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Apr 22 Tokyo, Seoul business chiefs seek FTA boost (Japan Times) Apr 21 Japan's hunger becomes a dire warning for other nations (Business Day) Apr 21 Japan calls for tech solutions to climate change (Sify) Apr 19 Shining India in Japan (deccanherald.com) Apr 18 Food crisis on agenda of G-8 summit (Asahi) Apr 18 Vietnamese, Japanese firms venture together (VietnamNet) Apr 15 Nuke power generation trump card in global warming measures: Fukuda (Kyodo) Apr 15 Govt to extend yen loans to Ghana, Angola, Nigeria (Yomiuri) Apr 15 Japan, ASEAN finish inking free trade pact (AFP) Apr 15 Malaysia seeks more FDI from Japan (The Daily Edge) Apr 14 Lawmakers mull new tax to increase assistance overseas (Asahi) Apr 14 Philippine leader presses senate to ratify Japan free-trade deal (AFP) Apr 11 Japan, France agree on climate, Africa aid, economic cooperation (Kyodo) Apr 11 Gov't accepting candidates for 'environmentally friendly model cities' (Kyodo) Apr 11 Japanese investors confident in Thai economy, says finance minister (MCOT) Apr 10 Global carbon dioxide emissions hit record high in 2006 (Kyodo) Apr 09 Japan's central bank leaves interest rates unchanged (AFP) Apr 09 Consultancy firm probed over shady deals tied to ODA projects (Yomiuri) Apr 08 Japan keeps up pressure on U.S. in WTO dumping case (Guardian Unlimited) Apr 07 Japan charity promotes slimming to feed hungry (Reuters) Apr 07 UK backs Japan-Europe trade deal (FT.com) Apr 05 Japan's free trade agreement tension (The Australian) Apr 05 Chinese pollution quietly takes its toll on Japan (Taipei Times) Apr 04 Climate talks snag over Japan proposal (AP) Apr 04 G-8 nations, emerging donors gather to deliver development promises (Kyodo) Apr 03 Japan No. 5 ODA donor: OECD (Japan Times) Apr 02 Global poll: Japan has most positive influence in world (Yomiuri) Apr 02 ADB stresses need to educate, train Asia's young people (Kyodo) Mar 27 Tuna talks look to cut down on overfishing (AFP) Mar 22 Move to create world's 13th busiest port (Asahi) Mar 21 Japan proposes G-8, TICAD tie-up on aid to Africa (Asahi) Mar 19 Japan lends Indonesia $200 mln for macroeconomic stability (Xinhua) Mar 18 Government to purchase carbon quotas from Poland (Yomiuri) Mar 15 India yet to finalise $3 bln swap deal with Japan (Reuters) Mar 14 Will EPAs help foreigners, employers? (Yomiuri) Mar 13 Japanese emperor calls for stronger ties with Iran (Tehran Times) Mar 11 Foreign nurses OK at 46% of hospitals (Asahi) Mar 10 Japan pledges new loans of up to 186 bil. yen to India (Kyodo) Mar 10 Foreign Ministry wants to raise Japan's profile (Yomiuri) Mar 10 India, Japan trade to touch $15 bn by 2010 (Calcutta News) Mar 08 India, Japan to swap CEPA negative lists at Tokyo meet (Economic Times) Mar 06 Bush urges global climate pact involving all major polluters (Kyodo) Mar 04 ASEAN chief calls for '2nd Fukuda Doctrine' for Asia's future (Kyodo) Mar 03 Taiwan and Japan: Ties that bind (Asahi) Mar 03 Plan to lure 1,000 Vietnamese doctoral students (Asahi) Feb 29 Japan, Australia remain apart over liberalization of farm products (Kyodo) Feb 29 Japan to reinforce voluntary emissions cut to achieve Kyoto target (Kyodo) Feb 29 Japan's aid policy: doing less with less (FT.com) Feb 25 Japan, Bangladesh agree on 6.96 bil. yen loan for disaster relief+ (Kyodo) Feb 25 Japan to extend 1.8 bil. yen in 'cool earth' aid to 2 African nations (Kyodo)