2005.01.26

China now top trader with Japan. [BBC News ] China overtakes the U.S. as Japan's biggest trading partner. 2005.01.26

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Tigers recruit 40 child soldiers since tsunamis: UNICEF (AFP). Tamil Tiger rebels have recruited at least 40 child soldiers since tsunamis devastated Sri Lanka's coastline and killed nearly 31,000 people. 2005.01.26

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Nintendo Profit Picture Hit (Reuters). Japan videogame maker reports a net profit fall of43 percent in the latest quarter and cuts its forecast for the full year by more than a fifth. 2005.01.26

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Sri Lanka marks one month after tsunami with silence, day of mourning (AFP). Sri Lanka observes a minute's silence as a sign of respect for the nearly 31,000 people here who perished in the tsunami disaster a full month ago. 2005.01.26

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A Month On, Schools Open But Hardship Persists (Reuters). Tears and prayers flow as children in Indonesia's devastated Aceh return to schools littered with debris, mourning the loss of classmates, siblings and parents a month after the Asian tsunami. 2005.01.26

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Japan-Gaijin Crime [Mainichi Shimbun] Three Brits busted for smuggling hashish into Japan. 2005.01.26

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Japan launches study on female ruler to save monarchy  (AFP). Japan launches a year-long study on changing the country's male-only imperial succession law to save the world's oldest monarchy from eventual extinction. 2005.01.26

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Japan's enemy within. [Japan Times] If you think it's bad being Korean in Japan, try being North Korean. 2005.01.26

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