2006.03.21

Japan-USA Bases (Reuters) Japan's defense minister to meet with Nago mayor tonight to settle plan for building of new U.S. Marine Corps landing strip in Oura Bay. 2006.03.21

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Japan-Volcano (Kyodo) Mt. Meankandake in Hokkaido erupts for first time since 1998. 2006.03.21

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Japan-Baseball Japan wins inaugural world baseball championship by beating Cuba, 10-6. 2006.03.21

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Japan-PRC Organs (Independent) Rich Japanese in need of organ transplants buying body parts harvested from executed Chinese. 2006.03.21

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Nissan-Volvo (Automotive News) Nissan selling diesel stake to Volvo. 2006.03.21

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ROK-USA Defense (Yonhap) South Korea begins formal talks with United States to regain wartime control of its own troops. 2006.03.21

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Japan-Politics (Reuters) Foreign pundits see Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe as front-runner to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. 2006.03.21

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Vodafone-Softbank (Telegraph) Masayoshi Son's ultimatum worked to thwart rival bid for Vodafone Japan. 2006.03.21

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Japan-Yakuza Drivers (Edmunds) Japanese motorists yield for yakuza's limos. 2006.03.21

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Japanese man Guam's third drowning victim of '06. [Pacific Daily News] A 77-year-old Japanese man rescued from Tumon waters has become Guam's third drowning of the year. 2006.03.21

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Hollywood's Tokyo Godfathers (Slate). How Japan enabled the reinvention of Hollywood. 2006.03.21

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Disabling 'Barrier-free' Facilities in Japan for Profit. [IPS] Revelations that a major hotel operator cheated on the law and scrapped 'barrier-free' facilities, meant for the disabled, has shocked the public but not Kyoko Mita whose son is afflicted with Downs Syndrome. 2006.03.21

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ROK-PRC Ship (Yonhap) A dozen Chinese sailors feared dead after their ship collided with a ROK vessel off Incheon, South Korea. 2006.03.21

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