2005.04.23

Chinese Community in Japan Fears Violence (AP). Duan Yuezhong has some advice for fellow Chinese citizens in Japan these days: Don't speak Chinese in public, avoid reading Chinese newspapers on the subway and always get along with Japanese colleagues. 2005.04.23

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Leaders of China and Japan in Reconciliation Talks (Reuters). Chinese President Hu Jintao met Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today  for talks aimed at repairing relations that are at their worst in three decades. 2005.04.23

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Korean Leaders Agree to Restart Talks (AP). South Korea and North Korea agree to resume talks that broke down last summer and to discuss the standoff over the North's suspected development of nuclear weapons. 2005.04.23

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Japanese diaspora returns from Latin America trading soccer, recipes for yen (AFP). Daniel Yara's grandparents fled Japan thinking they would find a better life in Latin America. But nearly 70 years later, Peru's economic woes have brought Yara "back" to a country he barely knew.   2005.04.23

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DPRK, ROK to Meet Again at Jakarta Conference (Reuters). North and South Korea are holding second round of talks in Jakarta after their first high-level meeting in five years the previous day. 2005.04.23

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USA reportedly believes DPRK planning nuclear bomb test (AFP). The United States believes North Korea is planning to test a nuclear weapon and has asked China to intervene to block the test, a US newspaper reports on its web site. 2005.04.23

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Japan-PRC (AP). China not impressed by Japanese prime minister's apology.   2005.04.23

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