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Articles in Jan 31, 2000 issue of Japan Policy & Politics

• Russia's Ivanov to arrive in Japan on Feb. 10, Kono says
• DPJ to go own way in Osaka, Kyoto polls, Hatoyama indicates
• Miyazawa hopes for upturn in household spending
• Japanese peacekeepers leave for Golan Heights
• [2] Public security panel to approve surveillance of AUM
• U.N. mission chief in Kosovo to visit Japan in Feb
• German-POW camp reveals little-known history of Japan
• Amphetamine, cannabis hauls at Narita mark record in 1999
• Plenary session set for Thurs. to take vote on seat bill
• Netherlands, Japan mark 400 years of ties
• Full text of Obuchi's policy speech
• AUM member arrested for allegedly threatening bank
• Obuchi vows to continue to seek approval of weir project
• Tension mounts as Diet committee begins debate on seat bill
• Gov't submits FY 2000 budget to Diet
• Obuchi, Putin agree to hold bilateral summit soon
• Ruling, opposition camps bracing for all-out confrontation
• Summers urges Japan to stimulate personal spending
• Gov't spokesman denies Summers called for 2-3 pc growth
• Turkish envoy slams Shukan Bunshun for 'groundless' story
• MSDF officer suspected of stealing live bullets
• Hashimoto asks for Clinton's cooperation on Okinawa summit
• Ex-police officer admits leaking private information
• GSDF officer unpunished for unauthorized shooting
• Hashimoto against use of consumption tax for social security
• Survey shows high public distrust toward police: Yomiuri
• Ruing camp aims at enactment of seat-cut bill Wednesday
• Japan sees no problem with post-coup Ecuador leader
• Ministry to subsidize start-ups launched by elderly
• Yeltsin conveys optimism over ties with Japan
• Kono outlines diplomacy goals, better ties with N. Korea
• 150 demonstrate against U.S. Marines' live-fire drills
• Obuchi to present silver cups to centenarian twin
• Panel inaugurated to review Japan's English education system
• Ruling coalition passes seat-cut bill in lower house
• Miyazawa urges continuation of fiscal policy to spur recovery
• Number of Japanese going abroad up in 1999
• AUM says abduction mere row between siblings
• Foreign children excluded from peers in Japanese schools
• Exhibition of Holocaust memoirs to open in Tochigi Pref
• Japan, U.S. to hold deregulation talks next week
• Kono to skip Middle East peace confab in Moscow
• Obuchi cabinet's approval rating rebounds to 36 pc
• Group to provide free medical checks to sarin attack victims
• Most of Japan's power, gas companies plan rate hike in April
• 73 or older LDP lawmakers to basically retire: panel
• Obuchi says gov't to maintain aggressive fiscal policy
• Public security panel to approve surveillance of AUM
• 3 prefectures hosting G-8 meetings discuss preparations
• Miyazawa downplays Japan's growing trade surplus with U.S
• Noboru appointed disarmament ambassador
• Obuchi vows to stick to aggressive fiscal policy