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Gateway Resource Center Articals Of Interest Koike also used the blossoms to make a point about how she conducted herself as one of only 70 women among the 955 candidates who competed in the recent election for the lower house of the Diet, Japan's parliament. Koike says she is grateful for the boom, which increased awareness of women in politics, but now she wants to concentrate on improving the quality and power of women in politics, not just the quantity. Koike bristles at being compared to Doi, stressing that people should vote for her not because she is a woman but because she has other qualities that will make her a good leader. sky.prohosting.com /acdoor/Books/ArticalsOfInterest/JAPWOM.htm   (956 words)

In Japan, the Lipstick Ninjas Get Out the Vote Koike joined a star-studded cast of female candidates sent out on the campaign trail this week by Koizumi, who has vowed to resign if his fractured Liberal Democratic Party fails to win control of Japan's lower house on Sept. 11. Koike has a carpetbagger image given that she has never lived in and rarely traveled to the neighborhood -- residency is not required of candidates for parliamentary seats in Japan. But Koike insists that she and others are a real catalyst for change. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090202249_pf.html   (1055 words)

3/10/2004 -- JAPAN: Koike vows to sway business sector on carbon tax Koike, 52, one of two women in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's new Cabinet launched on Monday, said she will put priority on a campaign to obtain support for such a tax from people who have so far opposed it. Koike welcomed the Russian Cabinet's approval of the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, which is expected to lead to final ratification. While the relocation of the base is necessary to lessen burdens on residents in Ginowan, Koike said construction of the offshore facility must proceed in a manner producing the minimum impact on the marine ecology. www.climateark.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=35433   (651 words)

'Assassin' Koike, ex-LDP old guard Kobayashi clash in debate Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles Koike, pitted by the LDP to run against Kobayashi in the Tokyo No. 10 constituency in the Sept. 11 general election, said, ''I am not an assassin. Koike, 53, a graduate of Cairo University fluent in both English and Arabic, vowed to ''mitigate the power of the resistance...to accelerate Japanese reforms in the rapidly changing world'' and ''be an impetus in increasing the number of female members in parliament.'' Koike is among a wide array of personalities the LDP has tapped and pitted against more than 30 dissident LDP members running in the upcoming election as independents or members of new parties. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2005_Sept_5/ai_n15403523   (656 words)

Basel Action Network (BAN) Wrapping up the two-day Ministerial Conference on the 3R Initiative in Tokyo, the chair of the meeting, Environment Minister Yuriko Koike, said trading and proper recycling of waste contribute to efficient use of natural resources and prevent environmental damage. But ministers and officials at the conference said waste from electronic and electric appliances containing such hazardous materials as lead and mercury can threaten the environment and human health when they are disassembled to recycle parts and dumped without proper treatment. Koike said it was significant that environment ministers had the opportunity to listen to such a report. www.ban.org /ban_news/2005/050501_hazardous_waste.html   (471 words)

19/5/2004 -- Japan's greenhouse gas emissions up 2% in '02; first rise in two years   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Environment Minister Yuriko Koike attributed part of the rise to increased power generation at thermal power stations, caused by the shutdown of several nuclear power plants operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. following a defect-coverup scandal. Koike said a boost in industrial activity due to a recovery in Japan's economy also pushed up greenhouse gas emissions. Koike said Cabinet ministers who attended the meeting expressed concern that Japan faces an uphill battle in achieving its Kyoto Protocol requirements. www.climateark.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=31825   (450 words)

Yuriko Koike : Last news - Pravda.Ru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Yuriko Koike : Last news - Pravda.Ru 21 September 2006 More on the subject: " Yuriko Koike " The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view of PRAVDA.Ru's editors.. english.pravda.ru /filing/_Yuriko_Koike_   (189 words)

ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Cabinet Reshuffle in Japan: Yuriko Koike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) PM Koizumi has reshuffled his cabinet, and a rising star in the Liberal Democratic Party is elected Diet member Yuriko Koike, a former journalist who studied in Egypt and speaks fluent Arabic. You might think that with such a background she would be soft, but she’s actually pretty right-wing. Koike backed the war in Iraq and is pretty hawkish on North Korea. www.cominganarchy.com /archives/2004/09/29/cabinet-reshuffle-in-japan-yuriko-koike/trackback   (196 words)

Correspondents Report - Koizumi enlists 'assassins' to run against rival MPs One of Mr Koizumi's assassins is Environment Minister Yuriko Koike. YURIKO KOIKE (translated): My move is not aimed at assassinating, but to give the people an alternative choice. Koki Kobayashi is the sitting MP facing Environment Minister Yuriko Koike. www.abc.net.au /correspondents/content/2005/s1457199.htm   (634 words)

