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BIE officials meet planners of Aichi Expo

NAGOYA, Japan - Bernard Testu (Foreground), chairman of the Paris-based Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) executive committee, meets the press Nov. 11 in Nagoya after reviewing a revised plan for the 2005 World Exposition. The Expo's main site, Kaisho no Mori, a wooded region in the southern part of Seto, Aichi Prefecture, was drastically reduced in size due to strong opposition from environmentalists. The secretary general of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, Harumi Sakamoto (R), said the association answered all questions posed by the BIE officials and that the visiting officials understood the situation. The executive committee will make a report to a BIE general meeting in December.

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Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

TOKYO, Japan - The 4,663-ton Kaisho Maru, Japan's biggest-ever oil-recovery vessel, ordered by the Transport Ministry in the wake of a huge oil spill on the Sea of Japan coast three years ago, is berthed at Tokyo Harbor on Aug. 28. It is part of a planned three-vessel oil-spill control task force that the ministry hopes would provide a speedy response in the event of an oil spill in Japanese coastal waters.

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(5)2005 Aichi Exposition

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants in a preview tour walk across the Kaisho forest, one of Aichi Exposition's prospective event sites. The photo was taken Nov. 6, 2001. (Kyodo)

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Honmachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

Honmachi Avenue is a street leading to the Yokohama Kaisho from Benten Bridge near Yokohama Station. Banks and corporations gathered in Honmachi dori, the centre of commerce in Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐8‐0]

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BIE officials meet planners of Aichi Expo

NAGOYA, Japan - Bernard Testu (Foreground), chairman of the Paris-based Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) executive committee, meets the press Nov. 11 in Nagoya after reviewing a revised plan for the 2005 World Exposition. The Expo's main site, Kaisho no Mori, a wooded region in the southern part of Seto, Aichi Prefecture, was drastically reduced in size due to strong opposition from environmentalists. The secretary general of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, Harumi Sakamoto (R), said the association answered all questions posed by the BIE officials and that the visiting officials understood the situation. The executive committee will make a report to a BIE general meeting in December.

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Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

TOKYO, Japan - The 4,663-ton Kaisho Maru, Japan's biggest-ever oil-recovery vessel, ordered by the Transport Ministry in the wake of a huge oil spill on the Sea of Japan coast three years ago, is berthed at Tokyo Harbor on Aug. 28. It is part of a planned three-vessel oil-spill control task force that the ministry hopes would provide a speedy response in the event of an oil spill in Japanese coastal waters.

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(4)2005 Aichi Exposition

NAGOYA, Japan - An aerial view of the Kaisho forest, one of Aichi Exposition's prospective event sites that became the center of controversy over nature conservation. The photo was taken July 7, 1999. (Kyodo)

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(2)2005 Aichi Exposition

NAGOYA, Japan - An aerial view of the Kaisho forest, one of Aichi Exposition's prospective event sites. The photo was taken June 5, 1997. (Kyodo)