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ENVIRONMENT-GLOBAL WARMING: Nuclear And Oil Lobbies Bid for Greener Image
As countries haggle over tagets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the nuclear and oil industries are busy arguing that they can present cleaner alternatives to 'dirty' fuel blamed for global warming.ENVIRONMENT-GLOBAL WARMING: Wildlife Disrupted by Global Warming
If doubts remain about how global warming is disrupting life on Earth, scientists say sceptics should take a good look at the many warning signals nature has been sending out.ENVIRONMENT: Nuke, Oil Lobbies Bid for Greener Image at Kyoto
As countries haggle over targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the nuclear and oil industries are busy arguing that they can present cleaner alternatives to 'dirty' fuel blamed for global warming.ENVIRONMENT: Wildlife Disrupted by Global Warming
If doubts remain about how global warming is disrupting life on Earth, scientists say sceptics should take a good look at the many warning signals nature has been sending out.ENVIRONMENT: Pressure Builds on Developing Nations at Kyoto Talks
Developing countries are keeping up the pressure on industrialised nations to set targets for reducing greenhouse gases, but also realise that sooner or later they need to show they are doing their bit against global warming as well.ENVIRONMENT-GLOBAL WARMING: Doctors Warn of ‘Devastating Effects’
Global warming is altering the environment such that it is shaping up to be a health hazard to human beings, who face increasing risks not just from pollutants in the air but from the changing nature of diseases, doctors and scientists here say.ENVIRONMENT: Caution Greets U.S. Formula on Global Warming
An American proposal to let industrialised countries adopt "differentiated" targets in cutting back greenhouse gas emissions offers the first glimpse of compromise in ongoing talks here on global warming.ENVIRONMENT: ‘Flexibility’ Sets Tone for Global Warming Talks
"Flexibility" emerged as a key word here as a world conference to fight global warming opened on Monday, with governments bitterly divided over commitments they must make in the coming days to slash emissions of greenhouse gases.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Solar Power vs Global Warming
For producers of clean energy technology, the climate change talks that start in Kyoto, Japan on Monday are a precious opportunity to teach bickering government delegations about the wisdom of harnessing nature's power.ECONOMY-JAPAN: Anxiety Spreads After Fall of Securities Firm
The closure of Yamaichi Securities Co., Japan's fourth largest brokerage, has not only shaken confidence in the nation's financial system but stoked fears about the fate of its postwar economic miracle.
LITERATURE-JAPAN: Bananas over Yoshimoto
Her writings have been called "shallow" by some critics but for her legions of fans, Banana Yoshimoto's literary works journey into the depths of the soul of Japan's younger generation.ECONOMY-SOUTH KOREA: Humbled Tiger Looks to Uncertain Future
Not too long ago, South Korea was the newest developing country to make it into the club of the developed nations, its reputation boosted by its transition from a military- ruled state into a democratising society.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Detained Foreigners At Risk of Abuse //REPEAT//
Tao Yaping, a Chinese national working as a bar hostess in downtown Tokyo, was among a group of nine co- workers arrested in 1994 for not having a legal working visa.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Detained Foreigners At Risk of Abuse //REPEAT//
Tao Yaping, a Chinese national working as a bar hostess in downtown Tokyo, was among a group of nine co- workers arrested in 1994 for not having a legal working visa.JAPAN: North Korean Wives’ Visit Brings Hope, Pain
Last week's visit here by 15 elderly Japanese women married to North Koreans was largely a sentimental homecoming for the group, which had been separated from their families for nearly four decades.POPULATION: Japan Desperate for a Baby Boom
Friends and family were not the only ones gushing over Sumiko Hara and her new baby when she gave birth to her third child recently.JAPAN: Tokyo Persists with Bid to Lift Whaling Ban
Japan may have lost the latest round in its quest to have an 11-year-old international moratorium on commercial whaling lifted, but the country is far from giving up on its controversial campaign.ENVIRONMENT: Rough Sailing Ahead for Global Warming Talks
Prospects for smooth agreement next month on a worldwide plan against global warming appear slim, after a last- ditch meeting here failed to break a deadlock on targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.ASIA-JAPAN: Investors Take Wait-and-See Stance
Southeast Asia's economic woes sparked by a serious currency crisis that has shaken even Australia, is causing Japan to cool its interest in the region -- at least temporarily.JAPAN: ‘Green’ Foot Forward Ahead of Global Warming Talks
Buffeted by conflicting interests as host of December meeting aimed at addressing global warming, Japan is taking steps that its industrialists hope will ease some of the pressure Tokyo faces on the climate change issue.JAPAN-DEVELOPMENT: The Politics and Economics of Aid Cuts
For years, Japan's foreign policy has been synonymous to development aid and it was unthinkable for Tokyo to cut its loans and grants to foreign governments and international agencies.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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