Planet Ark : INTERVIEW - Japan Wants All Nations in Post-Kyoto Deal Koike said there were no contradictions in Japan's participation, despite its having hosted the 1997 meeting that produced the Kyoto treaty. Koike said Japan would manage to meet its goals but faced a tough challenge, particularly regarding transport and ordinary households, whose emissions have risen a worrying 28.8 percent from 1990 levels. Koike said around 90 percent of people were aware of the "Cool Biz" campaign and over 40 percent of businesses took part, and is hoping for a similar impact this winter. www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/33240/story.htm   (870 words)

Japanese minister visits air force unit in Kuwait   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike held talks with Kuwaiti officials on Sunday and inspected an advance Japanese air force unit stationed in the emirate. Koike, who arrived here Saturday, held talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah and senior environment officials. Koike said she expressed her government's thanks to Kuwait for hosting Japanese troops. www.spacewar.com /2004/040111152841.yf53ok1u.html   (263 words)

Koike vows to sway business sector on carbon tax :: The Environment Site Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The Nippon Keidanren side did not directly respond to Tamura's remarks, maintaining it firmly opposes any carbon tax because a levy of this nature would undermine the international competitiveness of domestic industry, according to the officials. Environment Minister Yuriko Koike and Nippon Keidanren remained apart at Wednesday's meeting on the ministry's goal of introducing a green tax in fiscal 2005. While harnessing nuclear energy comes with safety concerns, Koike was quoted as saying she regards atomic power as an effective measure to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promised to consider ways to ensure its safety and promote such energy. www.theenvironmentsite.org /Forum/viewtopic.php?p=4012   (1330 words)

Fiji Embassy - Current News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Yuriko Koike, Minister of Environment, Japan, as she is going to visit Fiji and Tuvalu. Her main purpose of this trip is to investigate the damage done by global warming in Tuvalu, but she is also scheduled to visit Suva to meet the Prime Minister Hon Laisenia Qarase and Minister of Environment of Fiji, Hon Poseci Bune. Finally, Ambassador Kubuabola wished Minister Koike a good and safe trip and presented a "Fiji Today 2005-06" brochure for her information. www.fijiembassy.jp /news/20060811.html   (194 words)

The United States has pledged it would help Tokyo return four islands of the Kuriles belonging to Russia U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claimed during his meeting with Japanese Minister of Environment Yuriko Koike in Washington on Tuesday that "he understood Japan's position" on the four disputed islands. Yuriko Koike is in charge of the issue of delimitation with Russia. In accordance with the USSR-Japanese declaration of 1956, the Soviet party gave its consent to hand over the islands of Habomai (standing for a group of small islands) and Shikotan of the South-Kurile string to Japan only after a peace treaty was signed. www.russiannewsroom.com /content.aspx?id=2489_Politics&date=2004-12-14   (704 words)

Japanese minister in Kuwait, will inspect air force unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike arrived here Saturday on a two-day visit for talks with Kuwaiti officials and to inspect an air force unit stationed in the emirate, the Japanese embassy said. The Japanese minister was due to meet with Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah and other officials in charge of the environment. Koike is due to visit a unit of Japanese air force personnel who are stationed at Kuwait's Ali al-Salem Air Base some 80 kilometres (50 miles) northwest of the capital and close to the border with Iraq. www.spacewar.com /2004/040110110857.m1tczqnu.html   (248 words)

Kyodo News - Story An advisory panel to Environment Minister Yuriko Koike on Minamata disease is now working on compiling a proposal -- possibly due out later this month -- about how to give relief to sufferers of the disease, many of whom have been left behind in the existing relief frameworks. At the outset of its discussions on May 11 last year, Koike told the 10-member panel, headed by former education minister Akito Arima, that she expects them ''to examine historical and social backgrounds'' of the mercury-poisoning disease, which was initially detected in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, so the tragedy will not be repeated. Members of an advisory panel to Environment Minister Yuriko Koike on Minamata disease gath... home.kyodo.co.jp /modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=250711   (941 words)

Arab nations urged to learn from Japan's pollution lesson "Japan achieved a swift economic recovery after World War II and became the world's second largest economy," Environment Minister Yuriko Koike told a meeting between Japanese officials and those from 20 Arab countries. Koike singled out Japan's first major outbreak of disease caused by pollution, Minamata disease, which killed hundreds of people, disabled thousands and caused birth defects in the 1950s and 1960s. The disease, which paralyses the central nervous system, emerged after mercury was discarded by a chemical company in the bay of Minamata, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) southwest of Tokyo. www.terradaily.com /2004/040327081611.ym7950z5.html   (356 words)

UNEP FI: Events: UNEP FI 2003 Global Roundtable: Agenda: Opening and Welcome Yuriko Koike graduated from Cairo University in 1976. She had served as the Secretary General of the Japan-Arab Association, and she had been an anchor of several TV programmes such as Nippon TV's "Sesoukodan" and TV Tokyo's "World Business Satellite". Koike has been the Minister of the Environment since September 2003. www.unepfi.org /events/2003/roundtable/agenda/opening   (761 words)

