2005.05.10

Japan-Textbooks (VOA) Right-wing authors of controversial Japanese history and civics textbooks add fuel to the regional fire: they tell reporters that there was no Nanjing Massacre and only their junior high texts present "facts as facts." 2005.05.10

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Japan-ROK Cyber (Korea Times) Japan heightens cyber-attack on South Korea. 2005.05.10

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Japan and Australia face Iraq hostage crises (Reuters). Two staunch U.S. allies in Iraq grapple with hostage crises as Japan confirms one of its citizens is missing and a deadline set by the captors of an Australian passes with no word on his fate. 2005.05.10

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FIFA picks neutral venue for Japan-DPRK qualifier [Mainichi] Japan and North Korea will hold their rematch on the pitch in Bangkok. 2005.05.10

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Toyota posts record sales, profits as USA rivals slump (AFP). The world's second-largest and Japan's top carmaker posts record annual sales and profits, in marked contrast to its faltering American peers. 2005.05.10

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Saipan-Electricity (Saipan Tribune) The lights go out on Saipan -- the reputedly corrupt island government can't find the money to pay its generator fuel bill. 2005.05.10

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Firm Says Japanese Worker Missing in Iraq (AP). A Japanese worker for a British security firm, whom Iraqi militants claim to have kidnapped, is missing in Iraq. Japanese government officials say they are clueless. 2005.05.10

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