Japan protests at charge of 'dumping' supercomputer

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Japan protests against the US attempts to impede the purchase of NEC supercomputers, by the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, on charges of selling below market value. An amendment to the National Science Foundation's appropriations bill may deny salaries to any officials approving the deal. The charge is supported by statistics available with the Department of Commerce. Japan denies the accusation and challenges the authenticity of the analysis. Japan further protests that the legislation is a breech of international trade laws as delineated by the World Trade Organization.

United States, Reports, International trade, Supercomputers, Dumping (International trade)

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Spotlight turns on blood policy advisers

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Hemophiliacs in Japan are demanding an independent parliamentary investigation of the Ministry of Health and Welfare's silence on the delayed use of heat treated concentrates of blood coagulants despite the risk of HIV infection. Takeshi Abe is now under media attack for soliciting large donations from blood product manufacturers before and while leading the AIDS study group. Inability to urgently import heat treated concentrates and the false statements by Midori Juji corporation about the timing of the withdrawal of the potentially infected blood products have worsened the issue.

Safety and security measures, Social policy, HIV infection, HIV infections, Disease transmission, Blood transfusion

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Health ministry accepts liability in Japanese HIV-infected blood row

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Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare has accepted partial responsibility for their inability to prevent the infection of Japanese hemophiliacs with HIV from contaminated blood products in the 1980s. A court proposed settlement suggests that each victim get about 45 mil yen, with a 60% contribution from Baxter Ltd and Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. The government's share in the original proposal would be 32.4 bil yen. The government's acceptance may initiate investigation against some former ministers accused of criminal liability and perjury.

Cases, Blood banks, Bayer Yakuhin Ltd.

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