Vol.2 No.82  Tuesday, March 26, 1996
· Kobe Port's February imports exceed pre-quake levels
· Ritsumeikan awards diplomas to students expelled during WWII
· JR West's new bullet train hits 300kph
· Osaka Chamber to open foreign business center
· Kankeiren to promote three summer festivals
· Osaka debuts disaster satellite-video system
·Kansai in Focus: Fukui village makes int'l friends with local flower

Vol.2 No.81  Tuesday, March 19, 1996

· Management firm set up for Universal Studios theme park
· OCAT to open March 23 for Kansai Airport
· Sharp, Alcatel tie up on multimedia business
· PREX to instruct Kyrgyz accountants
· Osaka Pref. to set up foothold in Vietnam
· Kyoto Pref., information council open Web sites
·Kansai in Focus: TRI to emphasize openness and exchange

Vol.2 No.80  Tuesday, March 12, 1996

· Osaka to host Kansai-Shanghai economic conference in April
· Kansai economy stays on recovery track: BOJ
· Library design contest draws 2,300 entries
· Iwatani Int'l sets up LPG firm in Dalian
· Kobe Port to see new ship terminal/hotel
·Kansai in Focus: IMI Graduate School to train visual arts pros

Vol.2 No.79  Tuesday, March 05, 1996

· Kansai Electric to study coastal ecosystem to stop global warming
· NEC to build state-of-the-art multimedia lab in Kansai Science City
· Chambers urge individual investment in venture businesses
· SEI group firms to make wiring harness parts in China
· Finnish wind-powered device installed to clean water in Lake Biwa
· Nanki Shirahama Airport to be expanded to accommodate jets
· Osaka to construct Cosmosquare canal, maritime museum
· Quake damage deters tourists from visiting Kobe in 1995
·Kansai in Focus: Ark Techno-Research Inc.: Breaking new ground with fuzzy logic-based technology