Foreign Ministry holds lecture meeting on SARS

Foreign Ministry holds lecture meeting on SARS

TOKYO, Japan - A man (R) asks about how to deal with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) during a meeting on the disease sponsored by the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 11. Some 160 people from trading companies, airlines and other firms whose employees are working abroad attended the meeting.

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