Donors press for int'l assessment of Myanmar cyclone damage

Donors press for int'l assessment of Myanmar cyclone damage

YANGON, Myanmar - Osamu Uno (L), Japan's vice minister of foreign affairs, and Yasuaki Nogawa, Japanese ambassador to Myanmar, attend an international aid conference in Yangon on Sunday. Officials from 57 countries and from international aid agencies attending the one-day conference called on Myanmar's junta to allow international assessment of the short- and long-term needs of an estimated 2.4 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis three weeks ago.

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Osamu Uno, a former chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), who died of bile duct cancer at a hospital in Osaka on Nov. 12 at the age of 83. Uno, a former president of Toyobo Co., served as chairman of the most powerful business lobby in the Osaka area between 1987 and 1994.

Donors press for int'l assessment of Myanmar cyclone damage

Donors press for int'l assessment of Myanmar cyclone damage

YANGON, Myanmar - Osamu Uno (L), Japan's vice minister of foreign affairs, and Yasuaki Nogawa, Japanese ambassador to Myanmar, attend an international aid conference in Yangon on Sunday. Officials from 57 countries and from international aid agencies attending the one-day conference called on Myanmar's junta to allow international assessment of the short- and long-term needs of an estimated 2.4 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis three weeks ago. (Kyodo)

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

Ex-chief of Kankeiren Uno dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Osamu Uno, a former chairman of the Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren), who died of bile duct cancer at a hospital in Osaka on Nov. 12 at the age of 83. Uno, a former president of Toyobo Co., served as chairman of the most powerful business lobby in the Osaka area between 1987 and 1994.