2005.04.25

Japan Emperor: Need to Consider 'Feelings' on Anthem (Reuters). Tiptoeing around the issue of whether singing Japan's national anthem should be compulsory in schools, Emperor Akihito says it is  important to teach respect for the anthem and flag as symbols of the nation -- but also to consider the feelings of the people. 2005.04.25

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Japan-Train Crash (Kyodo) UPDATED Rescuers trying to free several people trapped in a rail car embedded in the parking garage on the ground floor of a high-rise apartment building near Kobe. Some 53 people are confirmed dead. It is Japan's worst rail accident since the early 1960's. 2005.04.25

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Japan-China Friendship (Kyodo) Japan-China "friendship tree" is cut down in Kofu. 2005.04.25

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ROK warns DPRK not to carry out nuclear test (AFP). South Korea warns North Korea against carrying out a nuclear weapons test, saying it would only push the Stalinist country further into isolation. 2005.04.25

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Japan-Train Crash (AP) At least 50 dead, several hundred injured after speeding train flies off tracks in Hyogo Prefecture and first two cars sideswipe apartment building. It's Japan's worst train crash since 1963. 2005.04.25

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Japan-Politics (Kyodo) Prime Minister Koizumi scores victories in two local elections and sees a key ally, felled previously by a sex scandal, returned to the Diet. 2005.04.25

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