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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) Feb 25 Japan ready to send staff to Sudan (Financial Express) Feb 20 U.N. chief Ban 'very pleased' Japan approved $1.06 billion budget (Kyodo) Feb 19 WATER---the coming crisis / Desertification, floods 2 sides of warming (Yomiuri) Feb 17 English-language papers offer unique take on Asia (Japan Times) Feb 16 Japan to prioritise Vietnam’s infrastructure projects (Nhan Dan) Feb 16 Japan, India reaffirm cooperation on post-Kyoto framework (Kyodo) Feb 14 Satellite to spy on illegal logging in Amazon (Asahi) Feb 13 Japan to welcome Indonesia trainees (Asahi) Feb 13 Iran, Japan to review expansion of mutual relations (irna.ir) Feb 12 Cheap Carbon Credits: To Japan, From Russia With Love? (Wall Street Journal) Feb 09 Nukaga, Paulson discuss global economy, agree to cooperate closely (Kyodo) Feb 09 Growth in emerging Asia favourable - ADB's Kuroda (Reuters) Feb 08 NGOs seek Japan's leadership in advancing health issues at G-8 summit (Kyodo) Feb 07 G7 to consider climate change fund - Japan (Forbes) Feb 07 Rich, poor countries have 6-fold gap in Internet penetration: UNCTAD (Kyodo) Feb 05 Japan unveils $110 million of new aid for Afghanistan (Kyodo) Feb 04 Japan, China study splitting gas profits (Reuters) Feb 04 Govt, Russia planning Sea of Okhotsk projects (Yomiuri) Feb 03 Can Japan take the 'science for development' baton? (SciDev.Net) Feb 03 Japan envoy tells Sri Lanka economic aid will continue (Kyodo) Jan 31 Volunteers lead Japan's bid to maintain global reach (AFP) Jan 29 Japan's environmental initiative gets mixed reviews (AFP) Jan 28 'Carbon offsets' launched in Japan (Yomiuri) Jan 27 Japan SMEs keen on India's industry corridor (Economic Times) Jan 27 Japan to create fund to help Africa with intellectual property (Kyodo) Jan 25 Japan grants Malaysia 473 mil. yen for Malacca Strait security (Kyodo) Jan 25 Japan to upgrade trade insurance for overseas resource development (Japan Today) Jan 24 Japan ranks 21st among top environmental performers: study (Kyodo) Jan 23 Rudd cautious on Japan free trade deal (The Australian) Jan 22 Vietnam's Handicrafts Find More Ways Into Japanese Hearts (Asia Pulse) Jan 22 U.S.-Japan import duty spat moves to arbitration (Reuters) Jan 22 Japan to promote construction of small-medium hydropower plants (Kyodo)