2005.04.19

Tokyo News Pod-Apr 19 The Tokyo News Pod for April 18, 2005. An untimely court ruling finds no relief for elderly Chinese victimized by Imperial Japanese forces last century. 2005.04.19

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Japan-PRC Hackers [Mainichi] Hackers, presumably from China, post anti-Japanese messages on local government web site in Shizuoka. 2005.04.19

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UN call for PRC-Japan meeting. [BBC News ] The UN Secretary General calls on Chinese and Japanese leaders to use a summit this week to improve relations. 2005.04.19

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PRC Offers to Repair Damaged Japan Embassy (Reuters). China offers to repair the Japanese Embassy in Beijing damaged in a violent anti-Japan protest but there is no word of compensation. 2005.04.19

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Angry Samoans (Samoa Observer) VISA STANDOFF CONTINUES BETWEEN SAMOAS APIA, Samoa (Samoa Observer, April 18) - More talks on inter-Samoas travel requirements are to be held next week after a meeting yesterday in American Samoa failed to find a solution to the differences that have arisen over travel restrictions between the Samoas. American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono said that the Territory would not change its immigration laws amid the controversy. Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, meanwhile, said Samoa still intends to enforce new rules for American Samoans wanting to come to Samoa. These reciprocate American Samoa's requirement that Samoans must get travel permits.   Both leaders also reflected on the shared cultural and historical heritage of the two Samoas. The recent tightening of travel requirements, particularly the 14-day permit, by the Territory's Attorney-General, Sialega Malaetasi Togafau, led to Samoa introducing the reciprocal requirements. 2005.04.19

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DPRK Nuke Shutdown Raises Concerns (AP). The apparent shutdown of a nuclear reactor in North Korea is raising concerns among Bush administration officials that Pyongyang has completed the task of producing spent fuel rods laced with weapons-grade plutonium. 2005.04.19

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No apologies as anti-Japan riots continue (The Christian Science Monitor). The continuing anti-Japan riots in China mark the worst deterioration in relations between the nations since political links were established in 1972. 2005.04.19

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USA Will Consider UNSC if DPRK Refuses Talks (Reuters). The White House says it will consider taking North Korea to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if Pyongyang refuses to return to six-party talks on its nuclear program. 2005.04.19

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