2006.03.17

Okinawa-U.S. Bases (Kyodo) Japanese government denies it will bow to demands to Okinawans to make changes to U.S. military base realignment plan. 2006.03.17

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Japan-BSE (AP) Japan reports first mad cow in animal intended for beef. 2006.03.17

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Japan-PRC (Bloomberg). The finance ministers of China and Japan will meet next week in Beijing. 2006.03.17

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Softbank seals deal to buy Vodafone's Japan unit (AFP). Japanese Internet and telecoms group Softbank has won the race to buy Vodafone's struggling Japanese subsidiary for more than 15 billion dollars. 2006.03.17

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No Home Away From Home for Refugees in Japan. [IPS] Despite spending more than half his life in Japan, Min Maung Nyo, a Burmese national who first arrived in 1989 to study agriculture and never went back after the military junta took over, says he longs to return some day.  2006.03.17

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Guam bus driver arrested in rape.  [Pacific Daily News] A school bus driver on Guam has been arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in his bus. 2006.03.17

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Japan-USN Murder (Kyodo) U.S. Navy sailor William Reese from USS Kitty Hawk pleads guilty to murder in connection with the killing of a Yokosuka woman. 2006.03.17

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WFP officials in DPRK for food aid talks. [AFP] Senior World Food Program officials have arrived in North Korea to discuss plans for a downsized food aid program to the Stalinist state. 2006.03.17

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Sony Delays PlayStation 3 Console Launch (AP). Sony delays launch of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 console until November. 2006.03.17

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