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2004.07.10

Japan-Quake A magnitude 4.9 quake has hit Tochigi Prefecture. Depth is 40 km. No damage or injuries reported. 2004.07.10

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Asia-U.S. (VOA) Condi Rice, serving as a special envoy for President Bush, wraps a quick three-nation Asian trip. 2004.07.10

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Japan-Beef [ Japan Times] Japan may allow U.S. beef imports to resume. 2004.07.10

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Japan-Economy (Kyodo) Japanese government to raise FY 2004 economic growth outlook. 2004.07.10

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2004.07.09

Japan awards WWII damages. [BBC News ] A Japanese court awards compensation to five Chinese nationals who were forced to work in Japan during World War II. 2004.07.09

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Japan-DPRK (Kyodo) UPDATED Japanese woman reunited with her American husband and North Korean daughters in Jakarta in an anticipated event broadcast live on most networks in Japan. 2004.07.09

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Japan-DPRK The Japanese chartered jetliner carrying U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins and his two daughters from North Korea has landed at Jakarta airport for a reunion with wife and mother Hitomi Soga. 2004.07.09

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Japan-Weather The deaths of four people in the Tokyo area over the last several days is being blamed on the heat wave that has blanketed the Japanese capital. 2004.07.09

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Japan-U.S. Forces (Mainichi) U.S. Marine on Okinawa convicted of criminal charges even though supposed victim recanted statement and said she wanted charges dropped against the man. 2004.07.09

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Japan abductee ready for reunion. [BBC News ]  A Japanese woman who was abducted by Pyongyang and her North Korean-based husband are to meet again today in Jakarta. 2004.07.09

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2004.07.08

Sony ships lifelike color X-brite LCD panels.  [The Register] Closest LCDs to a CRT yet? 2004.07.08

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DPRK-Eternal Leader (VOA) North Koreans worse off after the death of their nation's founder and still president. 2004.07.08

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China condemns Japanese survey. [BBC News ] China protests against Japan for starting a geological survey in a disputed section of the East China Sea. 2004.07.08

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Japan-Broadband  [Nikkei BP ] Broadband users in Japan near 16 million. 2004.07.08

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Nikkei Hits 5-Week Closing Low (Reuters). The Nikkei average fell for a fifth day to hit a five-week closing low today with better-than-expected machinery orders data doing little to reduce anxiety of investors about U.S. earnings and the impact of a weekend election in Japan. 2004.07.08

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U.S. Will Push for Diplomatic DPRK Solution - Rice (Reuters). U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other officials, vowing to pursue a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis. 2004.07.08

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Japan-Education (Kyodo) A Japanese school will electronically tag its students. 2004.07.08

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2004.07.07

ROK motor workers end strike. [BBC News ] Staff at Hyundai go back to work after accepting a 6% pay hike offer and a one-off bonus payment. 2004.07.07

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DPRK steps up combat readiness after US war in Iraq: South Korea (AFP). North Korea has beefed up its combat readiness since the US-led invasion of Iraq, fortifying military facilities, digging tunnels and testing new missiles, according to South Korea's defense ministry. 2004.07.07

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ROK-AP (Yonhap) AP wire preparing answers to South Korean Foreign Ministry query on videotape of kidnapped worker who was later beheaded in Iraq. 2004.07.07

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Japan-Aum (Kyodo) A former police office and other Aum cult members are arrested for the 1995 assassination attempt on the chief of the National Police Agency. 2004.07.07

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2004.07.06

Fujitsu unveils Wi-Fi PDA.  [The Register] Japanese version of the Pocket Loox 700?  2004.07.06

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Japan-Xenophobia (Mainichi) After petition is filed by 6,000 Japanese the Justice Minister intercedes in the immigration case of a 13-year-old orphaned Thai girl living with her Japanese grandmother. 2004.07.06

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Japan-Aum (Kyodo) UPDATED Aum cult senior members arrested in Tokyo. 2004.07.06

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SKorea's LG Corp to set up multi-million-dollar LCD venture (AFP). LG Corp., a holding company of South Korea's second-largest conglomerate LG Group, plans to launch a multi-million-dollar part supplier for the world's leading flat-screen maker. 2004.07.06

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Japan-Aum Police today raided 50 Tokyo locations related to the AUM Shinrikyo cult and arrested several senior members in connection with alleged illegal sales of medicines. DEVELOPING 2004.07.06

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2004.07.05

DPRK-Japan Hijackers (Mainichi) Japanese Red Army hijackers , realizing the revolution is over, want to come home. 2004.07.05

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North Korean leader Kim meets with Russian FM (AFP). North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-Il met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the second and final day of his visit to the Stalinist state. 2004.07.05

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DPRK-Japan Reunion (Kyodo) It"s official: Jenkins-Soga family reunion set for Friday in Jakarta. 2004.07.05

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Japan's Kobayashi still top dog of competitive eating (AFP). He came, he ate, and he conquered ... again. Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi of Japan downed a world-record 53 and a half hot dogs in 12 minutes, blowing away his rivals for the fourth year in a row. 2004.07.05

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Zeppelin begins Asia marathon. [BBC News ] A new version of the legendary German airship begins a voyage to Japan marking the anniversary of the first flight in 1900. 2004.07.05

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2004.07.04

DPRK-ROK (Yonhap) North Korean dictator Kim reportedly wants to visit South Korea. 2004.07.04

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Japan-Politics (Kyodo) Poll shows opposition gaining more seats than governing party in upcoming Upper House election. 2004.07.04

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Japan-Nuclear [AP World News] Scandal emerges around nuclear program. 2004.07.04

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Last update: 6/26/2006; 7:27:46 PM.