2005.06.23

DPRK Complains About Bush Meeting (AP). North Korea condemns President Bush for meeting a prominent defector detained as a child in a prison camp, saying the move chills the atmosphere for a return to nuclear disarmament talks. 2005.06.23

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Japan-Whaling (VOA) Japan suffers a further defeat at whaling conference. 2005.06.23

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Japan-Security (Mainichi) Computer virus blamed for allowing Japanese nuclear power plant secrets to leak onto web. 2005.06.23

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Japan marks 60th anniversary of Okinawa's fall amid war history row (AFP). Still haunted by its militarist past, Japan marks the 60th anniversary of the fall of Okinawa that signaled its defeat in World War II and left this outlying island chain out in the cold. 2005.06.23

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PRC, Japan try again to mend relations (Reuters). A Chinese vice foreign minister took off for Japan today to try to halt a deterioration in relations after a previous high-profile visit was cut short over a row about Japan's wartime past. 2005.06.23

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DPRK-USA (AP) USA to resume food aid to North Korea. 2005.06.23

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