2005.06.20

Japan-ROK (Kyodo) Both Japan and South Korea express disappointment with today's Koizumi-Roh summit in Seoul. 2005.06.20

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Anti-whalers carry first sessions. [BBC News ] Anti-whaling nations command the first day of voting at this year's International Whaling Commission meeting in South Korea. 2005.06.20

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Okinawa-Imperialism (NY Times) Okinawans lament attempt by Japanese rightists to whitewash Imperial Army brutalities on their islands during the Pacific War. 2005.06.20

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Japan-Politics [Mainichi] Opposition party accuses Prime Minister Koizumi and others of being drunk in Parliament. 2005.06.20

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Japan-Rightists (Kyodo) More ties surface between businesses and an extreme rightist (uyoku) group, which has already been linked to Tokyo Disneyland. 2005.06.20

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Guam-ESPN (Pacific Daily News) ESPN apologizes to Guam. See the now deleted Guam cockfighting story that raised Chamorro hackles here. 2005.06.20

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Japan-Rail Safety [Mainichi] Train service on killer JR West line resumes two months after the fatal derailment. 2005.06.20

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Japan-Quake (Reuters) UPDATED Powerful quake -- magnitude 4.9 on Richter scale --hits Nagaoka City in Niigata Prefecture. No tsunami alert. 2005.06.20

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Japan-Whaling (Kyodo) Japan unveils new plan for "research" whaling. 2005.06.20

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Two Quakes Hit Japan; No Injury Reports (AP). Two earthquakes rocked Japan's eastern coast in quick succession early today, swaying buildings in Tokyo for several seconds. 2005.06.20

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Koizumi mourns WWII dead on Iwo Jima. [BBC News ] Junichiro Koizumi says Japan will never go to war again as he prays at the Iwo Jima World War II memorial. 2005.06.20

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