2005.04.09

DPRK-Nukes (NY Times) North Korea rebuffs Chinese attempts to get it to return to six-way talks about its nuclear weapons development; U.S. considering increasing frequency of military maneuvers with South Korea to rattle the Communists in Pyongyang. 2005.04.09

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Japan-Cave Fatalities (Kyodo) Four teenagers die in a cave in Kagoshima. 2005.04.09

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Japan-Hay Fever  [Mainichi] Cedar pollen allergy sufferers flee to Okinawa as pollen count soars. 2005.04.09

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Protesters run amok in front of Japanese ambassador's residence (AFP). More than 1,000 anti-Japanese protesters hurled rocks and bottles and shouted abuse at the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Beijing as part of protests condemning Japan for its handling of its wartime past. 2005.04.09

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USA Pushing Japan to Boost Military Role (AP). In the most sweeping re-examination of the U.S.-Japan security alliance in years, Japan and the United States are negotiating a military realignment that could move some or all of the nearly 20,000 Marines off the crowded island of Okinawa, close underused bases and meld an Army command in Washington state with a camp just south of Tokyo. 2005.04.09

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PRC-Japan [Mainichi] Massive anti-Japanese demonstration held in Beijing. 2005.04.09

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Japan-BSE (Kyodo) Japan faces serious blood shortage amid mad cow measures. 2005.04.09

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ROK robots 'to patrol border'. [BBC News ] South Korea considers deploying robots armed with guns along its border with North Korea. 2005.04.09

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Japanese Minister Defends Use of Textbooks (AP). Japan's education minister defends the government's approval of a civics textbook supporting Tokyo's claim to a cluster of islands held by South Korea, despite protests by Seoul. 2005.04.09

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