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Japan arrests anti-whaling activist
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president  House of Representatives: Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control. Toyoda apologises for faults behind t... | |
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Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars Toyota has recalled about 200,000 of hybrid Prius cars sold in Japan last year due to a brake problem
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Toyota president sorry Akio Toyoda apologized for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe
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Hatoyama takes over as PM Parliament has formally confirmed Yukio Hatoyama as the prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month
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'Runaway Prius' claim dismissed by Toyota. San Diego
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 Japan arrests anti-whaling activist Japanese authorities arrested Peter James Bethune from New Zealand for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month
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7.0 earthquake off Okinawa
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president  House of Representatives: Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control
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Electronics cited as Toyota problem |
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Toyota exec boasts saving $100M
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New US investigation for Toyota |
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Honda extends airbag recall
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Firm ordered to fix airline seats
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Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars Toyota has recalled about 200,000 of hybrid Prius cars sold in Japan last year due to a brake problem
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Body found in plane's landing gear bay |
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Toyota chief apologizes. No new recall |
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US to probe Toyota Prius brake problems |
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Toyota looking at Lexus hybrid brakes |
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Toyota shares plummet
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Toyota announces gas pedal fix |
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Toyota president sorry| Akio Toyoda apologized for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe | |
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Japan Airlines to file for bankruptcy
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Bank of Japan loans target deflation |
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Obama affirms commitment to Asia |
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Nations urge early N Korea talks |
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Typhoon lashes Japan on landfall |
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Hatoyama takes over as PM| Parliament has formally confirmed Yukio Hatoyama as the prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month. PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, vowed to deliver a 'people-oriented society'
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Opposition leader hails 'revolution' |
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Opposition set for victory | Prime Minister Taro Aso announced his resignation as head of the party that has governed for decades following its landslide defeat in elections. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan has won 300 seats in the 480-seat lowe... | |
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Disgruntled Japanese prepare to vote |
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Japan's economy leaves recession Japan has come out of recession after its economy grew by 0.9% in the April-to-June quarter after four consecutive quarters of contraction
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Japan economy set to show growth |
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PM dissolves parliament
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PM 'to call August vote' |
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Japan's economy in record plunge The country economy has seen its worst ever quarterly performance, with GDP shrinking 4% in the first three months of 2009
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N. Korea warns against targeting rocket |
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February exports halved |
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2 die as cargo plane crash lands
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Japanese stocks skirt record low |
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Japan's industrial output plunges
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Exports drop 45% to new low |
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30 injured on 747 flight to Japan |
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Finance minister to resign
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Clinton visits Asia to send key message |
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Japan's economy in quarterly dive
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Japan's industrial output plunges
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Toyota braced for historic loss |
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Japan sees record drop in exports |
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Japan forecasts no growth in 2009 |
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Asian stocks hit after Dow plunge |
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More turmoil hits Asian markets |
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Asian markets fall on U.S. bailout failure |
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Major quakes hit Japan and Indonesia |
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 Beleaguered PM Fukuda resigns Yasuo Fukuda popularity plummeted after the government introduced a much-criticized medical plan for the elderly
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Summit approves climate 'vision'. Northern Japan
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G-8 summit opens with focus on Africa  Northern Japan: Africa was in the spotlight, as leaders from the world's major economic powers gathered for an annual summit
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Powerful earthquake strikes. Northern Japan
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Knife frenzy suspect warned: It's time |
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G8: Oil prices could spur global recession
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Tokyo man goes on stabbing spree
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Oil crisis dominates G8 meeting
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Japan urges global food support |
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Scuffles at torch relay |
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Marine suspected of rape |
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Humpback whale hunt halted |
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Lower house elects Fukuda as PM A quiet compromiser has promised to bring stability and moderation to tumultuous political scene
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Fukuda set to be new PM
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Abe treated for exhaustion |
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 PM Abe resigns Prime Minister's year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat
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World markets fall after US losses  New York: The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch
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Eda choosen as upper house leader |
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Scandal-hit farm minister resigns |
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PM 'suffers election blow' |
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PM faces electoral test |
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| Jul.26 |
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Asian stocks continue world fall |
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Japan investigates 'nuclear leak' |
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Nuke plant leaked after earthquake Northern Japan: A strong earthquake is setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into...
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Two dead from quake |
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Nagasaki's mayor murdered |
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Chinese PM: Better Japan ties
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Livedoor tycoon guilty of fraud |
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Japan in commercial whaling push |
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Fears over tsunami ease |
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Six-party talks end, no agreement |
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Tsunami alerts lifted after quake |
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Abe elected as new premier The parliament has elected conservative Shinzo Abe as the nation's new prime minister by 339 of 475 votes
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Princess gives birth to boy 39-year-old Kiko has given birth to the third-in-line to the imperial throne after complications in the pregnancy
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Koizumi defies war shrine protest
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2 hurt in nuclear plant fire |
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Avalanches feared after snow
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Deadly train derailment |
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PM visits Yasukuni shrine |
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 Koizumi secures landslide victory Prime Minister's party and its coalition ally have won an overwhelming victory in lower house elections
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Nagasaki remembers its atomic fate |
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Doves, silence for A-bomb victims
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China rebukes Japan over shrine
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Hunt begins for Japan crash clues |
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Search for crash survivors |
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100 dead as train derails A seven-car commuter train has derailed and ploughed into an apartment building at a railway crossing
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Japan demands China apology |
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Protests target Japan Beijing: Japan's ambassador called on the Chinese government to take measures to protect Japanese citizens in China
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Kyoto Protocol comes into force The Protocol, which aims to slow global warming, has come into force 7 years after being agreed
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Quakes: Death toll rising to 15
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 Typhoon kills at least 48 Typhoon Tokage lashed the country with heavy rains that set off landslides and forced thousands to flee homes
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Deaths at nuclear plant |
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Japanese, Koreans taken hostage |
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Death sentence for cult guru
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2 spy satellites blown up |
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PM faces reduced majority |
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Earthquake rocks island of Hokkaido |
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Japan, North Korea historic meeting |
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Stocks plunge to 19-year low |
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 Brazil wins World Cup Brazil 2-0 Germany. Ronaldo scored both goals and gets Golden Boot award
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A new princess for royals |
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Navy to join coalition |
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Japan first case of mad cow |
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Tokyo explosion and fire kills 44
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Jobless rate hits record 5% |
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Fujitsu to cut workforce by 16,400 |
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8 children dead in school rampage |
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Koizumi elected as new PM |
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Mori confirms plans to resign |
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U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide Hawaii: Submarine accidentally hit and sank fishing school vessel. 9 people missing
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