2006.06.23

Japan calls USA beef sanctions 'nonsense' (AP). Japan's agriculture minister denounces as "nonsense" a U.S. proposal to impose sanctions on Tokyo if it doesn't resume imports of American beef. 2006.06.23

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USA, Japan sign joint missile defense deal (AP). Japan and the United States sign an agreement to expand their cooperation on a joint ballistic missile defense shield. 2006.06.23

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Japan-BOJ (Kyodo) BOJ governor still resists calls to resign. 2006.06.23

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Pre-launch strike on N. Korea unlikely (AP). The U.S. suggests it has limited ability to shoot a North Korean missile out of the sky and spurned suggestions of a pre-emptive strike on the ground. Still, it warns the communist Koreans would pay a cost for a missile launch. 2006.06.23

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Top Japanese fund manager charged. [BBC] A top Japanese financier is charged with insider trading in relation to share deals linked to a notorious internet firm. 2006.06.23

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