Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from September 2004

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from September 2004

GE Healthcare announces licensing agreements for green fluorescent protein access.
September 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Australasian Biotechnology) Bristol-Myers Squibb and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc each have formed licensing agreements with GE Healthcare for rights to Aequorea Victoria Green Fluorescent Protein...

Agenix presents Thromboview findings to international imaging conference.
September 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Australasian Biotechnology) Agenix Ltd announced at the 51st Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, its blood-clot imaging technology, Thromboview, showed promising safety and dosimetry...

US FDA IND approval triggers a further A$2M investment in Xenome.
September 1, 2004... (From Chemical Business NewsBase - Australasian Biotechnology) The US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research had approved Xenome Ltd's Investigational New Drug submission for the new pain drug, Xen2174. The...

Social-IN Management Philosophy.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Interviewer: Takamasu Kanji The brand name "Olympus" perhaps evokes the image of digital cameras for the vast majority of people. The company sold a total of 7.4 million units...

Japanese Consumers.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Itoh Motoshige Highly Demanding Japanese Consumers Japanese consumers are said to be "the strictest in the world." This means they have high expectations in regard to the...

Japan is a Source of Innovation.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Werner Geissler For Procter & Gamble, Japan represents an important market with enormous growth potential. In fact, given the relative development of our business here, we...

Focus on Customers.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Billie Cole When the news hit that Wal-Mart was entering the Japanese market in 2002(1), the headlines compared the company to the black ships which Commodore Matthew Perry...

Consumption Patterns among Young Japanese.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Nakamura Hiromi Recently kimonos have become extraordinarily popular among Japanese women in their 20's and 30's. But it is not the ordinary classic garb that is all the rage,...

Kabuki's Tradition is Passed On with Ebizo XI's Shumei Performances.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Kurosawa Tsuneo The Kabuki world is gripped by a frenzy over popular young actor Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII's succession to the distinguished stage name of Ichikawa Ebizo XI. ...

21st Century World Exposition.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Nakamura Toshio On June 8, 1994, the General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) adopted a resolution on the ideal form of World Expos for the 21st...

Financial Health and Earning Power.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Izumi Masaki Hopes are rising for a revitalization of Japan's financial system. Together with the recovering economy and rebounding share prices, progress has been made in the...

Weaving, Dyeing and Kimono.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Sasaki Chigako Kimono is famous as Japanese traditional dress. But as with the indigenous clothing in many countries around the world, it is no longer the daily wear in modern...

Thoughts on Life in Japan.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Philip Harper I came to Japan at the age of 22. I arrived as a participant in the JET Program(me), an educational scheme run by various arms of the Japanese government, and...

Japanese Civilization (Part 16).
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Kawakatsu Heita The main stream of the economic history of East Asia is "intra-Asian competition." There lies the heart of the rivalry between China and Japan. It can be...

What Does "Restructuring" Mean in Japan and How Far Has It Progressed?
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Bradley Richardson Restructuring is a word often heard in Japan these days. In politics "restructuring" often refers to Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro's policies to...

DPJ Makes Big Strides, Bolstering the Development of a Two-Party Political System in Japan.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) In the 20th House of Councillors election on July 11, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an embarrassing blow as it won only 49 of the 121 seats up for grabs, missing its...

Abductee Soga Reunited with Her Family.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Repatriated Japanese abductee Soga Hitomi was reunited with her ailing American husband, Charles Robert Jenkins, and their two daughters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 9 for the first time...

Realignment of Japanese Pro Baseball Looming.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Japanese professional baseball has been rocked by the fiasco triggered by a planned merger between the Orix Blue Wave and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in the Pacific League. In addition, Seibu...

Religion and Contemporary Japanese Democracy.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Inoki Takenori Public Spirit and Religion I assume that among Japanese there are a relatively large number of people who express a wish to be loyal to themselves or live in a...

Envisioning an East Asian Community.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Inoguchi Takashi As an academic writer on East Asia for 40 years, I can recall how history pushes itself from one stage to another without really enabling people to understand...

The Most Demanding Japanese Consumers and Their Implications.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Hatakeyama Noboru More than 10 years ago when I was the Vice Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), now the Ministry of...

Koizumi Cabinet Faces Shrinking Base of Support.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Sasaki Takeshi Until a few months ago, it appeared that Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would in all likelihood win 51 of the total...

Considering the Politics of East Asia: South Korea and Taiwan.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Shiraishi Takashi This past March, a presidential election was held in Taiwan, and the incumbent president, Chen Shui-bian, and vice-president, Annette Lu of the Democratic...

