2006.01.07

Japan-Snow (Kyodo) Japanese troops mobilized to help shovel out communities buried by record snowfall. 2006.01.07

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Matsushita to build world's largest plasma panel plant (AFP). A Japanese manufacturer unveils plans to build the world's largest plasma panel factory at a cost of $1.4 billion to prepare for meeting surging global demands. 2006.01.07

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Japan-USN Homicide (VOA) Updated U.S. hands over William Oliver Reese, 21, a Navy E-3 airman assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk, to Japanese police following a warrant on charges of killing a Japanese woman. He has now been arrested for robbery and murder. Meanwhile, another American sailor is arrested in a hit-and-run case in Sasebo. 2006.01.07

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Japan-Arson (Kyodo) Elderly man arrested for burning down historic Shimonoseki rail station in Yamaguchi Prefecture. 2006.01.07

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Japan-Antarctic Whaling (Radio New Zealand). Environmentalists claim to have saved whales from Japanese whalers. 2006.01.07

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Asia-USA (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Rice cancels Asia trip -- where she was to meet with Japanese and Australian foreign ministers -- due to Israeli political crisis. 2006.01.07

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Japan Says PRC Agrees to Informal Talks. [VOA] A bilateral meeting on Monday in Beijing will come after months of China rebuffing Japanese calls for talks. 2006.01.07

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