2005.10.28

Japan ruling party proposes having 'real' military (Reuters). Japan's governing party wants the country to possess a military not just to defend itself, a role to which it has been restricted for nearly 60 years. This will mean changing the Constitution. 2005.10.28

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Microsoft Threatens to Pull Windows From ROK as Ruling Approaches (Bloomberg). The world's largest software maker threatens to pull its operating system from South Korea if antitrust regulators order the company to remove programming for instant messaging and movie player services. 2005.10.28

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Japan reopens wartime trial of 'Communist cell' (Daily Telegraph). Japan is being forced to confront its wartime record anew as a court posthumously retries the case of five journalists tortured by police and convicted in 1945. 2005.10.28

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Japan to harbor nuclear-powered carrier (AP). United States and Japanese officials have agreed to let the U.S. Navy station a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Japan for the first time. 2005.10.28

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Narita-bound plane loses air pressure (Pacific Daily News) A Continental Airlines flight to Japan experiences pressure problems, but safely returns to Guam with 117 passengers and six crew members. 2005.10.28

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