2006.06.12

Japan-Elevators (Kyodo) Schindler boss apologizes for killer elevator. 2006.06.12

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Japanese diplomats offered training in avoiding attention of spies. [Radio Australia] Japan's diplomats are to be given a crash course in how to avoid the attention of international spies. The training program has been developed in response to something that might have come from the pages of a spy novel. Japan claims a diplomat at a consulate in China committed suicide after being blackmailed by that country's intelligence services, a charge denied by China. 2006.06.12

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Japan, ROK resume maritime talks (AFP). Japan and South Korea have resumed talks on marking their maritime economic zones after a six-year break in a fresh attempt to ease tension tied to war memories. 2006.06.12

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USA, other foreign envoys visit DPRK industrial site (AFP) US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow and other foreign envoys to Seoul have made a maiden visit to a South Korean-built industrial complex in North Korea. 2006.06.12

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Strong quake shakes southern Japan (AP) A strong earthquake of six-point-two magnitude rattled southern Japan early today and has left at least five people injured. 2006.06.12

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