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World’s Top Polluters to Fight Climate ChangeCanberra, Australia - The United States, Japan, China, India, Australia and South Korea will hold the first meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate - a pact they say will complement, not rival, the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases. |
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Monkeys Have Accents, Japanese Study FindsKyoto, Japan - Now primate researchers have discovered that Japanese macaques can acquire different accents based on where they live - just like humans. |
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Honda Motor To Mass Produce Next-Generation Solar CellsTokyo, Japan - Honda Motor said Monday it will begin mass producing next-generation solar panels for household use from 2007, halving the carbon-dioxide emissions of the already eco-friendly technology. |
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Honda to produce next-gen solar cellsKumamoto, Japan - Honda Motor said it will begin mass producing next-generation solar panels for household use from 2007, halving the carbon-dioxide emissions of the already eco-friendly technology. |
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Japanese Burger Chain Flips for Food Waste RecyclingTokyo, Japan - Mos Food Services, Inc., a Japanese hamburger chain, carried out experimental food waste recycling at five of its shops in and around Nagoya near the recent environmentally themed 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. |
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Sharp Develops Technology to Apply Plant-Based Resin Paint Made from CornOsaka, Japan - Sharp Corporation and Kansai Paint Co. have developed technology for painting the plastic parts of consumer electronics with plant-based resin paint made from corn. |
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Monkeys have accentsYakushima, Japan - To the untrained ear monkeys of a certain species may all sound the same, but Japanese researchers have found that, like human beings, they actually have an accent depending on where they live. |
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Japan moves to protect the elderlyTokyo, Japan - Japan yesterday passed its first law to prevent abuse of the elderly following alarm at the problem in a nation which traditionally venerates the old. |
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Honda unveils hydrogen fuel-cell conceptMakuhari, Japan - Honda unveiled a new hydrogen-powered fuel-cell concept car Wednesday which runs on a refueling unit that also supplies electricity and hot water for the home. |
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Police honor poodle that can walk on two legs for promoting road safetyIse, Mie, Japan - Police have honored a 4-year-old male toy poodle that can walk on its hind legs for promoting road safety, it has been learned. |
news from East Asia
- Beijing’s New Year Resolution: Scrap Polluting Cars
- Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car
- Japanese City Finds Treasure in Recycling Unwanted Electronics
- Renowned Swedish retailer donates proceeds from toy sales to UNICEF projects
- Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fund
- Japanese Workers Forsake Cubicles, Embrace Outdoors
- UN disarmament events kick off in Republic of Korea and Brazil
- Japan says to spare humpback whales again
- Wind power can prevent climate change: study
- Good news? There is some
