DTN News: Japan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated October 28, 2010

DTN News: Japan Top Stories / Headlines News Dated October 28, 2010

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Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 Japan's biodiversity pledge: $2 billion As Japan pledges $2 billion to preserve biodiversity in the developing world, negotiators at COP10 report progress toward concluding an international agreement on access to genetic resources and establishing biodiversity preservation targets over the next decade. Diet panel gets video of trawler collisions Prosecutors submit video footage of collisions between a Chinese trawler and Japan Coast Guard vessels near the Senkaku islets in September to a Diet committee amid an ongoing diplomatic spat between the two countries. Ministries mixed on merits of joining Pacific FTA Joining a U.S.-backed trans-Pacific free-trade agreement would push up Japan's real gross domestic product by ¥2.4 trillion to ¥3.2 trillion, or 0.48 to 0.65 percentage point, according to an estimate by the Cabinet Office, but the trade and farm ministries' figures paint a different, and split picture. Japan to try again to mend China relations Bill eyed to ban EEZ exploration Beijing drops economic ministerial talks with Tokyo, Seoul Ozawa appeals rejection by high court Tanker probe fails to uncover traces of bomb Red List: 20% of vertebrates' days numbered Demand convention ratification, Harrison Ford urges U.S. voters Burned investors sue L&G execs 17th resolution to ban nukes passed Lawyer putting foreigners first Swords lost since 760 'found' at Todaiji Farmer's feral rice comes from paddy rife with life At ¥1.2 trillion, pet sector recession-proof Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 Cabinet OKs ¥5.1 trillion extra budget Diet set to see video of run-in China protests target Senkakus NGOs urge biodiversity parties for ambitious plan Suit fails to get kin off Yasukuni list DPJ not fielding own candidate in race for Okinawa governor COP10 end near; unified political will for biodiversity deal eludes Ministers advocate conservation of forests to curb climate change Nobelists Suzuki, Negishi get Order of Culture DPJ to reaccept corporate cash Sengoku files libel suit over article on mob ties Chopper unit back from Pakistan Maehara, Clinton to meet in Hawaii APEC security detail: 21,000 cops Business sense: saving biodiversity Saving last wild azalea shrub shows fragility of biodiversity

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS Oct. 28, 2010 A dusting of snow covers the ground Wednesday morning on the slopes of Mount Hyonosen in Yabu, Hyogo Prefecture. The season's first snow fell overnight in the mountainous region that borders Tottori Prefecture, local tourism officials said. KYODO PHOTO Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 GM gaining but Toyota, Honda lead quality ranks Maglev car design unveiled Recycling of rare earths gets eco-friendly Printers, cameras help boost Canon's earnings Fujitsu reports lower quarterly profit Nippon Steel logs better earnings Hitachi-GE reactor passes U.S. test APEC needs to find growth amid new global landscape Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 New Nissan luxury hybrid doubles mileage TPP briefings to be held on APEC sidelines Sony bids adieu to the Walkman Mabuchi, Roos ink landmark open skies pact to liberalize markets Kaieda: foreign cash buys 'effective'

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