2005.06.09

Japan ditches veto in desperate bid for UNSC seat (Reuters). Japan may have to settle for second-class status in an expanded U.N. Security Council, given opposition from China and half-hearted U.S. support for its bid to gain permanent membership of the elite body. 2005.06.09

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Japan-NHK [Mainichi] Scandal-plagued quasi-official broadcaster takes program footage at wrong school. 2005.06.09

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DPRK 'is building more bombs'. [BBC News ] An official in Pyongyang boasts that communist North Korea is boosting its arsenal of nuclear weapons. 2005.06.09

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Japan-Russia Maritime (Kyodo) Russians seize fishing boat from Hokkaido. 2005.06.09

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Guam, Hawaii Lobby for Aircraft Carrier (AP). Guam and Hawaii are lobbying to be the Pacific homeport for a Navy aircraft carrier, eyeing the thousands of local jobs and millions of dollars it could bring to one of the islands' economies. 2005.06.09

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Untying the Korean knot. [Christian Science Monitor] Friday's US-South Korea talks - overshadowed by the North Korean nuclear issue - will also tackle other Asian geopolitical matters. 2005.06.09

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