2006.02.05

ROK, Japan Covered Up Kim Dae-jung Kidnap. [Chosun Ilbo] Details emerge of kidnapping of activist who would become President in documents declassified by the South Korea Foreign Ministry today. 2006.02.05

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Japan-Empress (Reuters). Empress Michiko -- suffering from "dizzy spells" -- has cancelled her official duties for a week. 2006.02.05

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Asia-Online Journalism (IPS) Online activist journalists on the rise in Asia. 2006.02.05

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Japan, DPRK try to tackle kidnappings row (Reuters). Talks between Japan and North Korea aimed at improving relations will first try to resolve a row over Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese citizens. 2006.02.05

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Orbiting spacesuit transmits signal to Japan (AP) Old Russian space suit, stuffed with clothes and a radio transmitter, orbited the Earth twice, giving off a faint VHF signal heard in Japan before falling silent. 2006.02.05

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Japan-ROC (Kyodo) It's due to Japan's colonization that Taiwanese became better-educated -- or so says Japan's nationalist foreign minister. 2006.02.05

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