Japan invites Asia to join Cool Biz energy saving drive Yuriko Koike, the minister of the environment, said she will organize a fashion show, called "Cool Asia 2006," here on May 31 to showcase energy-saving clothes from the region. Koike said the government would instruct its employees to dress lightly -- even without ties -- and set the temperature of their air-conditioned offices at 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 F) from June 1 to September 30. Koike said furoshiki can be made by recycling used cloth. www.terradaily.com /reports/Japan_invites_Asia_to_join_Cool_Biz_energy_saving_drive.html   (567 words)

Ramsar visit to Japan, May 2004 The meeting was very warm and friendly, and the Lawmakers' League is an excellent example of how the Parties' legislative bodies, as well as the national executives, can take an active and organized part in achieving the Convention's objectives in their countries. She also underlined Japan's support for a successful COP and stressed the need for ensuring that the environment conventions are working closely together, especially Ramsar and the UNFCCC. Koike Yuriko, Minister of the Environment, and Peter Bridgewater, Ramsar Secretary General www.ramsar.org /trips_japan2004.htm   (419 words)

Japan's Prime Minister Appears Headed for Election Victory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Koizumi's hit squad is environment minister Yuriko Koike - one of 26 female candidates of the governing party, known as the "lipstick ninjas." Koike who at first glance do not appear so dangerous. The Japanese media has lapped up this sort of sound bites, virtually ignoring substantive issues, such as the economy and the deployment of Japanese troops to Iraq. www.voanews.com /english/2005-09-08-voa3.cfm   (928 words)

CORRECTED: LEAD: Ruling, opposition party leaders take to streets ahead of election Japan Policy & Politics - Find ... Itami belongs to the Hyogo No. 6 district, where Koike has been elected in 1996 and 2000 to the House of Representatives. In the 2003 general election, she was elected from a proportional representation block. In the upcoming election, Koike is set to challenge Koki Kobayashi, one of the LDP members critical of the premier's postal privatization policy, in his home constituency -- the Tokyo No. 10 district. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2005_August_22/ai_n14940976   (764 words)

Story - The University of the South Pacific News The Japanese Minister for Environment, Hon Yuriko Koike (in yellow jacket) and fellow guests from Japan during their visit to the Faculty of Islands and Oceans Campus. In witnessing the MOU signing, the Japanese Minster of Environment, Hon Yuriko Koike said her country was committed to supporting the efforts of USP in the area of environment and development. The Minister added that she was very pleased to be associated with the establishment of a research network (NetRes) at USP as a vehicle for the promotion of the goals of APFED II. www.usp.ac.fj /news/story.php?id=150   (468 words)

SD @ UNEP FI Global Roundtable, 20-21 October 2003; Tokyo, Japan Minister of the Environment, Koike Yuriko (right) stressed the importance of harmonizing environmental preservation and economic growth. In order to achieve this, she said that personal lifestyle and business activities would need to be reviewed and emphasized development of technology and products that serve the environment and stimulate the economy. Photo: Takeshi Komura (left), Governor of the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), noted that the DBJ was the first Japanese bank to sign the UNEP FI Statement, Komura outlined activities of the DBJ, and stressed the need for social and environmental responsibility among financial institutions. www.iisd.ca /sd/unep/fi/20october.html   (781 words)

BMU - English - Press: Germany and Japan aim to strengthen their cooperation in environmental protection Talks between Federal environment Minister Jürgen Trittin and the Japanese environment Minister Yuriko Koike Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin and the Japanese Environment Minister Yuriko Koike met today in Tokyo for an opinion exchange on current environmental policy issues. Both parties welcomed the recent entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol as a first decisive step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions. www.bmu.de /english/international_environmental_policy/press_statements_speeches/pm/35422.php   (544 words)

Koike, resuming her duties, says she 'worked too hard'+ Koike, resuming her duties, says she 'worked too hard'+ Resuming her official duties, the 53-year-old Koike had a two-hour meeting with ministry officials to discuss "Cool Biz," a governmental campaign from late May to encourage people to dress more casually to help cut down on power consumption for air conditioning during summertime, according to government officials. Koike was taken to a hospital on March 29 after developing high fever and was hospitalized until Friday to receive treatment for pneumonia. www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/-koike-resuming-her-duties-says-she-worked-too-/2006/04/17/1577867.htm   (664 words)

New Japan Eco-System Corporation - MIRABO Fuel Cell Installed in Japanese Government Ministry`s Office Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Yuriko Koike, the Minister of the Environment who has long been an advocate of environmental protection. She personally switched on the system and thereafter made a speech, first introduction to a Governmental Office of clean energy generation system aimed at global warming prevention and CO2 reduction. Yuriko Koike gives a presentation, powered by the MIRABO fuel cell system www.fuelcellmarkets.com /article_default_view.fcm?articleid=12329&subsite=12328   (291 words)

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