2003.11.23

Japan-Iraq (VOA) UPDATED Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba today said Tokyo should defy threats from terrorists and stick to its controversial plan to send troops to help rebuild Iraq. Meanwhile an LDP boss also suggests sending troops.   2003.11.23

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Japan-China Broadband Phone Experiment (Kyodo) Japan and China are planning to conduct a joint experiment on a new generation Internet-capable mobile phone for high-speed data communication between the two countries. The three-year project aimed at promoting better Asian information technology (IT) systems will use the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).   2003.11.23

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Japan-Terrorism (Stars & Stripes) Japanese and American authorities are monitoring the security situation more closely in Japan following the attacks in Turkey and threats against Turkey, presumably by Al Qaeda.   2003.11.23

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S. Korea, Japan Hopeful for Nuke Talks (AP). South Korea and Japan are expressing hope  that suspending construction of two nuclear power plants in North Korea won't frustrate efforts to persuade the communist dictatorship to dismantle its suspected nuclear weapons programs.   2003.11.23

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Three held over killing of journalist [The Japan Times] Police have arrested a man on suspicion of abandoning the body of freelance journalist Satoru Someya, who was well-known for his stories about the activities of Chinese crime gangs in the capital's Kabukicho district and was found murdered in Tokyo Bay in September. Another man has also been arrested and a third person is being questioned. All three work in the lock industry. Someya had written about the recent spree of lock-picking burglaries in Tokyo which police say are the work of Chinese gangs. UPDATE: The third suspect has now been arrested.   2003.11.23

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N.Korea says Rumsfeld worse than Hitler. [The Agonist] N.Korea says Rumsfeld worse than Hitler North Korea issued a blistering attack on Donald Rumsfeld on Saturday, saying that the United States defense secretary is worse than Adolf Hitler.   2003.11.23

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JAXA facing December 2 deadline to repair Nozomi. [spacetoday.net] Japanese engineers have just over a week to repair a damaged electrical system on the Mars-bound Nozomi spacecraft if the spacecraft is to successfully go into orbit around the red planet.   2003.11.23

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Japan to reply in kind to U.S. steel curbs [The Japan Times] Japan will raise tariffs on U.S. steel products and gasoline by 30 percent as a retaliatory measure if the United States does not retract its steel import curbs, which the World Trade Organization has concluded are illegal, according to trade sources.   2003.11.23

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Japan-Terrorism (Kyodo) Anonymous Japanese public safety officials launch media campaign to calm fears Al Qaeda may be about to strike Tokyo.   2003.11.23

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