INSIGHT: Tepid US still Japan&#39;s best shot
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NEW YORK-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s zeal for reforming the United Nations Security Council and winning Japan a permanent seat has met with only a lukewarm response from US President George W. Bush.
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Device will be launched in Japan before the end of the year, but plans for a U.S. launch are uncertain.
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Feeling betrayed by the North Korea talks, Tokyo wants the U.S.  -  and a visiting Dick Cheney  -  to show some love
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TIGER Woods will be looking for his first victory in Japan when he tees off today in the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Miyazaki. &quot;Iâve never won in Japan,&quot; Woods, the world No 2, said yesterday.
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Asian powerhouse replaces Japan as No. 2 investor in research and development, OECD says, and the U.S. still leads the pack.
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Japanese stocks will probably move little on Monday as soaring oil prices and caution ahead of the U.S. presidential election next month and its possible impact on financial markets make investors nervous about trading actively.
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The US Women&#39;s National Team did not string together a complete 90 minutes of soccer in beating Japan 2-1 in its Olympic quarterfinal on Friday, however, it was the side&#39;s finest performance of the tournament so far.
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Tokyo stocks were mixed Tuesday morning as investors grew cautious ahead of US presidential election. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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TOKYO, Sept. 7 -- For the election-battered, scandal-plagued and competence-challenged government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it has come down to this: If he cannot keep a floating gas station open in the Indian Ocean, Abe may be finished as the leader of Japan.
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Japan is blurring the line between defensive and offensive military power in spite of its pacifist Constitution, rattling nerves in northeast Asia.
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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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TONY EASTLEY: The Japanese Government says it will continue its mission in Iraq, despite the beheading of one of its citizens. The troop deployment is unpopular in Japan, but surprisingly, the political fallout
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The world still moves in file with the US, but how badly it suffers in a coming slowdown depends on how long it lasts
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Despite pulling out of the US and European markets, Sony&#39;s CLIE line is still kicking in Japan, and is now kicking with an OLED display.
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Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi gave few fresh clues on Friday on how Tokyo will respond to Europe's concerns over yen weakness at talks among the Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers this weekend.
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Japan has one of the world&#39;s most sophisticated systems to predict disasters, but there is always room for help from the animal kingdom.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Despite suffering a demoralizing   defeat by a brilliant Greece at the world basketball   championship, the United States are looking long-term.