2005.12.22

Japan-Jellyfish (Kyodo) Japan creates warchest to take on giant Nomura's jellyfish. 2005.12.22

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Japan-PRC (VOA) Japan, China unleash latest salvos in war of words. 2005.12.22

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Next big thing in cars might be very small. (Washington Post) After piling into minivans, sport-utility vehicles and even pickups, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market -- itty-bitty economy cars. 2005.12.22

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High-stakes ROK stem cell scandal shakes science (Reuters). The stakes are so high in South Korea's stem-cell scandal that all the facts should be laid out before judgment is passed, but even now experts say the case could taint the country's image in high-tech research. 2005.12.22

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Japan-USA Beef (AP) U.S. beef exports to Japan not expected to recover to pre-BSE ban level for several years. 2005.12.22

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Japan-Population (AP). Japan's population dropped this year for the first time on record,  signaling a demographic turnaround for one of the world's fastest-aging societies. 2005.12.22

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Japan-Whaling (Reuters). Japanese whalers, environmentalists in ocean stand-off.  2005.12.22

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CNMI family wins suit against Guma hotel [Pacific Daily News]. A Saipan family has just become millionaires -- at least on paper. 2005.12.22

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Ice chunk falls from sky in Japan (AP). A disc-shaped piece of ice of unknown origin plummeted from the sky onto a golf course near Tokyo yesterday, narrowly missing players on the fairway. 2005.12.22

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