2006.01.25

Japan-Russia (Kyodo) Japan accuses Russian aircraft of violating Japanese airspace around Rebun seven times tonight. 2006.01.25

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ROK-Japan [Korea Times] President Roh Moo-hyun says South Korea-Japan shuttle summit will not likely resume until Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi drops his controversial pilgrimages to the Yasukuni Shrine. 2006.01.25

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Japan-Imperials (Kyodo) Emperor and Empress to visit smokin' Miyake-jima in March, but will avoid inhaling (volcanic gas). 2006.01.25

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ROK President Warns of 'Friction' with USA over DPRK. [VOA] President Roh Moo-hyun made the comments a day after U.S. Treasury officials sought - but apparently failed to get - Seoul's support in punishing North Korea for alleged financial crimes. 2006.01.25

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Japan-TSE (Kyodo) Updated Livedoor trades for first time in days -- but hobbled Tokyo Stock Exchange to further limit the stock's trading hours. 2006.01.25

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Japan-DPRK (Asahi Shimbun). Classified Japanese missile data believed to have ended up in the hands of North Koreans in the mid-1990s. 2006.01.25

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ROK scientists created no stem cells: prosecutor (Reuters). South Korean prosecutors looking into fraud by a team led by the country's best known scientist say the group did not produce any human embryonic stem cells as they had claimed. 2006.01.25

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Japan-Stock Market (Bloomberg). Tokyo Stock Exchange computers pass key Livedoor trading test. 2006.01.25

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Japan-Leprosy Legacy (Yomiuri Shimbun). Compensation will be paid to all the 431 former patients segregated at leprosariums in Taiwan and South Korea during Japan's colonial rule. 2006.01.25

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Japan-Automotive (Autoblog). Mitsubishi launches the "i" minicar in Japan . 2006.01.25

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