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Article: CATEGORIES SELECTED FOR THE 2006 (22ND) JAPAN PRIZE.
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- December 1, 2004
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TOKYO, Dec. 1/Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ -- The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced today the two categories for the 2006 (22nd) Japan Prize, and determined their definitions as follows: Category Area I: Environment Infrastructure Prize Category : Global Change
Human beings, as is widely understood, are imperiling the globe for this generation and for future generations through high consumption of energy and natural resources--the very foundations of society--and by intensive use of land. Scientific observation, conducted all over the world, has detected what is going on, and has pointed to the ...