Toda Toshio: Maestro of Edo Sashimono.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Article by Elizabeth Kiritani and illustrations by Kiritani Itsuo Several years ago I was disturbed by the number of disposable chopsticks I was using. As they are doled out by...

The Imperial Style, 16 Years On.
September 1, 2004... (From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI)) Byline: Matsunaga Tsutomu People around the nation visit the Imperial Palace in the center of Tokyo to do voluntary labor. They devote themselves silently to the tasks of weeding and...

Guessing game on North Korean heir intensifies.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Choi Soung-ah A major question again being posed here is who North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-il will pick as next in line to head the hermit kingdom following reports of the death of Ko Young-hee, his...

Public divided on capital relocation.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim So-young The Grand National Party may have hoped to galvanize opposition in a public debate yesterday on moving the capital from Seoul. Instead, it stirred up a split verdict. Views were relatively...

Students hooked on cell phones.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Chang Yeojean Does anyone in Korea not have a cell phone? Look around - in subways, taxis, cars, restaurants, on the road, anywhere - and most everybody is busy talking into a cell phone and ignoring the bustle...

College enrollment to be cut by 95,000.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) The number of new students enrolling at universities will be cut drastically by 95,000 - 12,000 at state-run colleges and 83,000 in private schools - by the end of 2009 under a tentative government plan unveiled...

Zenith reaps royalties from Toshiba.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) LG Electronics Inc. said yesterday that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Zenith Electronics Corp. reached a deal to allow Toshiba Corp. the use of its digital broadcast patent. The details of the agreement were not...

Koguryo or Goguryeo?
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) One of our national traits seems to be that we are used to living with problems, rather than trying to overcome or remove them. In the latest example, our diplomats agreed to deal with the history dispute with China...

Changes to disclosure requirements.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Tom Chung Amendments to the disclosure requirements for companies listed on the Korea Stock Exchange and Kosdaq will come into effect beginning Oct. 1. Major changes include a decreased number of disclosure items...

Private school reform.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) Extreme critics of the revision bill to the Private Schools Law now being promoted by the administration and the ruling party call it "communistic" legislation. Such a severe denunciation of the reform move designed...

Industrial site rules in Seoul to be relaxed.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Jung-min The government is considering easing regulations barring companies from building factories in the Seoul metropolitan area, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation said yesterday. Under a...

Rumsfeld's curse.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) Since Washington announced its plan to cut a third of the 37,000 U.S. troops in Korea by the end of next year, heated debates have continued across the nation's liberal-conservative ideological divide on the true...

Chung conducts 'Carmen' in Seoul.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Warren Lee Maestro Chung Myung-whun will conduct Bizet's grand opera, "Carmen," with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra next week at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. The three performances will...

No matter the economy, laughter sells.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Yang Sung-jin The domestic drama industry has been in a deep slump, partly due to the protracted economic downturn. As people tighten their belts and slash expenses, they stop shelling out to buy theater tickets....

Korea Gas union rejects market opening.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Ji-hyun The labor union at state-owned Korea Gas Corp. yesterday issued a statement rejecting sweeping government reforms that would allow the entrance of private players into the local gas industry. ...

No! in thunder.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Seong-kon Like Zeus, who took an interest in human affairs and made his presence known as thunder, writers have often expressed a thunderous, "No!" against what they perceive as an erroneous ideology, social...

KOSPI dips for second day running.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Rambabu Garikipati The domestic stock market continued its decline for a second day yesterday, as investors locked in previous gains, with the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slipping below the...

ING chairman sees growth potential for insurance.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Ji-ho Although Korea's insurance market is mature, there still is considerable room to explore given predictions that disposable income and savings will rise further, the visiting head of ING Groep NV said...

KT, SKT, Dacom picked for new network projects.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Tong-hyung The government yesterday picked three consortia, respectively led by SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and Dacom Corp., to take up trial operations of new networks for converged telecom and broadcast...

Ship-investment funds sailing high; Korea Marine to launch its.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Ji-ho Korea is the world's No. 1 shipbuilder and fifth-largest container- freight handler. Still, there's one corner missing from a powerful triangle that could greatly enhance Korea's presence in the...

Underdogs shine in Athens.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) This is the second of a three-part series wrapping up the 2004 Athens Olympics. - Ed. By Lee Sun-young With the Olympic flame extinguished in Athens, the spectacle and drama of the 2004 Olympic Games are still...

