2003.12.06

Japan-Real Estate (Reuters) Developers feed Japan's property glut.     2003.12.06

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Japan-LDP Arrest (Kyodo) LDP lawmaker Hiroshi Kondo arrested on vote-buying charges.     2003.12.06

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Earthquake Recorded Off Russian Peninsula (AP). A strong earthquake occurred today off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East. No damage or injuries were reported.   2003.12.06

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Japan-DPRK (Kyodo) A U.S. congressional report says Japan promised to help keep North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il in power if relations are normalized.   2003.12.06

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Toyota apologizes for China ads. [BBC News ] Japanese car-maker Toyota apologizes for two magazine advertisements in China.   2003.12.06

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Space Mountain Derailment (Mainichi) Tokyo Disneyland's Space Mountain roller coaster derails. Ride closed indefinitely.   2003.12.06

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On the Japanese 'anon' P2P bust. [The Register] A U.S. Embassy computer consultant chatises The Register for its pickup of Mainichi Daily News article about the Japanese P2P bust.   2003.12.06

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Brighter Economic Future in Store for Japan [U.S. State Department ] The signs are good that Japan will be able to pull itself out of its economic doldrums, says U.S. under secretary of Treasury for international affairs John Taylor.   2003.12.06

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Diplomat slayings laid to Hussein's assassins [The Japan Times] Iraq's Foreign Minister says the slaying of two Japanese diplomats in Iraq last weekend was the work of deposed President Saddam Hussein's secret service.   2003.12.06

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