Japan, U.S. agree to form ‘clean tech’ fund (The Japan Times)

KOBE (Kyodo) Japan and the United States agreed Saturday to set up a multilateral “clean technology fund” to spark the development of technology aimed at combating global warming, a Japanese official said. Stephen Johnson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was quoted as telling Environment Minister Ichiro Kamoshita in a meeting in Kobe that Washington wants Japan to …

Mumbengegwi in Japan to attend conference (The Herald)

THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cde Simbarashe Mumbengegwi left for Japan yesterday to attend the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development which runs from May 27 to 30 2008.