2005.12.28

Japan-Quake UPDATED Third quake felt in Tokyo: 震源地 千葉県中部 発震時刻 2005/12/28 23:03:36.72 緯度 35.660N 経度 140.224E 深さ 65.2km マグニチュード 4.5 2005.12.28

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Japan-Quake Another quake this evening... this one in Chiba (also felt in Tokyo). Instant quake data follows: 千葉県中部 発震時刻 2005/12/28 22:35:35.52 緯度 35.655N 経度 140.225E 深さ 64.8km マグニチュード 4.0 2005.12.28

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Koreas Hail Breakthrough Telecom Link. [VOA] For the first time since the Korean peninsula was divided in 1945, commercial phone lines are connecting the North with the South. 2005.12.28

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Japanese Villagers Ready To Fight Over New Dam. [IPS] Despite winning a landmark court ruling, residents of Higashi-Omi in Shiga prefecture are braving heavy snow and freezing winds to attend meetings and devise strategies to protect their beloved Echigawa River from a planned dam. 2005.12.28

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Japan-Economy (Financial Times) Hope blossoms for Japanese economy with rise in core consumer price index. 2005.12.28

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Japan Tightens Inspections on USA Corn (AP). Poisonous fungus found in American corn sent to Japan. 2005.12.28

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Japan-Quake Richter 4.8 to 5.0 in Kanto & Tohoku regions at depth of 50km ... Instant quake data: 2月28日18時46分頃、茨城県南西部 またはその周辺で地震が発生した模様です。 - 2005/12/28 18:46:33 発表 No tsunami alert. 2005.12.28

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Japan-PRC (Kyodo) Details beginning to emerge about a suicide by a diplomat at the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai in May who was snared in a Chinese honey pot. 2005.12.28

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ROK-Shipbuilding (AFP) South Korea becomes world's top shipbuilding nation. 2005.12.28

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Japan-Train Derailment (Kyodo) Search continues for two more possible bodies in wreckage of train which derailed in snowy Yamagata. 2005.12.28

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Japan Seeks to Put More Women in Top Posts (AP). The Japanese government endorsed measures that would put more women in top government posts and provide more support for working mothers at a time when the country is facing low birth rates and a looming labor shortage. 2005.12.28

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Japan-DVD Formats (IDG) Pioneer to unveil blu-ray optical drive for PC's at CES in Las Vegas next month. 2005.12.28

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Japan-Emergency Landing (Kyodo) FedEx plane makes emergency landing at KIX. 2005.12.28

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Japan Struggles to Figure Out How to Defuse Population Implosion. [VOA] Japan is shaken by news that its population fell by 19,000 this year. 2005.12.28

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PRC to Open Korean War Archives to USA (AP). Chinese officials have agreed to consider a U.S. request to search military archives that could yield clues to the fate of missing Korean War servicemen possibly held by China. 2005.12.28

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