Japan talks terrorism responses at ASEAN
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Foreign ministers from Japan and from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Laos Saturday to discuss terrorism, Kyodo reported.
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Delegates from the around the world will spend four days discussing ways to combat terrorism at a conference hosted by a country some in the West blame for exporting terrorism, even as Saudi Arabia sees itself as the victim of such violence.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi wooed southeast Asia on Tuesday a day after regional giant China signed a landmark deal with Asean to create an open Asian market of 1.8 billion people by 2015.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is stumbling over the same controversial anti-terror legislation that brought down his predecessor, Shinzo Abe
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi wooed southeast Asia on Tuesday a day after regional  giant China signed a landmark deal with ASEAN to create an open  Asian market of 1.8 billion people by 2015.
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TONY JONES: A short time ago, I spoke to Indonesia&#39;s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Marty Natalagawa, in Jakarta about today&#39;s events.
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Japan tried to reassure Russia about its  missile defense ties with the United States on Tuesday, after  Moscow expressed opposition to Tokyo's involvement in the  system earlier this month.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi heads to the Middle East this week to try to help calm the worst crisis in the region in months and urge Israeli and Palestinian leaders to return to negotiations.
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Vientiane (VNA) - Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Saturday in Vientiane, Laos, approved a draft anti-terrorism declaration which is expected to be adopted at the 10th ASEAN Summit on Tuesday.
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Japan&#39;s Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura has urged Islamic militants in Iraq to release a Japanese hostage, in an interview with the Arabic satellite network Al-Jazeera.
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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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Six-party talks: Dead? Tensions around the Sea of Japan: Off the charts. And in Washington: What do we do now?
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Preventing terrorists from getting their hands on nuclear material was the focus Monday of a meeting in Australia among government ministers and diplomats from across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Asian and European leaders were to wrap up summit talks here by calling for the United Nations to lead the fight against terrorism while largely side-stepping a rift over military-ruled Myanmar.
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Japan&#39;s defense panel Monday called for greater security measures, strengthening the US/Japan security alliance and changing the Self-Defense Forces.
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Japan's Foreign Ministry spokesman,    Hatsuhisa Takashima , said here last week that his country had been active in the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Japan and India courted  southeast Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a  landmark deal with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market  of 1.8 billion people by 2015.