2006.01.19

Japan-Livedoor (Kyodo) As expected, Livedoor founder Takafumi Horie to be questioned by prosecutors. 2006.01.19

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ROK-USA (AP) Talks on North Korea's rogue nuclear weapons programs set between American and South Korean officials. 2006.01.19

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Japan-JAL (Kyodo) Japan's trouble-plagued flag carrier to eliminate more international routes, including NRT-LAS (Tokyo-Las Vegas). 2006.01.19

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Japan-Cameras (Bloomberg) Another Japanese camera maker to shutter its business -- this time it's Konica Minolta, following on the heels of Nikon, which earlier announced it will stop making film cameras. 2006.01.19

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Japan-Snow (Kyodo) Total for season snow-related deaths in Japan now stands at 104. 2006.01.19

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Japan-Zoo (AP) Best friends at the Mutsugoro Zoo in Tokyo: the hamster and the snake. 2006.01.19

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DPRK-Nuclear (Reuters). American and North Korean envoys, meeting in China, discussed the stalled nuclear talks. 2006.01.19

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Japan-Stocks (AP). Japanese stock bounce back in heavy trading after Livedoor shock -- rising 2.3% in today's abbreviated session. 2006.01.19

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Japan-Whaling (AFP) Environmentalists dump dead whale in front of Japanese Embassy in Berlin. 2006.01.19

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Japan-Livedoor (Kyodo) There's rarely a financial scandal in Japan without a suicide or two resulting. We've now seen the first apparent one resulting from the Livedoor shock. 2006.01.19

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In From the Cold: DPRK Defectors' Winding Trail to Belgium. [RFA]  Six North Korean defectors have now been accepted as refugees by the Belgian government after a marathon journey spanning several years and tens of thousands of miles -- the result of a complex network of people-smugglers, defectors, and South Korean missionaries. 2006.01.19

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Japan-Stock Market Tokyo stock market opens sharply higher in heavy trading. DEVELOPING... 2006.01.19

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DPRK-Nuclear (Kyodo) U.S. negotiator Chris Hill may have met with North Korean counterpart in China. 2006.01.19

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