Vol.7 No.303  Wednesday, October 25, 2000
· ATR sets up phase-III consortium for speech translation advanced research
· Drive for inviting capital functions to Mie-Kio
· Asia-Pacific Journalists' Forum 2000 set for Nov. 9
· Living in Kansai Guidebook published
· WHO anti-polio conference in Kyoto
· Historic Kansai:Mysterious forum on int'l exchanges at the foot of Mt. Koya
·Kansai in Focus: "See Hanshin-Awaji Campaign" for restoration and leading region-building

Vol.7 No.302  Wednesday, October 18, 2000

· World Tourism Organization to hold conference in Sakai
· International symposium on IT in Kobe
· British film producer wins Int'l Cosmos Prize
· Innovative method for DNA amplification
· Russia's Cossack music festival in Tokushima
· Kansai posts record high imports from Asia
·Kansai in Focus: Houses with "bengara" coating being forced to fade away

Vol.7 No.301  Wednesday, October 11, 2000

· DI improves for seven consecutive month in Kansai : BOJ survey
· New absorbent removing harmful chemicals
· International space science forum in Mie
· Information Service Day for Foreigners
· International art forum in Nara's Murou Village
· Joint Ninja festivals in Mie and Shiga
·Kansai in Focus: Once-robust public gambling in Kansai in jeopardy

Vol.7 No.300  Wednesday, October 04, 2000

· Record 24 foreign countries to participate in annual Midosuji Parade
· World's first optical device VASC developed
· Assembly women's summit in Fukui
· Kansai Ambassadors to promote the region
· OB Summit at Awaji Yumebutai next May
· Japanese language for foreign diplomats
·Kansai in Focus: A British event producer is a real cosmopolitan who would like to work anywhere