Vol.4 No.150  Tuesday, August 26, 1997
· Osaka wins candidacy for Olympic Games
· Osaka to host Japan's largest design event
· Sumitomo Metal Ind. shows anti-rust system
· Osaka Gas tests fungus to help trees grow
· Winners of 7th Biwako ecology prize named
· World NGOs to hold pre-COP3 symposium
·Kansai in Focus: Cafex rises from flames with novel coffee maker

Vol.4 No.149  Tuesday, August 12, 1997

· Environment ministers to attend Eco Asia'97 in Kobe
· Ultimate clean room built for ultra precision machining research
· JETRO to back six Kansai int'l exchange projects
· Hyogo to donate quake housing units overseas
· Historic Kansai: Bunraku - An art form created by Osaka's Commoners
·Kansai in Focus: Living with Ume in Minabegawa Village

Vol.4 No.148  Tuesday, August 05, 1997

· World's longest suspension bridge to open in April 1998
· Kyoto to host 1,800 astronomers
· U.K. scientist wins '97 Int'l Cosmos Prize
· Measures to attract foreign firms proposed
· Quake loan repayment weighing on small firms
· Wakayama int'l surfing contest planed in Sept.
·Kansai in Focus: New Kankeiren Chairman on international exchange