2006.04.03

Japan-PRC (VOA) Japan remains unrepentant on China's anger about war shrine visits by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. 2006.04.03

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DPRK-Nukes (Korea Times) A former U.S. general says North Korea is estimated to have up to six nuclear bombs.   2006.04.03

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Japan shrine visits 'to continue'. [BBC News] Shinzo Abe, the popular frontrunner to replace Japan's  prime minister suggested today that if elected, he would visit the controversial Yasukuni Shinto shrine. 2006.04.03

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Tokyo asks sneezing citizens to cough up for trees (Reuters). Tokyo metro government is trying to persuade allergy sufferers to sponsor a campaign to replace the pollen-rich cedar trees that cause misery for many Japanese each spring. 2006.04.03

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Japan-Anime (Kyodo) Tokyo's nationalist governor denounces Mickey Mouse. 2006.04.03

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Prosecutors set up quake-data team (Japan Times). The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office has set up a full-time team to investigate the quake-resistance fabrication scandal involving a disgraced architect. 2006.04.03

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New hero opens old racial wounds in ROK (AFP). South Koreans are readying to crown a new hero, American footballer Hines Ward, whose arrival today looks set stir national pride as well as open some old racial wounds. 2006.04.03

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