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2004.07.03

Asian Tropical Storm Kills at Least 37 (AP). Tropical storm Mindulle pushes toward South Korea after killing at least 37 people in the Philippines and Taiwan. Thirteen others were missing and feared dead. 2004.07.03

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Two Koreas to Discuss Joint Team for 2008 Games (Reuters). South and North Korea are to begin discussions next month on forming a joint team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. 2004.07.03

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Japan-Defense [The Japan Times] Admiral proposes a Japanese military less run by civilians 2004.07.03

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2004.07.02

ROK motor workers end strike. [BBC News ] Staff at Hyundai go back to work after accepting a 6% pay rise offer and a one-off bonus payment. 2004.07.02

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DPRK-Japan Reunion (VOA) Japanese government trying to realize Jenkins-Soga family reunion on Bali before this month's Upper House election. 2004.07.02

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Japan-DPRK Prime Minister Koizumi tells NTV he wants to see normalized relations with North Korea in a year. DEVELOPING... 2004.07.02

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Japanese opposition gaining support ahead of elections (AFP). Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party is trailing the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan ahead of July 11 upper house elections, according to an opinion poll. 2004.07.02

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Japan-Horticulture [The Japan Times] Roses are red but, in Japan, they can now be blue. 2004.07.02

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Powell, DPRK Foreign Minister Hold Nuclear Talks (Reuters). U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun met today, marking the highest-level meeting since the nuclear crisis erupted nearly two years ago. 2004.07.02

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Sony refutes PlayStation Portable delay claim. [The Register]  'On target' for Q1 2005 US, Euro launches. 2004.07.02

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2004.07.01

DPRK-Japan (Kyodo) Look for the Jenkins-Soga family reunion in Indonesia (maybe on Bali) next week. 2004.07.01

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ROK  flight ordered back to Sydney over passenger security breach (AFP). A KAL flight was ordered to return to Sydney four hours into its flight to Seoul after a passenger failed a random security screening. 2004.07.01

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DPRK-Japan (Kyodo) Japan and North Korea discuss the lingering abduction issue today. 2004.07.01

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Japanese Review U.S. Mad Cow Precautions (AP). A delegation of Japanese officials toured northern Colorado packing plants and feedlots this week to review precautions against mad cow disease. 2004.07.01

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Yahoo BB Opens Wi-Fi Network for Aggregator Roaming. [Wi-Fi Networking News] Yahoo BB's 636 Wi-Fi hotspots in Japan will be available to customers of well-known roaming services. The joint venture of Softbank and Yahoo Japan will expand to 5,000 locations by March 2005. While the hotspots are currently free on a trial basis, Yahoo BB customers will pay 40 yen or 37 cents per minute to use locations outside the network, an enormously higher rate than competing domestic service of NTT. 2004.07.01

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2004.06.30

Mitsubishi boosts rescue package. [BBC News] Mitsubishi Motors says it has secured extra financing as Japan's only unprofitable carmaker tries to turn the business around. 2004.06.30

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ROK-Government (VOA) South Korea's president makes several Cabinet changes, putting into place two rivals likely to be future contenders to succeed the current leader. 2004.06.30

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Guam-Kayakers (Pacific Daily News) Five kayakers missing, presumed drowned, in heavy surf off Guam. 2004.06.30

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ROK grieves beheaded hostage. [BBC News ] Family members and officials attend the funeral of translator Kim Sun-il, beheaded by militants in Iraq. 2004.06.30

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Japan-Immigration (Mainichi) Chinese busted in Japan for making bogus alien ID cards that contained holograms. 2004.06.30

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Japan-Typhoon (Kyodo) Powerful typhoon en route to Ogasawara. 2004.06.30

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2004.06.29

Japan-China EEZ (VOA) Some 40 years after Japanese oil companies first pushed their government to allow exploration in the East China Sea, Japan finally relents, but only after China completes its first big project in the disputed territorial waters. 2004.06.29

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Mixed message for Japan's economy. [BBC News ] Japan's industrial output figures disappoint the market, but economists remain optimistic that a recovery is still on track. 2004.06.29

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Asian airlines lead global passenger traffic recovery: IATA (AFP). Asian airlines recorded a 108 percent rise in international passenger traffic in May from a year ago, confirming their full recovery from the impact of SARS. 2004.06.29

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Japan-Electronics  [Nikkei BP ] Japan's electronics output likely to hit 26 trillion yen in 2008. 2004.06.29

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2004.06.28

China jails Japanese aid worker. [BBC News ] A Japanese man who tried to smuggle two North Korean refugees out of China is jailed for eight months. 2004.06.28

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Japanese auto production falls in May, first time in four months (Canadian Press).  Japanese auto production fell for the first time in four months in May, though exports jumped that month from a year ago. 2004.06.28

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DPRK-Nukes North Korea rebuffs three month nuke freeze offer but tones down the rhetoric. 2004.06.28

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Sony may test hybrid DVD/CDs in UK. [The Register] DualDisc trial to follow broader U.S. roll-out 2004.06.28

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Japan-Crime [The Japan Times] Japan's king of loan sharks to be sued for damages. 2004.06.28

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ROK boss sentenced to prison. [BBC News ] The chairman of one of South Korea's largest conglomerates is sent to prison for embezzling company funds. 2004.06.28

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2004.06.27

Japan-Military (Kyodo) Prime Minister says Constitution should allow for collective self-defense. 2004.06.27

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Japan-Politics (Kyodo) Political winds may be shifting in Japan. 2004.06.27

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Last update: 6/26/2006; 7:27:37 PM.