E-Mart accuses card issuers of price-fixing.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Yoo Soh-jung E-Mart, Korea's No. 1 discount retailer, yesterday requested the nation's competition regulator to investigate three card companies on charges of collusion and price-fixing in an escalating dispute...

Hyndai unveils new Sonata.
September 1, 2004... (From The Korea Herald) By Kim Tae-gyun Hyundai Motor Co., Korea's largest automaker, yesterday introduced a redesigned version of its top-selling Sonata sedan, declaring the midsize car as the flagship model for its plan to join the...

Cory hacienda retrenching workers.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jo Clemente, PDI Central Luzon Desk TARLAC CITY-The reduction of the workforce of the Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) was a business decision and a purely labor issue, a representative of HLI...

Aglipay skirts Napolcom directive.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christian V. Esguerra PHILIPPINE National Police Director General Edgar Aglipay said the revamp of police offices will go on as scheduled this week despite the National Police Commission's...

Another Filipino dies in Beirut plunge.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: TJ Burgonio and Martin P. Marfil FOREIGN Secretary Alberto Romulo yesterday denounced the death and possible sexual assault of a Filipino domestic helper in Lebanon as he ordered the Philippine...

Crime in Manila in the 1840s.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Ambeth R. Ocampo WHEN people come up to me at lectures or a book launch and ask me to sign a collection of books I have written, I am so flattered I oblige. Nick Joaquin was not so...

Archers seek No.4 against Falcons.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LA SALLE'S resurgent Archers try to extend their winning streak to four when they clash with the Adamson Falcons today in the UAAP senior basketball tournament at the Philsports Arena. "We're getting...

Artist should be consulted, says expert.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Fe B. Zamora OUT OF courtesy and respect, art restorers and conservationists are required to consult with the original artist-if he is still alive-before they could even think of touching his...

Cabinet undergoes workshop.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juliet Labog-Javellana THEY'RE not exactly new to the job but members of the new Arroyo Cabinet yesterday participated in a 12-hour "workshop'' conducted by no less than the Chief Executive...

RP 'awakening' in Athens Heartwarming, heartbreaking.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Artemio T. Engracia Jr. (Conclusion) LIMPING back to the center of the mat with the score tied at 7-7, Donald Geisler III, his ankle dislocated after that thudding clash in midair with...

Camanava Summit off to uneasy start.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Edson C. Tandoc Jr. SOME northern Metro Manila mayors are having doubts about the capability of the proposed P5-billion Camanava (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela) Flood Control Project...

Cardinals, Lions fight for life today.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) IT'S down to one final match for the San Beda Lions and the Mapua Cardinals. And, apparently, it's not going to be easy when the two teams gun for a last shot at the Final Four against front-runners...

CBCP urges clergy to give cash to gov't.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jeffrey M. Tupas and Anthony S. Allada, PDI Mindanao Bureau, Blanche S. Rivera and Cynthia D. Balana, in Manila THE PRESIDENT of the powerful Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has...

Cebuano cagers nip Laguna in 2 OTs.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CALAPE, Bohol-Ronald Bucao sank the winning basket as Tribu Sugbu (Cebu Tribes) pulled off an 82-80 double overtime decision over Laguna Spring Monday in a thrilling match featuring the division leaders in...

Goodbye kiss to Greece.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Recah Trinidad ATHENS-Farewell now, dear Athens, city of my new affections, whose loveliness and magic I haven't known and may never ever fathom. It's too early to go but, sorry, it's...

Big show by SEAG rivals alarms RP sports officials.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Artemio T. Engracia Jr. ATHENS-While the Philippine delegation returned yesterday with nothing to show after a fortnight of action in the 28th Olympic Games, its Southeast Asian neighbors,...

Complaint leads cops to firearms.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tina G. Santos A 61-YEAR-OLD man's alleged indiscriminate firing led members of the Central Police District to a "collection" of firearms and a grenade in his house in Quezon City early...

Dely Atay-atayan, 90.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Marinel R. Cruz DELY Atay-atayan, John Puruntong's nagging mother-in-law, is dead of old age at 90. She passed away last Monday night, according to her family. Adelaida Villegas, known to...

At the end of the day.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michael Hussin B. Muin, M.D. DOCTORS are leaving. We've read the bitter reviews, the harsh editorials and the sensational news. Filipino doctors are packing their bags and taking the next flight...

Floods jack up Metro food prices.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christine Gaylican BE THANKFUL if you see military trucks loaded with vegetables surging through the floods. That means soldiers are now helping ferry farm products from the north of the...

