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August 31st, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Tokyo, Aug 31 (DPA) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama and leaders of two minor opposition parties entered talks to form a coalition government Monday.
The DPJ secured a comfortable majority ...
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August 31st, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Tokyo, Aug 31 (DPA) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama was expected to hold talks Monday with leaders of several minor opposition parties on forming a new coalition government.
The DPJ ...
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July 29th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Tokyo, July 29 (DPA) Uighur rights activist Rebiya Kadeer Wednesday sought help from Japanese politicians to request China to release prisoners and dispatch an investigating team.
Kadeer's visit to Japan has already drawn ...
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July 5th, 2009 - 7:51 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 5 (DPA) The United States Saturday called North Korea's "possible" missile launches "not helpful" but stopped short of confirming them or calling them a violation of UN sanctions.
"We're waiting until ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired its seventh missile from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said, as Pyongyang raised tension in the Korean peninsula.
The missiles, with a ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said.
The missiles, with a range of 400 to 500 km, were fired over ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired five more missiles off its east coast Saturday, according to South Korean media reports.
The missiles, apparently Scud rockets, were fired over the Sea of Japan, ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
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Seoul (South Korea), July 4 (ANI): South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that North Korea had test-fired three missiles, further stoking tensions in the international community, which continues to berate Pyongyang ...
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July 4th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Seoul, July 4 (DPA) North Korea fired three more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday.
The missiles were ...
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May 25th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by ANI
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Moscow, May 25 (ANI): A senior North Korean diplomat in Moscow, Russia, has said that his country may carry out more nuclear tests unless the United States ends its "intimidation."The official ...
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April 21st, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
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Tokyo, April 20 (Xinhua) Japan will never possess nuclear weapons, a top government official said Monday, dismissing recent suggestions by former finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa to acquire nuclear weapons.
"There is no ...
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April 10th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Apr 10 (ANI): Japan has imposed new sanctions on North Korea after international community failed to unite in condemning Pyongyang's missile test.
After a cabinet meeting, the government announced that it was ...
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April 5th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, April 5 (DPA) The US led the world Sunday in condemning North Korea's missile launch with President Barack Obama calling it a "provocative act". China called for calm to prevail ...
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April 5th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Tokyo/Washington, April 5 (DPA) North Korea launched a rocket Sunday in defiance of warnings from the US and its Asian neighbours, the South Korean and Japanese governments confirmed.
Pyongyang said it was ...
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April 5th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, April 5 (DPA) The US Sunday led the international condemnation of North Korea's controversial rocket launch with President Barack Obama calling it a "provocative act".
"North Korea's development and proliferation of ...
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December 9th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Dec 9 (DPA) China Tuesday rejected Japan's protests over its ships entering the waters near the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, saying maritime patrolling in its territorial waters ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Tokyo, Nov 5 (DPA) People in the small northcentral and southern Japanese towns of Obama exuberantly celebrated Wednesday as the communities' namesake was elected US president.Boys and girls were dancing their hula ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Tokyo, Sep 24 (DPA) The head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Taro Aso, was elected Japan's prime minister Wednesday after Yasuo Fukuda and his cabinet resigned en masse ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 4:35 pm ICT by admin
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Tokyo, May 13 (DPA) Japan's government is assembling relief supplies as it awaits a request from China to dispatch rescue teams to earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, media reports said Tuesday. Food, water and ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 13 (ANI): Japanese astronomers, who returned recently from a space shuttle mission, have said that alien life does exist in the Universe and it would definitely be discovered.
According ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
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Tokyo, May 9 (DPA) 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 ...
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April 18th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by admin
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Tokyo, April 18 (DPA) Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Friday told Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Beijing is ready to talk with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. During the meeting ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 12:24 am ICT by admin
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Tokyo, Feb 27 (DPA) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Japan Wednesday, seeking to promote cooperation in dealing with North Korea and boost bilateral ties. Rice was expected to meet ...
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February 27th, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by admin
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Tokyo, Feb 27 (DPA) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Japan Wednesday, seeking to promote cooperation in dealing with North Korea and boost bilateral ties. Rice was expected to meet ...
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