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Articles in April 15, 2002 issue of Japan Policy & Politics

• Action plan agreed in int'l confab on aging
• New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work
• Pro-whaling group steps up campaign ahead of IWC meeting
• U.S. to send defense team to Taiwan for submarine sales talks
• Koizumi backs down on anticorruption proposal
• Zoellick proposes 4-way WTO ministerial talks in May
• Ex-head of KSD quoted as handing 10 mil. yen to ex-minister
• Koizumi 'does not remember' secret funds
• High level of PCBs detected at ASDF base in Okinawa
• Arimoto may see Japanese reporters: Hirasawa
• Koizumi denies graft allegations on family consulting firm
• Gov't team to mull how to help build advanced Asian IT network
• Koizumi blasts Mizuho 'slacking off' on operations
• 3 file candidacies in Tokushima gubernatorial election
• Evans to discuss steel, tourism issues with Japanese officials
• Ruling, opposition parties see Kato's resignation as proper
• Koizumi, Zhu to hold talks Fri. in Boao
• Japanese editorial excerpts - HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
• Foreign Ministry to publish disarmament white paper
• Koizumi vows to consider additional antideflation steps
• Kawaguchi denies diplomats introduced women to lawmakers
• Japan's Feb. current account surplus rises 3.9% on year
• Sales of Koizumi goods declining with his popularity
• Inoguchi named ambassador for disarmament
• Locals lose appeal against U.S. over noise from air base
• U.S., 6 steel exporters fail to strike deal at talks
• Koizumi welcomes ruling camp victory in Kyoto poll
• DPJ outlines bill urging bureaucrats to be whistle blowers
• 3-year term demanded for ex-Foreign Ministry official
• Farm ministry to open Isahaya lock gates in mid-April
• Hiranuma to urge Zoellick to drop steel tariffs
• Latest balance of political strength in Diet
• Japan envoy stresses need for involvement of aged in society
• Izumiya cuts net losses on cost cuts and fixed property sales
• Koizumi leaves for China for economic forum, summit talks
• Shiokawa reiterates intention to raise tobacco tax in FY 2003
• Japan still considering joining Int'l Criminal Court statute
• Land ministry panel proposes securitization of housing loans
• LDP panel to put lower priority on mail privatization bill
• Bush urged to stand strong against Japan's whaling program
• One-time premier aspirant Kato says he will quit Diet
• One-time premier aspirant Kato quits Diet
• Postal service corporation should pay tax, Shiokawa says
• Diet approves resignation of one-time premier aspirant Kato
• Ministry incorporates S. Korea opinions in history textbooks
• BOJ starts 2-day policy-setting panel meeting
• Japan Diet to seek Mideast peace, settlement of 'abductions'
• Gov't to call for public's cooperation in foreign attack
• Former premier Hashimoto to leave hospital on Sat
• Koizumi arrives in Hainan for economic forum
• Hiranuma to meet Zoellick again May 1 over U.S. steel tariffs
• Security watchdog issues warning on Islamic extremists
• BOJ upgrades economic assessment for 2nd consecutive month
• One-time premier aspirant Kato quitting Diet
• Ex-lawmaker Tsujimoto to skip Wednesday's Diet testimony
• Gov't panel to discuss bad loan disposal next week: Takenaka
• Draft 'blue book' highlights global antiterror fight
• Japan, U.S. agree to cooperate on Japan's emergency bills
• Russia to propose ratification of Kyoto Protocol to assembly
• Koizumi says will seek China help in settling abduction cases
• Kawaguchi wants Togo, not Sato, to appear before Diet
• Upper house urges solution to 'abductions,' Mideast peace
• Gov't to explain Isahaya Bay gate opening to Nagasaki Pref
• Koizumi, Zhu to discuss economic dialogue, sunken boat
• BOJ Policy Board decides to maintain ultra-easy stance
• Shiokawa hints Koizumi may be leaning toward cabinet reshuffle
• Fukuda dismisses impact of Kato's resignation on Koizumi
• Kawaguchi admonishes diplomat over private e-mail
• Main opposition DPJ to probe alleged Koizumi scandal
• Agency announces reduction in MSDF antiterrorism support
• U.S. IWC delegation head urges Japan not to expand whale hunt
• Zoellick urges Japan not to rely on exports for recovery
• Sugiura to visit Malaysia on weekend to attend confab
• Upper house passes bill on int'l transfers of prisoners
• Gov't tax panel agrees to integrate inheritance, gift taxes
• Koizumi dismisses neighbors' worries about Japan economy
• Tax panel chief sees need to conduct survey before reforms
• Health ministry urges drug makers to adopt survival strategies
• Ozawa says nuclear weapons would not benefit Japan
• Keidanren chief hopes lawmaker Kato will return

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