2006.04.30

Japan-Airports (L.A. Times) Airports are crowding Japan's skies. 2006.04.30

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By any name, 'flip-flop' is historic (Knight-Ridder). It got a humble start in Kobe in the 1930s and helped to stoke Japan's recovery after World War II. It's the flip-flop -- but don't call it that next time you slip them on in Hawaii. 2006.04.30

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Japan-Crime (Kyodo) Hunt is on for knife-wielding bandit who abducted woman from a mountain lodge in Tochigi prefecture. 2006.04.30

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Japan-Quake UPDATED Shallow quake shakes Atami resort area. Only about magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale, but very close to the surface at a depth of between three and 10 kilometers. Quake hit at 1310 JST in Shizuoka Prefecture. No reports of serious damage or injuries. 震源情報 AQUA-CMT セントロイド時刻 2006-04-30 13:10:38 セントロイド緯度 35.0N セントロイド経度 139.2E セントロイド深さ 3km Mw 4.2 走向1/走向2 103.3/13.2 傾斜1/傾斜2 89.1/86.7 スリップ角1/スリップ角2 -176.7/-0.9 品質 90.30 使用観測点数 8 2006.04.30

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Japan-USA (Kyodo) Japan's foreign and defense ministers head to Washington for talks with their counterparts. 2006.04.30

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DPRK: USA Conducted 160 Spy Flights (AP). North Korea claims the United States conducted about 160 spy flights against the communist state this month. 2006.04.30

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