2003.11.30

Japan-Spy Sat Launch (Kyodo) More details emerge about Saturday's costly failure to put two Japanese spy satellites into orbit.   2003.11.30

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Japan-Iraq SDF (Kyodo) LDP vows to press ahead with SDF dispatch despite killing of Japanese diplomats in Iraq. Latest official information from Iraq is that the Japanese came were ambushed when their vehicle stopped at a roadside food stand near Tikrit.    2003.11.30

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Guam-Japanese War Crimes (Pacific Daily News) Guam War Claims Review Commission to begin public hearings next week.   2003.11.30

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Japanese Diplomats Killed in Iraq Attack (Reuters). Two Japanese diplomats were killed in an apparent ambush in northern Iraq, Japan's foreign minister said today, a development certain to complicate Tokyo's decision on when to send troops to help rebuild the country. Japan vows no change in Iraq policy despite killings.   2003.11.30

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Sensational reporting puts media in spotlight [The Japan Times] As profits and audiences shrink, the Japanese media are under increasing pressure to compete for readers and viewers, which has led to a growing number of human rights abuses that have fueled a public backlash.   2003.11.30

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