Vol.9 No.419  Wednesday, March 26, 2003
· Cultural Agency to boost Kansai as cultural center
· Flat light source developed for LED lighting
· Business training for Kazakh and Uzbek
· 3rd World Water Forum closes with declaration
· Historic Kansai:Murouji Temple waiting for rhododendron blossoms
·Kansai in Focus: Press tour to Tokushima, a charming, high-tech province

Vol.9 No.418  Wednesday, March 19, 2003

· World's largest event on photovoltaic energy
· Light source of white LED developed by Matsushita
· World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in Kobe
· Light-harvesting antenna model synthesized
· Osaka sets up IT promotion institute for Java
· Exports from Kansai grow for 10 consecutive months
·Kansai in Focus: 'Radio history walk' attracts tens of thousands

Vol.9 No.417  Wednesday, March 12, 2003

· 3rd World Water Forum to start Mar.16 in Kyoto, Osaka, Shiga
· Melbourne/Osaka double-handed yacht race 2003
· Kyoto business supporting seminar in Tokyo
· Mechanism to regulate insulin secretion clarified
· New body to boost Osaka-Korea IT interchange
· 8th Harima int'l forum with Nobel Prize winners
·Kansai in Focus: Moves under way to reactivate vacant recreation facilities

Vol.9 No.416  Wednesday, March 05, 2003

· International symposium on Nankai quakes in Wakayama
· Molecular structural change of Dynein first revealed
· International forum on Asian urban problems
· Fine ceramic tea bowl developed with high-tech
· Nara Pref. to host water symposium Mar. 15
· Symposium on int'l exchanges through culture