2006.04.11

GM-Isuzu (AP) General Motors bails out of Isuzu and collects $300 million. 2006.04.11

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Japan leaves rates close to zero. [BBC] The Bank of Japan leaves its interest rates at close to zero as it looks to keep the economic recovery on course. 2006.04.11

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Breakthrough on DPRK Nuclear Issue Not Expected. [VOA] U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill tells reporters that what is needed from the North Koreans is not merely a willingness to talk, but a readiness to act. He also brushed off reports he would meet with his North Korean counterpart. 2006.04.11

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Japan's Princess Aiko starts kindergarten (Reuters). Clutching her mother's hand and smiling briefly at TV cameras, four-year-old Princess Aiko -- the only child of the direct heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne -- began her first day at kindergarten. 2006.04.11

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Japan-Environment Minister (Japan Times) Japan's popular environment minister, who created Cool Biz concept, remains hospitalized following bout with pneumonia. 2006.04.11

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