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JAPAN: Acid Rain May Fall Elsewhere as Environment Agency Cracks the Whip on Industrialists to Clean Up Plants at Home
With Japan now taking firm measures to clean up its own house, environmental campaigners are worried that industrialists will seek out greener pastures across Asia where ecological safeguards are not in place.JAPAN-RELIGION: Asahara’s Army of Aum Followers Keep the Faith
Every day they can be seen at Tokyo train stations -- young people, adorned in pink and blue elephant-shaped headwear -- handing out pamphlets proclaiming the virtues of the faith of their arrested cult leader Shoko Asahara.JAPAN-RELIGION: Asahara’s Army of Aum Followers Keep the Faith
Every day they can be seen at Tokyo train stations -- young people, adorned in pink and blue elephant-shaped headwear -- handing out pamphlets proclaiming the virtues of the faith of their arrested cult leader Shoko Asahara.JAPAN-RELIGION: Asahara’s Army of Aum Followers Keep the Faith
Every day they can be seen at Tokyo train stations -- young people, adorned in pink and blue elephant-shaped headwear -- handing out pamphlets proclaiming the virtues of the faith of their arrested cult leader Shoko Asahara.ENVIRONMENT: ‘Rain’ May Fall Elsewhere as Japan Cleans up at Home
With Japan now taking firm measures to clean up its own house, environmental campaigners are worried that industrialists will seek out greener pastures across Asia where ecological safeguards are not in place.N.KOREA: Nuclear Issue is One Thing, But What About Human Rights?
The international community's anxiety over North Korea's nuclear weapons-making potential may has swept another pressing issue under the carpet -- that of human rights, particularly as it relates to political prisoners, say activists.JAPAN-U.S.: Okinawa Rape Case Puts Defence Pact in the Balance
Japanese outrage over the rape of a 12-year- old girl by three U.S. servicemen in Okinawa continues to mount one month after the incident, threatening a bilateral defence pact considered crucial to regional security.JAPAN: Stepping Up Efforts to Curb Air Pollution
Japan hopes to bring down air pollution levels by tightening controls on vehicle emissions, but the auto industry is worried stricter standards would mean more costs for car companies, still reeling from the effects of recession.JAPAN: Tighter Controls on Dumping of Industrial Waste
Japan, responsible for most of the industrial waste dumped into the world's oceans, plans to tighten restrictions on waste disposal practices of Japanese companies.ENVIRONMENT-JAPAN: Stepping Up Efforts to Curb Air Pollution
Japan hopes to bring down air pollution levels by tightening controls on vehicle emissions, but the auto industry is worried stricter standards would mean more costs for car companies still reeling from the effects of recession.JAPAN: Crucial Role in United Nations’ Future
Japan had just been defeated in World War II when the United Nations was founded 50 years ago, now it plays a crucial role in the future of the world body.JAPAN: Women’s Groups Hope to Reap Bountiful Harvest from WCW
There is still a good two months to go before the third global conference on women opens in Beijing, but women's groups in Japan are already anticipating the benefits they will reap after September.JAPAN: Activists Face Uphill Battle to Stop Animal Experiments
Every year, pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies in Japan subject millions of cats, dogs, rabbits, monkeys and mice to painful experiments that leave the animals dead or mutilated.KOREA: Rice Aid Brings Hopes of Thaw in North-South Ties
South Korea's shipment of rice aid to the communist North this week has raised hopes of a rapprochement more than four decades after the Korean War divided the peninsula.JAPAN: Still No Comfort for Wartime Sex Slaves
Neither indignant statements from neighbouring governments nor heartfelt talks made by the ageing victims themselves have moved Tokyo to grant compensation to the women forced to become the sex slaves of Japanese soldiers more than 50 years ago.WOMEN-JAPAN: No Comfort Still for Wartime Sex Slaves
Neither indignant statements from neighbouring governments nor heartfelt talks made by the ageing victims themselves have moved Tokyo to grant compensation to the women forced to become the sex slaves of Japanese soldiers more than 50 years ago.TRADE-JAPAN: Auto War Forces Japan To Turn To Asia
Tired of being knocked-around by the United States, the Japanese auto industry is turning its eyes on the newly-affluent markets of East Asia.JAPAN: Corporate Samurais Try to Prove Their Mettle At Home
When Haruki Murase dumped his successful business career for an apron and kitchen gloves 15 years ago, he did not realise his decision would eventually lead to a minor revolution in Japan's staid society.WOMEN-JAPAN: Economic Prosperity No Guarantee of Women’s Equality
Miho Tanaka, a 33-year-old graphics designer, was determined to hold on to her job at a Tokyo company when she married and started a family three years ago.WOMEN-JAPAN: NGOs Urge Diplomatic Approach in Dealing with China
Japanese women's groups are upset about China's decision to move the NGO Forum on Women away from the site of the official U.N. meeting, but they prefer diplomatic pressure over a confrontational approach in negotiating with Beijing.NORTH KOREA: Japan in a Dilemma over Pyongyang’s Request for Rice
A rare decision by North Korea to ask Tokyo for emergency rice supplies has thrown the Japanese government into one of its most difficult diplomatic dilemmas.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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