Japan vows more anti-global warming efforts in economic policy draft

Japan vows more anti-global warming efforts in economic policy draft

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a press conference after a meeting of the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy on June 12. A revised draft of the government's economic and fiscal policy guidelines discussed at the meeting showed that Japan will make further efforts to fight against global warming by reviewing its plan to achieve goals under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and aiming at halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050.

Foreign Ministry spent 30 mil. yen on wine in 3 yrs

Foreign Ministry spent 30 mil. yen on wine in 3 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the copy of an invoice sent to the Foreign Ministry by a Tokyo trading company. According to documents revealed June 14, the ministry purchased a total of 4,427 bottles of high-quality wine worth about 30 million yen in the three years from fiscal 1997 for the purpose of entertaining foreign guests. The most expensive wine, from France, cost roughly 66,000 yen per bottle.

Japan vows more anti-global warming efforts in economic policy d

Japan vows more anti-global warming efforts in economic policy d

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a press conference after a meeting of the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy on June 12. A revised draft of the government's economic and fiscal policy guidelines discussed at the meeting showed that Japan will make further efforts to fight against global warming by reviewing its plan to achieve goals under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and aiming at halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050. (Kyodo)

Foreign Ministry spent 30 mil. yen on wine in 3 yrs

Foreign Ministry spent 30 mil. yen on wine in 3 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the copy of an invoice sent to the Foreign Ministry by a Tokyo trading company. According to documents revealed June 14, the ministry purchased a total of 4,427 bottles of high-quality wine worth about 30 million yen in the three years from fiscal 1997 for the purpose of entertaining foreign guests. The most expensive wine, from France, cost roughly 66,000 yen per bottle.

Former NCB executives plead not guilty

Former NCB executives plead not guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Accompanied by their lawyers, three former executives of the failed Nippon Credit Bank walk into the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21 to appear in the first hearing of their trial. Former Vice President Tadao Iwaki, 62, former Chairman Hiroshi Kubota, 68, and former President Shigeoki Togo, 56, (drom L to R) pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying the bank's fiscal 1997 earnings report to conceal bad loans.