2005.11.02

Japan-Gaijin Reporter Arrested (Mainichi) A British national working as a reporter for the Japan Times is arrested after going on a bender. 2005.11.02

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Japan-Wal-Mart (Reuters). Wal-Mart finalizes a $1 billion rescue package for its struggling unit Seiyu and namesone of its top officials to head the Japanese retailer, which also widened its loss estimate. 2005.11.02

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Japan-Aviation UPDATED JAL flight 1870 makes emergency landing at Osaka. 2005.11.02

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DPRK revives state handouts but hunger still looms (Reuters). It's harvest time in North Korea but there is no grain for sale in the markets. 2005.11.02

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Sales of new vehicles in Japan fall to 34-year low (Japan Times). For the first time since 1971, October auto sales in Japan have fallen below 290,000 units. 2005.11.02

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Man Paddles Across Pacific Ocean (KOIN-TV). A French man has successfully rowed his way across the Pacific Ocean from Chiba to Oregon. 2005.11.02

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Japan-Cabinet (Kyodo) Polls show Japanese public apparently satisfied with Prime Minister Koizumi and his new Cabinet. 2005.11.02

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Two Koreas to compete as single team at Games (Reuters). North and South Korea have agreed to compete as a single team for the first time at the 2006 Asian Games, and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. 2005.11.02

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Defector Plans Musical About DPRK Prison Camps. (Hankook Ilbo) North Korean defectors are preparing to stage a musical in Seoul showing human rights abuses in concentration camps for political offenders in North Korea. 2005.11.02

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