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...fear that the African elephant faces extinction in the wild. Japan is also preparing a new multibillion-yen program of environmental aid for developing countries. Government insiders promise the new emphasis on the environment will bring results. "Once Japan decides to do something, it can move very quickly," says Takashi Kosugi, a Diet member and the leading environmentalist in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
...rites of passage. A survey of 89 Diet members by the daily Asahi Shimbun showed that each spent about $4,200 a month on an average of seven weddings and 27 funerals. Thus, despite the call by Takeshita and others for campaign-financing reform, University of Tokyo political scientist Takashi Inoguchi remains pessimistic. Says he: "How can we carry out reforms when even the voters are getting money...
Three dark-suited men jumped from a car outside a Tokyo hospital last week and disappeared into the building. When they emerged, district prosecutors had arrested silver-haired Hisashi Shinto, 78, the powerful former chairman of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone. Within days, Takashi Kato, a former Vice Minister of Labor, was also taken into custody by authorities...
...Corey is a prolific giant of organic chemistry," said Takashi Nagayama, spokesperson for the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan, which distributes the prize. He said Corey's work represents a "monumental achievement in the synthesis of eicosaniods, a vital substance in the study of human cellular and immune functions...
...government-sponsored Japan Prize was established in 1985 "to commemorate major achievements in science and engneering which will advance peace and prosperity for mankind," Takashi said...