| Japan set to open up defense use of space
Reuters
Japan cleared the way for a law allowing non-aggressive military use of space on Friday, overturning a decades-old policy of limiting space development to peaceful uses.
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| Liverpool could lose Miller to Japan
RTE
Liverpool first-team coach Alex Miller could soon become the new manager of Japanese J-League club JEF United Chiba. 'We have drawn up a list and are hoping to make an announcement either tomorrow...
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| Japan sending aid money for Myanmar cyclone victims
The Japan News.Net
The Japanese government announced Friday it would provide up to $10 million to UN agencies for aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar as it criticised Myanmar's military junta for not accepting relief personnel.
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| Lawmakers to submit bill to let Japan use its own spy satellites
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN The ruling and opposition parties will submit a bill to lift a ban on the use of space for defense purposes and allow Japan to mobilize its own spy satellites, sources said...
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| LG to release its Prada handset in Japan, with help from won
JoonAng Daily
The company said it held a pre-launch ceremony for the touch-screen phone at the Prada Epicenter store in Tokyo Thursday with officials from LG and Prada on hand.
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| Hu mulls olympic flights from Tokyo
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN China will &consider positively& a proposal to allow chartered flights between Tokyo and Beijing during the Beijing Olympics in August, visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao told a...
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| Japan Balks at $1M Panda Price Tag
Newser
... newser) – Hu Jintao is making the first visit to Japan by a Chinese president in 10 years, and he's looking to solidify the newly amicable relationship with an offering of two giant pandas. But...
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| Japan Airlines reduces losses in fourth quarter
The Seattle Times
Japan Airlines reduced losses in the January-March quarter from a year earlier on cost cuts but forecast lower profit Friday for this fiscal year, blaming soaring fuel costs and intense competition. ...
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| Tokyo stocks drop on Toyota Motor
Market Watch
... after the automobile giant posted a decline in quarterly profit and forecast a drop in annual earnings. The Nikkei 225 Average dropped 0.5% to 13,867.01 and the broader Topix index lost 0.7% to...
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| AIR Analyzes Tokyo Earthquake
Insurance Journal
Air Worldwide has released an analysis of a strong earthquake that struck just off the Japanese island of Honshu on Wednesday. The trembler rattled buildings in downtown Tokyo and briefly cut power...
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| LG unveils 3G Prada phone in Japan
Macworld
They say everything comes to those that wait. A year after it went on sale in the rest of the world customers in Japan will soon get a chance to buy the LG Prada phone, but with a feature not...
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| Japan thanks Yemen for hostages
Turkish Daily News
Japan yesterday thanked Yemen for its quick action in securing the release of two Japanese women taken hostage by tribesmen, as relatives back home eagerly waited to hear from them. The two women...
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| Outrigger Enterprises Group-Japan Sales division Names Marketing Manager
Hospitality Newswire
Danny Ojiri, Vice President of Japan Sales for Outrigger Enterprises Group, is pleased to announce the promotion of Hitomi Saunders to Marketing Manager for the...
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| Japan to sign international parental abduction treaty
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN Japan will sign a treaty obliging the government to return to the rightful parent children of broken international marriages who are wrongfully taken and kept in Japan, sources...
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| Guilty verdict for Marine in Japan
CNN Asia
A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 19-year-old Japanese woman last year was found guilty Thursday of &committing wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts,& the U.S....
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| Konica Minolta group found to have hidden 1.8 billion yen in taxable income
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN The Konica Minolta group, a major manufacturer of precision machinery, intentionally concealed about 1.8 billion yen ($17.4 million) in taxable income through dubious dealings of...
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| Liu Xiang comfortably
People's Daily
All he does is train, eat, sleep and have massages. China's 110m hurdles world champion Liu Xiang says he feels &numb& because of his monotonous months-long, closed-door training in...
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| 11 hospitalized after escalator accident in Nagoya
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN NAGOYA--An escalator at a subway station here abruptly stopped during the morning rush hour Friday, causing commuters to topple over and sending 11 of them to hospitals with minor...
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| North West Shelf LNG Signs Sales Agreement With Osaka Gas
Morning Star
... that it had signed an initial agreement for the gas. The six equal participants in the North West Shelf LNG venture are Woodside, BHP...
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| President Hu delivers speech in Japan
People's Daily
Chinese President Hu Jintao delivered a speech at the Waseda University. Hu began a trip to Japan on Tuesday, the first-ever visit by China's head of state to the country in a decade.
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| Marine guilty of wrongful sexual contact of Japanese woman
Associated Press
A U.S. Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for &wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts& but cleared of...
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| China mooted forum with U.S., Japan
Japan Times
China proposed to the United States last year launching a trilateral dialogue framework including Japan to discuss a broad range of Northeast Asian issues, according to U.S. and...
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| Fresh arrests in slain siblings case
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN Police rearrested a former city official and a former gangster Thursday after the bodies of two wealthy siblings from Tokyo were found in a mountain forest in Nagano Prefecture. ...
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| Campus protests as China
The China Post
Chinese President Hu Jintao, on a symbolic visit to cement warming ties with Japan, urged the two Asian powers to look to the future as partners not rivals, but protests outside as he spoke...
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| Gates stresses independent strategy
The Asahi Shimbun
The ASAHI SHIMBUN Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., said his company will be able to build a competitive online business without bringing Yahoo Inc. under its fold. &We didn't need to...
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