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Articles in August 9, 1999 issue of Japan Policy & Politics

• Japanese group leaves for Etorofu on visa-free trip
• 1st public hearing held on wiretapping bills
• Forum discusses better support for nuclear-bomb victims
• Ibaraki Pref. plans to refuse AUM use of facilities
• Korean to tell U.N. that 'daiken' violates human rights
• Hiroshima mayor to stress survivors' contributions
• Environment, Internet-based crime rising, survey shows
• Upper house panel urges better management of ODA
• Obuchi to skip A-bomb memorial ceremony in Nagasaki
• Hayashi to sue weekly for photo in Wakayama court
• Obuchi pledges continued support for Kosovo refugees
• LDP, LP remain apart over seats bill
• Agency not to request airborne-refueling budget in Aug
• Policy outline sees Japan focusing ODA on Asia
• Woman found dead at AUM facility in Saitama Pref
• MSDF applied Defense Agency 'rules' for March intrusion
• Fuji TV employee arrested for alleged drug possession
• Record 1,230 A-bomb victims hospitalized in FY 1998
• 9 ministers to visit Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15
• Hiroshima mayor, ambassadors send out peace messages
• Peace marchers from all over Japan arrive in Hiroshima
• Full text of Hiroshima's Peace Declaration
• Scientists hold antinuke confab in Shizuoka
• Gov't may punish teachers who oppose flag, anthem
• Civic group urges cancellation of secret nuke agreement
• Ex-AUM member Tominaga appeals 18-year sentence
• Flag-anthem bill likely to clear Diet Mon. night
• Kazak radiation victim's paintings donated to museum
• Obuchi negative on passage of Diet seats bill
• British POW spokesman slams Yasukuni move
• Gov't to introduce 'helper' program for elderly
• 70 pc of Japanese concerned over possible war: paper
• Budget funds eyed for results-oriented projects
• Father of Kazak radiation victim relays peace message
• Agency to introduce new bid system for plane supply
• Latest table of party strength in Diet
• Origami-inspired U.S. musician sings for peace
• Antinuke group protests U.S. sales of A-bomb souvenirs
• 27 people drown at weekend, bringing summer total to 62
• Woman nabbed for alleged sale of endangered tortoises
• Clinton says he sees positive outlook for Japan
• U.S. eyed change in ground invasion plan of Japan
• Lower house OKs ethics bills
• 2 AUM followers stationed at ASDF base resign
• Komura to ask U.N. to adopt anti-nuke proposal
• LDP team decides on new company for Aomori project
• Miyazawa to table new depositor protection plan in fall
• Japan hopes Yeltsin will visit Japan soon
• Survivors of A-bombing, tests seek abolition of nukes
• Dr. Simon, treater of A-bomb sufferers, dies
• Futemma base relocation, 2000 summit unrelated: Foley
• Gov't asks citizens to create logo for G-8 summit
• Japan, Russia differ over visa-free visits, Yeltsin trip
• IHI, Sumitomo in talks to unite warship production
• U.S. destroyer Cushing visits Maizuru amid protests
• Gov't plans to exempt media from wiretapping targets
• Upper house panel holds hearing on flag, anthem bill
• School victims of Nagasaki A-bombing remembered
• Tokyo metropolitan assembly ordered to return tour money
• LP rejects LDP's compromise plan on Diet seats bill
• Nagoya court rejects demand to evacuate ASDF base
• Pentagon eyeing radar deployment in Japan, paper says
• Bureaucrat-turned-politician Ishikawa dies at 70
• Yeltsin to visit Japan this year: spokesman
• Ozawa urges LDP to act on Diet seat bill
• Japan to send 2 officials to help Kosovo
• Conference on Disarmament accepts 5 new member states
• Antinuke groups wrap up conferences in Hiroshima
• Japan, Russia to discuss ex-islanders' free visits
• Inamine refuses to specify deadline for base relocation
• U.S. sends 2 missile-tracking ships to Japan: paper
• Memorial service held for school victims of A-bombing
• Ruling, opposition parties agree on ethics bill
• Int'l confab concludes seeking nuke-free 21st century
• Memorial service held for Korean victims of A-bombing
• Lower house offers silent prayer for A-bomb victims