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Allies welcome US shift on N Korea
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| Jan.13 |
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Koizumi visits controversial war shrine
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| Feb.1 |
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U.S. Navy settles over Ehime Maru
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| Mar.7 |
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Stock market plunges to 20-year low
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| Mar.9 |
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Interpol reissues Fujimori warrant
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| Mar.28 |
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Satellite launch angers N. Korea
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| May.18 |
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Aceh peace talks break down
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| May.26 |
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Powerful quake An earthquake has rocked northern Japan, prompting officials to shut down railways, highways and a Tokyo airport
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| Jun.8 |
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Rebels offered peace carrot
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| Jun.25 |
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Suu Kyi arrest: Japan freezes aid Japan has frozen all aid to Myanmar in protest at the military government's detention of opposition leader
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| Jul.21 |
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Landslides kill 13
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| Jul.25 |
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Japan to send troops to Iraq The parliament has approved plans to send ground troops. The committee meeting deteriorated into shoving
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Strong quakes
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| Jul.30 |
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Peru asks for Fujimori's return Peru has asked Japan to extradite former Peruvian president so he can stand trial in Lima
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| Aug.5 |
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World warned on Hiroshima day
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| Aug.10 |
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4 dead in storm-battered Japan
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| Sep.5 |
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Carter: Africa needs GM crops
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| Sep.15 |
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Deadly blast ends office siege 3 people have died and 19 injured after an explosion after a disgruntled worker took several people hostage
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| Sep.20 |
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Tokyo hit by earthquake, typhoon As Typhoon Choi-wan moves across southern Islands, an quake hundreds of kilometers off the coast jolted residents
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| Sep.21 |
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Koizumi names new cabinet Prime Minister has named a new cabinet replacing several key members
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| Sep.25 |
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Earthquake rocks island of Hokkaido| An earthquake measuring 8.0 is forcing thousands to evacuate and prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings | |
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| Sep.26 |
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Hundreds injured in quake The quake is forcing the evacuation of 41,000 people in Hokkaido and prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings
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| Sep.27 |
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Aftershocks shake quake zone Strong aftershocks rocked island of Hokkaido, as residents set about sweeping up broken dishes
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| Sep.28 |
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World's oldest man dies at 114 Yukichi Chuganji was a retired silkworm breeder
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| Oct.6 |
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N Korea wants Japan out of talks| North Korea does not want Japan to take part in any future talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programme | |
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| Oct.7 |
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Japan, U.S. reject NK talks stance North Korean demands that Japan take no part in further talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program
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| Oct.9 |
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PM dissolved lower house of parliament Junichiro Koizumi called an early general election set for 9 November
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| Oct.28 |
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Sony to slash 20,000 jobs The world's largest consumer electronics company will trim jobs from its global workforce over the next 3 years
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| Nov.9 |
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PM Koizumi wins election Despite big gains by the opposition, ruling coalition declared a slim majority in parliamentary elections
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PM faces reduced majority| Junichiro Koizumi will have to rely on his coalition partners to remain in power. LDP has lost 12 seats and its majority | |
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| Nov.28 |
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2 spy satellites blown up| Officials have blown up a rocket carrying the satellites intended to monitor North Korea | | |
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| Nov.29 |
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2 Japanese diplomats shot dead The attack in Tikrit was carried out by a single attacker. The diplomats were travelling to a reconstruction conference
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| Nov.30 |
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Japan to probe diplomats' ambush A team of senior officials is on its way to Iraq to investigate an ambush that killed 2 diplomats near Tikrit
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| Dec.4 |
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Diplomats' bodies arrive in Tokyo The bodies of 2 diplomats killed by gunmen in Iraq have arrived at Narita airport
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| Dec.8 |
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Japan to send troops to Iraq| Japan has approved a plan to deploy non-combat troops for its largest overseas military mission since the World War II | | |
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| Dec.14 |
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Boca Juniors win Intercontinental Cup
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| Dec.18 |
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Japan to introduce missile shield Defence Agency said that the deployment would be purely defensive and there was no intent to harm other countries