Media in Japan calls for tighter gun control after shooting
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Japanese media called for tighter gun-control laws on Sunday following a deadly shooting at a sports club, which sent shockwaves through the country in which gun crimes are emerging.
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Japan kept up the pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons and missiles and expressed concern about the lack of transparency on China's burgeoning military spending in a government defense paper published on Friday.
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TOKYO : Major newspapers were divided over Japan&#39;s new defence guidelines which end its decades-old ban on military exports and deem China and North Korea as potential threats.
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Japan on Wednesday brushed aside growing pressure from US lawmakers for a fresh apology for Tokyo&#39;s wartime sexual enslavement of an estimated 200,000 women.
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The crisis is a political challenge for Koizumi, who decided to send Japanese troops to Iraq despite strong public opposition. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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Japanese newspapers Thursday voiced concern about an indecisive Super Tuesday in the United States, saying Tokyo hoped for clarity on how to stave off a US recession and end the Iraq conflict.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda calls for greater discipline from defence officials following a series of scandals.
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A Russian patrol boat opened fire on a Japanese vessel in disputed waters Wednesday, killing a fisherman and prompting a strong protest from Tokyo. Moscow urged Japanese boats to stay out of its waters, the Japanese government said.
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Japan&#39;s armed forces must contribute to global peace to secure safety at home, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Sunday amid signs his government will extend an unpopular military deployment in Iraq.
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North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, Japanese media reported. Japanese Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they could not immediately confirm the reports.
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Share prices closed lower in Tokyo this morning, ahead of the outcome of tomorrow&#39;s US presidential election. New terrorist threats also prompted caution, following the airing on Friday of a videotaped message
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura pressed the United States to reduce its military presence in Japan, saying it was &quot;very important&quot; and that Tokyo expected a &quot;reasonable solution.&quot;
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TOKYO - Japan sought international help Wednesday to secure the release of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq and pledged to do its utmost to gain his freedom after refusing to bow to the kidnappers&#39; threat to behead him unless Japan withdraws its
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new cabinet line-up of veteran lawmakers got a lukewarm reception from media and voters on Tuesday, with newspapers warning that the crisis for the unpopular Japanese leader was far from over.
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Police in Manchester are seeking to reassure local imams and councillors after the shooting of an Asian man gunned down while in a car with three friends over a violent new year period.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday urged calm in a bitter dispute on whaling with Australia, which voiced disappointment as whalers resumed their controversial Antarctic hunt.
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Japan was checking a media report on  Friday that an Asian body had been found in Iraq after the  expiry of a deadline set for the beheading of a Japanese youth  whose captors had demanded that Tokyo withdraw its troops.