By The Yomiuri Shimbun Jun. 27--TOKYO--About 1.4 percent of employees pension account records stored on microfilm do not match computer records, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.

240 million Chinese covered by social pension system BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- A latest survey on China's social pensions showed that more than 240 million Chinese have been covered by the social pension system, with over 187 million are urban workers.

After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe.

Sweden invests in marine environment STOCKHOLM, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The Swedish government is going to earmark around 72 million U.S. dollars over the next three years to help restore damaged Baltic and North Sea environments, local media reported on Thursday.

Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP Warsaw, 20 February: Poland counts on "traditional Swedish solidarity" as regards the North European Gas Pipeline, Poland's Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga said after her meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Tuesday [20 February].