2006.01.15

Sakhalin-Energy (The Australian) Getting energy to Japan from frigid Sakhalin turning out to be an expensive proposition. 2006.01.15

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Japan-Snow (Mainichi). Wind power generator offers alternative for clearing snow. Meanwhile the seasonal snow death toll climbs to 94. 2006.01.15

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Japan plans to woo foreign investors (AFP). Japan plans to step up measures to woo foreign firms to purchase companies or make other direct investment here in a bid to invigorate its economy. 2006.01.15

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Japan-USA Anime (South Bend Tribune) Anime finds fans among Indiana's homely students. 2006.01.15

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Japan-Whaling (AAP) Activist overboard in harpoon incident as confrontation between environmentalists and Japanese whalers grows increasingly dangerous. 2006.01.15

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DPRK's Kim tours Chinese boom town (Reuters). The leader of isolated North Korea spent the weekend touring the cradle of China's economic boom, but Kim Jong-il is unlikely to go home without meeting top Chinese leaders to discuss how to resume stalled nuclear talks. 2006.01.15

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Japan-Emperor (Kyodo) Japan's opposition leader expresses support for restoration of a female emperor. 2006.01.15

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DPRK Gives Posthumous Medal to American (AP). Communist North Korea awards a medal for the first time to an American — the late leader of a U.S.-based aid group — for his efforts to help the communist state fight hunger and poverty. 2006.01.15

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Japan-Agriculture (AP) Prime Minister Koizumi calls for Japan to export more high-quality farm produce. 2006.01.15

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Japan-Winter (Yomiuri) . Cold snap produces record energy use in Japan. 2006.01.15

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USA To Show Proof Of DPRK Fraud.  (UPI) U.S. officials will visit Seoul this month with evidence of North Korea's counterfeiting of U.S. dollars. 2006.01.15

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Japan-Iran Nuclear (Itar-Tass). Japan intends to play the role of mediator in the settlement of the Iranian nuclear crisis. 2006.01.15

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