2003.10.09

Tokyo's Rival Says 'the Real Japan' Is Right Here [New York Times] 2003.10.09

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DPRK-Leadership (Yonhap)   More subtle indications of a power struggle or shake-up below the ultimate rank of Kim Jong Il in North Korea. 2003.10.09

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Japan-Markets UPDATED Dollar nears 109 yen in late afternoon Asian trading. Meanwhile, Nikkei index on Thursday dropped less than 11 points.   2003.10.09

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Japan-Economy (AP)   Japan's current account surplus rose in August. 2003.10.09

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Sony-Cell Chip (Bloomberg)   Sony to start manufacturing Cell chip in Nagasaki-ken.   2003.10.09

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Bush-Koizumi (Kyodo) More on what we can expect at next week's talk between Bush and Koizumi in Tokyo.   2003.10.09

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Foreign Ministry Fiasco (Japan Times)   The fired ambassador to Lebanon spills the beans on another scandal involving the demoralized and inept Foreign Ministry.   2003.10.09

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Hokkaido-Quake 2003/10/09  08:15:19.95 JST LAT 42.350N LON 144.721E DEPTH 20.0km MAGNITUDE 5.5   Latest shaker above following several tremors yesterday.     2003.10.09

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From the wreck of a car crash, Dear Leader's secret sex life is laid bare. From the wreck of a car crash, Dear Leader's secret sex life is laid bare When a retired North Korean dancing girl crashed her Mercedes in Pyongyang a month ago, not a peep was heard from the world's most isolated Stalinist state about the scale of the tragedy to have befallen its paranoid leader Kim Jong Il. Only yesterday, did it emerge that the 50-year-old woman who suffered severe head injuries and is now in a critical condition is the wife of the "Dear Leader" Mr Kim and mother of his heir apparent. [The Agonist] 2003.10.09

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US rejects North Korean demand to exclude Japan from nuke talks. US rejects North Korean demand to exclude Japan from nuke talks The United States flatly rejected a North Korean demand that Japan be excluded from any future talks on resolving the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula. [The Agonist] 2003.10.09

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