DOT eyes 20M Sino tourists.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Jerome Aning CHINA, here we come. Newly appointed Tourism Secretary Joseph "Ace" Durano is convinced the future of Philippine tourism lies in attracting the 20 million Chinese who travel...

DOH scored for stand on population.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Blanche S. Rivera POPULATION management advocates yesterday expressed alarm for the Department of Health's apparent lack of concern over the country's population problem. The Philippine...

Trickles.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) THE PERENNIAL problem of floods is a case of nearly everyone being at fault. A recent symposium at the University of the Philippines featured geologist Kelvin Rodolfo expounding on how fully the blame can...

Gas cheats will be punished-Malaca[currency]ang.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Gil Cabacungan Jr. and Tina Santos GASOLINE stations found to be shortchanging their customers, especially in the face of soaring oil prices, will not be tolerated, Malaca[currency]ang said...

GMA names Abes GSIS chair.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo has appointed Bernardino Abes as new chair of the Government Service Insurance System's board of trustees. Abes replaces Hermogenes Concepcion who retired in June. A...

'Kabayan' is caretaker while GMA is in China.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Juliet Labog-Javellana WITH President Macapagal-Arroyo going to China on a three-day visit, Vice President Noli de Castro will get a feel of what it's like to be the big boss. It may not be...

Lim is 4th senator to give up entire pork.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Christine O. Avenda[currency]o and Cynthia D. Balana OPPOSITION Sen. Alfredo Lim yesterday announced that he was giving up his entire pork barrel of P200 million for next year as an act of...

Let's work faster to promote coco diesel.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Neal H. Cruz I RECEIVED three letters and a phone call in reaction to the Aug. 9 column ("Coco diesel as renewable source of fuel"). The caller wanted to know where he could buy coco diesel. I...

Mind the hip.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Michael L. Tan "WAS there a hip fracture?" That's usually the first question I ask whenever I hear of elderly relatives or family friends having a fall. If a hip fracture is involved, I get...

MILF seen provoking military.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Alcuin Papa THE MILITARY said it would file a complaint against the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front for truce violations after a large group of MILF fighters gathered near a military...

Negros lasses stall NCR XI; Davao scores.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) NEGROS Oriental held title favorite National Capital Region to a 1-1 draw and Davao surged to its third straight win yesterday in the PFF-SuperFerry National Women's Football Championship at the Marikina...

Side-by-side, Carl, Clarence leave hospital.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Rita Villadiego, Contributor NEW YORK-For the first time, formerly conjoined Filipino twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre left the hospital as two separate boys, in the seats of a double stroller...

Reminders.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Conrado de Quiros I MISSED the Argentina-Italy basketball finals, but I didn't miss the USA-Lithuania battle for bronze. I hadn't been following Olympic basketball closely on TV, though I'd been...

Remonde takes charge of NBN, RPN, IBC.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CERGE M. Remonde, chair and chief executive officer of RPN 9, has been assigned a new Cabinet post by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Remonde now heads the Government Media Group. In his new...

River of life brings death, suffering to CL folk.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Tonette Orejas CITY OF SAN FERNANDO-Like planting cycles, floods-albug, in the dialect-are regular seasons in the calendar of the hardy Kapampangans, who have lived for centuries in the...

RM Awards handed out sans GMA.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Dona Z. Pazzibugan THE PRESTIGIOUS Ramon Magsaysay Awards were handed out last night in formal ceremonies, albeit with the notable absence of the guest of honor, President Macapagal-Arroyo. ...

Negligent jail escorts dismissed.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) Byline: Luige A. del Puerto FOR BUNGLING a routine job such as escorting suspects to the courts, four jail officers have been relieved of their duties. JO1 Edwin Cereza, JO1 Ronald Balantis, JO2...

Escapee captured.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) ROXAS CITY-Police on Sunday captured an escapee, three days after he escaped from his detention cell at the police station in President Roxas town in Capiz. Ernie Bacinillo, 20, who is facing a robbery case,...

Rob suspect killed.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) LAGAWE, Ifugao-A suspected member of a robbery group operating in Ifugao was killed while another was arrested during an encounter with the police in Hungduan town on Sunday. Chief Insp. Salonga Abbugao,...

Mindoro tourism meet.
September 1, 2004... (From Philippine Daily Inquirer) CALAPAN CITY-The three-day 10th Southern Tagalog Tourism Council Assembly will be hosted for the first time in Oriental Mindoro in September. Some 300 local tourism council officers and resort owners from...