2006.05.31

Japanese duo boost LCD investment. [BBC] Electronics giants Matsushita and Hitachi plan to pump $713 million into doubling production of flat-screen TVs. 2006.05.31

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Japan-World Cup Tour (Kyodo) Updated World Cup tour for more than 1,000 Japanese fans cancelled because game tickets fail to arrive from China-based agency. 2006.05.31

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DPRK-ROK Soccer (AFP) North Korea asks South Korea for help in watching World Cup. 2006.05.31

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Japan-Stocks (AFX) Updated Benchmark Nikkei index closes down nearly 400 points. 2006.05.31

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Letter sheds light on 1950 Korea refugee deaths (AP). More than a half-century after hostilities ended in Korea, a document from the war's chaotic early days has come to light — a letter from the U.S. ambassador to Seoul, informing the State Department that American soldiers would shoot refugees approaching their lines. 2006.05.31

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Todai agrees to return Korean royal records (Yonhap) A Japanese university agrees to return scores of books chronicling Korea's last Joseon Dynasty, which it has preserved since they were seized during Japan's colonial occupation of the peninsula. 2006.05.31

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Japan-Sri Lanka (VOA) Japan and other key donors to Sri Lanka warn both the government and Tamil Tigers that war will mean cut off of international support for the south Asian nation. 2006.05.31

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