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Former staffers of defeated DPJ lawmakers face...
A female instructor from a job placement agency dedicated to politicians and staff shows a former aide to a Diet member how to present a business card in a seminar held in Tokyo’s Akasaka district on Dec. 19. (Soichiro Yamamoto)
With a wife and two young children to support and a 20-year mortgage to pay, an aide to a defeated Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker is now desperately seeking to hitch his...
RIO+20 SEMINAR (1): Japan looks for green growth
Japanese officials stressed the importance of combining economic development with environmental protection at seminars on the fringe of the Rio+20 talks late June.
RIO+20 SEMINAR (2)/ Yutaka Kunimoto: How Ajinomoto...
Yutaka Kunimoto, corporate executive deputy president of Ajinomoto Co. (Photo by Daisuke Ito)
Yutaka Kunimoto, corporate executive deputy president of food and chemical giant Ajinomoto Co., delivered a speech at the seminar hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture,...
RIO+20 SEMINAR (3)/ Makoto Nagasawa: Let's nurture...
Makoto Nagasawa, president of Fruta Fruta Inc. (Photo by Daisuke Ito)
Makoto Nagasawa, president of Fruta Fruta Inc., delivered a speech at the seminar hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on June 22.
RIO+20 SEMINAR (4)/ Old Japan could be a model for...
Anne McDonald, professor at Sophia University (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Environmentally friendly agriculture policies implemented on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture can serve as a model for the rest of the world, according to Anne...
RIO+20 SEMINAR (5)/ Panel discussion: Going green...
Participants in the panel discussion (Photo by Daisuke Ito)
Sustainable agriculture and fisheries was the theme of the panel discussion at the June 22 seminar.
RIO+20 SEMINAR (6)/ Commentary: Learn from Rio+20
Keiji Takeuchi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Rio+20 Conference, which hoped to find ways to promote North-South cooperation and help developing nations grow, pretty much got nowhere.
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