Japan urges 'rational action' from Israel in Mideast crisis
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Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won Israeli support for its accusations of a North Korean military threat, while urging the Jewish state to take &amp;quot;rational action&amp;quot; in the face of an escalating Middle East crisis.
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Japan on Friday requested an apology and explanation from China over a submarine that intruded into Japanese waters, but Tokyo restrained its protest to avoid further straining relations with Beijing.
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Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on the North&#039;s missile bases would violate its constitution, suggesting it could take stronger action against the reclusive regime if the U.N. Security Council rejects its resolution calling for sanctions.
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Japan and the United States will call for greater cooperation between troops of the two nations to address regional threats in a joint security statement to be released in February, a news report said.
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Israel's foreign minister tells France more action is needed in the fight to curb the rise in anti-Semitism.
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The U.S. ambassador urged Japan on Wednesday to extend its naval mission in the Indian Ocean, saying it would be "a real tragedy" if Tokyo dropped out of the battle against terrorism.
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Japan is considering aid for North Korea, its first since 2004 when it halted shipments over the abduction issue.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Jordanian King Abdullah II expressed deep concerns about the full glare of an escalating Middle East crisis.
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Japan has urged the United Nations not to back down over North Korea&#039;s missile tests just because of strong opposition from China to a draft resolution that could lead to sanctions.
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Arab officials reacted with alarm to the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, with some countries condemning Israel&#039;s offensive in Gaza and others pressing Palestinian militants to free a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
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Leaving behind a region set on edge by  North Korean missile launches, Japanese Prime Minister  Junichiro Koizumi departed on Tuesday for an increasingly tense  Middle East to call for more efforts toward regional peace.
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The leak of data on the missile defense system Japan shares with Washington is a "serious problem", and both nations must work together to improve security, the U.S. forces commander in Japan urged on Friday.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on Thursday economic sanctions against North Korea were &quot;one option,&quot; but added that care was needed in deciding whether Tokyo should take such a step immediately.
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South Korea on Wednesday urged Japan to carefully consider possible negative effects on the North Korean nuclear talks before imposing economic sanctions on Pyongyang for its kidnapping of Japanese citizens.
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Israel intends to step up a quick reaction system to combat Palestinian rocket attacks at Israeli targets, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the cabinet Sunday.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea  has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its  nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia,  saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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Japan grappled Wednesday with the fallout from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a Tokyo war shrine, as diplomats reportedly worked to mend frayed ties with China and South Korea.