DAILY REPORTS

May 14 Agriculture may be barrier to closer Japan trade (Stuff.co.nz) May 13 Top Japanese official in carbon cap backtrack (AFP) May 13 Resource-rich Botswana lures Japan's interest (Japan Times) May 11 Now is the Time for a FTA with Japan (scoop.co.nz) May 09 Japan panel wants corporate tax cut to lure FDI (Reuters) May 08 Wind drifts out of Japan's green vision (Asia Times) May 07 China is now Japan's top trading partner (CCTV) May 07 Environment Ministry, weather agency unify yellow sand info on Web (Kyodo) May 06 PCI likely paid contacts in Asia to win ODA deals (Asahi) May 06 Japan, Kazakhstan to push nuclear co-operation (Reuters) May 06 Japan to give 28 mil. yen in aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar (Kyodo) May 05 ADB's Kawai Sees Little Need for Japanese Sovereign Wealth Fund (Bloomberg) May 05 Asian countries to agree on $80 bil. facility to avoid currency crisis (Kyodo) May 05 Japan, China, S. Korea to launch consultative body for financial stability (Kyodo) May 03 China tops ASEAN poll of good partner nations (Yomiuri) May 03 Japan, China eyeing promotion of drainage projects in rural China (Kyodo) Apr 30 Japan to extend yen loans for demining projects (Yomiuri) Apr 30 Japan to push Asia financial body (Japan Times) Apr 29 Japanese loan money 'used well' (vnagency.com.vn) Apr 28 Planning Underway For Japan Nz Partnership Forum (Scoop) Apr 27 Japan, Russia OK for Tokyo's 2008 salmon, trout quota in Russian EEZ (Kyodo) Apr 26 Reform zones to be set up for medicine development (Yomiuri) Apr 25 Japan to Ask WTO to Ensure Food Exports Keep Flowing (Bloomberg) Apr 25 Japan announces $50 mln in Africa emergency food aid (Reuters) Apr 24 Africa: Japan Sees Continent of Hope (AllAfrica.com) Apr 24 Woman lawyer to fight for women's rights at U.N. (Yomiuri) Apr 23 U.S., Japan 'greenest' nations (moldova.org) 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)