPAN: Adrift, Tokyo Tumbles from Asia’s Leadership Perch
Japan's standing as a world leader is being eroded by an increasingly unpopular government, a spreading sense of economic gloom and overseas criticism of its failure to show leadership in Asia's toughest crisis in decades.JAPAN-RUSSIA: Many Smiles, Little Progress on Islands Row
A just-ended summit between Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and Russian President Boris Yeltsin may have projected rapport between the two leaders, but has left lingering dissatisfaction on the part of many Japanese.POLITICS-JAPAN: Pessimism Greets New ‘People-oriented’ Party
Naoto Kan is one of Japan's most popular politicians, but his recent announcement of a new party that puts people first is turning few heads, even among his most ardent followers.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-JAPAN: No Genetically-Altered Food Please
A growing number of Japanese consumers are up in arms against the imports of genetically modified food products, which are not subject to labelling despite their easy availability here.JAPAN: Mbeki’s Visit Rekindles Interest in South Africa
Outsiders can carp about Japan's failure to show leadership in Asia's crisis, but this week's visit by South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki gave Tokyo a chance to focus on an area where it remains a world leader -- giving assistance to poorer nations.POPULATION-JAPAN: Single Mothers Dictate Their Own Terms
Japanese women seem to be getting less and less interested in marriage these days, but a good number of them still want to have children and have been going ahead to rear them as single mothers.HEALTH-JAPAN: No Genetically-Altered Food Please
A growing number of Japanese consumers are up in arms against the imports of genetically modified food products, which are not subject to labelling despite their easy availability here.LABOUR-JAPAN: Women Stumble on the Corporate Ladder
Tens of thousands of eager young women, clad in elegant grey or navy blue suits and spotless white tops, troop to join Japan's workforce in April each year.JAPAN: Business, Entertainment Make a Corrupt Mix
Mama Saito (not her real name) is worried about the dramatic drop in business in her exclusive nightclub in the Ginza, Tokyo's most expensive entertainment area, since last year.WOMEN: Foreign Spouses In Japan Seek Easier Child Custody Laws
Divorce has constantly been on the mind of Imelda (not her real name), a 36-year-old Filipino woman who married a Japanese man seven years ago.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-JAPAN: Time To Consume Less, Recycle More
Each garbage collection day, Minako Katsura brings out two large white bags, filled only with raw and paper waste.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Time to Consume Less, Recycle More
Each garbage collection day, Minako Katsura brings out two large white bags, filled only with raw and paper waste.JAPAN: Worried Tokyo Steps Up Pressure on Indonesia
To optimists, Japanese premier Ryutaro Hashimoto's just-finished trip to Indonesia may just be the right Asian pressure needed to prod President Suharto into hastening economic reforms.DEVELOPMENT-JAPAN: Economic Downturn Turning Deadly
They could not pay the salaries of their nine employees. So the middle-aged couple who owned a picture and photo frame shop in Tokyo decided the only noble thing left to do was to kill themselves.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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