Vol.6 No.243  Wednesday, July 28, 1999
· New type of anti-AIDS drug developed
· SPring-8 generates 2.4 GeV BCS gamma-ray beam
· Int'l Youth Match Racing Regatta in Wakayama
· International Youth Village '99 in Mie
· HISTORIC KANSAI: Goldfish-scooping competition in Yamatokoriyama City
·Kansai in Focus: Overseas transfer of temporary houses faces deadlock

Vol.6 No.242  Wednesday, July 21, 1999

· ATR-ITL to conduct multilingual automatic translation experiments
· Chinese botanist wins International Cosmos Prize
· Earthquake assessment committee members selected
· Leading artists to join in the Fukui Harp Festival
· Advanced Photon Research Center to start operation
· World Heritage structures in Nara lit up
·Kansai in Focus: Kyoto campaigns for wide use of low-emission cars

Vol.6 No.241  Wednesday, July 14, 1999

· Construction of Kansai Int'l Airport 2nd phase projects to start soon
· World's first moving "humanoid robot" developed
· BOJ indicates Kansai economy has stopped worsening
· Outline of Shiga Environmental Messe '99 revealed
· Executive committee for first int'l robot contest set up
· Osaka Int'l Airport's terminal building reborn
·Kansai in Focus: NTT-West sets out on rough sailing after its emergence from NTT split

Vol.6 No.240  Wednesday, July 07, 1999

· Kansai corporate turnover high, economic stimulus to help venture businesses
· Osaka Gas develops chloro-benzene measurement system
· NTT-West launches operation on July 1
· The world's first automatic "Internet" microwave oven
· Great Hanshin Earthquake Memorial Center proposed
· Tezuka Osamu World to open in Kyoto Station Bldg.
·Kansai in Focus: Experts from developing countries study eco-tech at former EXPO '90 site