Japanese Fishing Crew Handed Over to Japan, Skipper Remains in Russia
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YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. Feb 5 (Interfax) - The crew of the Japanese fishing boat, the Zuishe Maru 38, except the skipper, have been turned over to Japanese coastguard officials, spokesman for the Federal Security Service's Sakhalin coast guards Yevgeny Lazarev said.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan -- A Russian rocket carrying a new Russian-US crew to the international space station lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome early today.
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Russia says is ready to resolve its dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands, seized by the Soviets in 1945.
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Japan took up with China the issue of a suspicious submarine that intruded into its waters amid alarm in Tokyo that the vessel was a show of strength from its neighbour and growing competitor.
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Japan's whaling fleet was heading toward New Zealand-controlled waters in Antarctica, in breach of an agreement that it would remain in Australian waters during this year's whale hunt, a minister said Friday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday reaffirmed Moscow's adherence to a 1956 declaration in which the Soviet Union said it was ready to hand over two of the four disputed Kuril Islands to Japan.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - A Russian rocket carrying a new Russian-U.S. crew to the international space station lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome Thursday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, on board a patrol boat off the Hokkaido coast. Picture:Reuters. Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has defied Russian objections to sail
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Customs officials offer to pick up two environmental activists held on Japanese harpoon ship
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Russia released a detained Japanese fishing boat captain Thursday because of a chronic medical problem, a week after his boat and three others were seized in waters claimed by both countries, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi viewed the four Kurile Islands, claimed by both Japan and Russia, from on board a Coast Guard boat Thursday.
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Japanese baseball players and club representatives reached a deal Thursday to end the first strike in the 70-year history of the sport in Japan, with owners agreeing to let newcomers into the leagues as early as next season.
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Japan has told Russia it will not be satisfied with the return of just two of the four disputed Kuril islands. Russia&#39;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested at the weekend that Moscow might return two of the islands.
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ARKALYK, Kazakhstan Oct 23, 2004 - A US-Russian crew spent its last scheduled day on the International Space Station on Saturday, saying goodbyes to their replacements and catching up on sleep ahead of a 3 1/2 hour ride back to Earth strapped inside
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MOSCOW, Nov 16 (RIA Novosti) - It took the Japanese government quite a while to respond to a Sunday announcement from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Moscow&#39;s readiness to give two of the South Kuriles to Tokyo in exchange for a peace treaty
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Eleven fishermen are rescued three months after being shipwrecked in the Russian Far East.
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An Australian government ship has left on a mission to track Japan's whaling fleet and gather evidence for a potential international court case against Tokyo, an official said Wednesday.