Tuna-crazy Japanese fish for pact to scale back fleets

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Japan has called for the reduction of tuna fishing fleets in Asia. It aims to preserve tuna populations and to prevent overfishing. However, commercial profits from the lucrative tuna industry has failed to encourage Asian countries to follow suit. Despite Japan's agreement to cut its fleet by 20% starting Mar 31, 1999, in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Taiwan persists in keeping its fleet. In response to this rebuff, Japanese officials are pressuring trading firms not to buy from boats that supply more than 20% of its tuna imports.

Commercial Fishing, Fishing, Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities, Finfish, Finfish Fishing, Fishing Zones & Intnl Agreements, Tuna, Laws, regulations and rules, International trade, Fish industry, Fishes, Fisheries, Tuna (Food product), Tuna fishing, Fishing laws, Law of the sea

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Thanks goes to the yen: Japanese lifestyle now pricier in Hong Kong

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The declining value of the yen has rendered a Japanese lifestyle more costly in Hong Kong than in Tokyo, Japan, according to a survey. This marked the second straight year that Hong Kong costs have surpassed Tokyo's in the survey conducted by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Banks' affiliated research institute. Japanese visits to Hong Kong decrased 40% in 1997, after gaining 30% in 1996.

Economic aspects, Hong Kong, Japanese foreign relations, Life style, Lifestyles, Cost and standard of living, Cost of living, Hong Kong foreign relations

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