2005.11.30

Japan-Quake Safety (VOA) Japanese government preparing 2,200 public housing units to house those who are being ordered out of their structurally unsound homes in highrise condos. 2005.11.30

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Japan-Asia (Bloomberg). Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he doesn't understand criticism from China and South Korea about his visits to a war shrine. 2005.11.30

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USA envoy urges Japanese acceptance of  troops (Reuters). The U.S. ambassador to Japan is urging Japanese communities reluctant to host U.S. troops to realize the American military presence contributes to the security both of Japan and the region as a whole. 2005.11.30

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PRC, ROK to snub Japan at Asian meet (AFP). China and South Korea will likely refuse to hold a customary three-way meeting on the sidelines of an Asian summit in December in Kuala Lumpur amid tensions over wartime history. 2005.11.30

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Japan-Iraq (Kyodo) As expected, Japan to extend mission of its largely useless peacekeeping force in southern Iraq for another year. 2005.11.30

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Japan-Space (Reuters) Japan's seemingly cursed space agency -- which has suffered a string of failures -- now admits that asteroid probe may not be able to return to Earth. 2005.11.30

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Japan-Crime (Kyodo) Japanese-Peruvian arrested for killing Hiroshima girl whose body was found in a cardboard box. 2005.11.30

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