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KOREA: North Likely to Soften Stance on Reactors, Say Experts
North Korea's stubborn refusal to accept nuclear reactors from the South has dealt a big blow to efforts to end the Korean nuclear crisis, but analysts predict the North will eventually cooperate.SOCIAL SUMMIT: Japanese NGOs Want Action, Not Words from theirGovt.
Japan has expressed its support for global efforts to improve the quality of life in developing countries, but non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here say Tokyo must back up pledges made in Copenhagen with concrete action.JAPAN: Consumers Co-ops Make It Big
Japan has an abundance of supermarkets offering consumers an impressive array of items, but for 40-year- old housewife Kei Nimura, they are no match for the local co-op store.JAPAN: Women Battle to Keep Identity in Marriage
Mari and Gen have been living together for the past nine years, refusing to comply with Japan's conservative laws which require either partner to give up his or her name after marriage.CHILDREN-JAPAN: Court Ruling Raises Hopes for Stateless Children
A four-year-old boy, believed to be half- Filipino, has finally been granted Japanese citizenship after a long court battle, raising hopes for more than 100 other stateless children in Japan.JAPAN: Desperate Situation in Kobe Worries Tokyoites
The inadequacy of relief efforts for victims of Tuesday's killer quake in western Japan is causing much anxiety in the earthquake-prone nation, especially in densely populated Tokyo where another temblor is expected soon.JAPAN: Tight Fiscal Conditions Temper Donor’s Generosity
The world's most generous aid donor has just posted its lowest increase in overseas development assistance (ODA) in history, but development experts say this should not be a cause for alarm.JAPAN: Sayonara to a Corporate Era
The card sent out by the Morita family for the holidays has one of Japan's most illustrious and charismatic business leaders brandishing a tennis racket, looking as competitive as ever.JAPAN: Tight Fiscal Conditions Temper Generosity
The world's most generous aid donor has just posted its lowest increase in overseas development assistance (ODA) in history, but development experts say this should not be a cause for alarm.An Inter Press Service Feature
The thought that her parents would be so proud of her once she finally saves enough to buy a house keeps Imelda going through her gruelling schedule of cleaning houses by day and working as a Tokyo bargirl at night.FINANCE-JAPAN: Still Bullish Over the Sagging Tokyo Bourse (1) An Inter Press Service Feature
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has been suffering a lackluster performance in the past few years, but stock analysts remain unusually upbeat over the erstwhile favourite of companies across the globe.NORTH-EAST ASIA: Pyongyang Tests Tempers of Tokyo Seoul (1)
The two countries that are supposed to provide North Korea with new light-water reactors are trying hard not to lose patience with their beneficiary.JAPAN: NGOs Bask Under Belated Attention (1) An Inter Press Service Feature
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Japan had resigned themselves to blending with the background as they beavered away, but their years of being ignored both by the Japanese public and the government seem about to end.JAPAN-BURMA: The Business of Renewing Friendships (1) An Inter Press Service Feature
Japan is sprinting ahead of Western governments to re-establish ties with Burma after what Tokyo says were signs that the military junta in Rangoon is considering relaxing its grip on the nation.TRADE-JAPAN: Feelings of Doom Haunt APEC’s Next Summit Host (1) An Inter Press Service Feature
Japan has a full year yet before it hosts the 1995 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Osaka, but the Asian economic powerhouse is already feeling jittery.JAPAN: Wartime Past Haunts U.N. Security Council Bid (1) An Inter Press Service Feature
Japan is determined to become a permanent member of the powerful U.N. Security Council by next year, but its wartime past continues to cast a dark shadow on its ambitions to become a global political leader.APEC-SOUTH KOREA: Pussyfooting On Pacific Free Trade (1)
An eye toward expanding business ties with the fast-growing economies of South-east Asia is keeping South Korea from going all out in its support for a proposed free trade zone in the Pacific Rim.NORTH-EAST ASIA: Seoul and Tokyo Still Feel Left Out (1) An Inter Press Service Feature
South Korea and Japan are displaying a new show of goodwill toward North Korea, but political analysts here say officials of the two countries are trying hard not to let their grimaces show through the smiles.« Previous Page
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