Japan to Resume Its Mission in Indian Ocean
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TOKYO, Jan. 11 -- Japan's defense minister ordered the navy Friday to resume a U.S.-backed refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, ending a three-month hiatus but deepening divisions between the government and the opposition.
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Japan&#39;s decision to extend its troops&#39; mandate in Iraq will mean they stay in the country for at least another year. But the move, seen as part of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s efforts
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American and UN leaders have announced plans to visit the regions affected by the Indian Ocean disaster a week ago.
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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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Japan is preparing to launch this week its first lunar explorer, in a bid to get the country's space program back on track after a string of failures in the last decade.
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Japan's defense minister was due to  return home on Monday from a flying visit to Iraq after  declaring the town of Samawa safe, setting the stage for the  government to extend its troops' humanitarian mission there.
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Bad weather, no new date set Bad weather has forced Japan to postpone the launch of a new spy satellite. Japanese space agency JAXA scrubbed the launch shortly before the rocket carrying the satellite was due to blast off from Tanegashima island.â¦
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said it is crucial to restart six-way talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear-weapons program by the end of the year if possible, a Japanese government official told a news briefing.
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Japan has resumed rescue efforts following the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years. Saturday&#39;s quake and its aftershocks left 24 people dead and over 2,000 injured.
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Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima &#151; site of one of World War II's most horrific battles &#151; at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an identity they say has been hijacked by high-profile movies like Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima."
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Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease
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Tokyo (VNA) - Japan and Latin America need to resume economic ties and boost political cooperation, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is considering announcing an end to Japan&#039;s military mission in Iraq ahead of his meeting with US President George W. Bush later this month, the foreign minister said.
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by our Internet desk, 24 August 2004. Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he will press his country&#39;s case for a permanent UN Security Council seat when he addresses the annual session of the General Assembly next month.
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South Korea will resume summits with Japan if the new administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe &quot;squarely addresses&quot; that country's historical legacy, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said.
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Japan has confirmed resuming whaling in Antarctic waters after environmental protesters stopped obstructing Japanese whalers there, press reports said Tuesday.
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Japan plans to team up with Brazil, India and Germany again to propose an expansion of the U.N. Security Council that would secure them permanent seats, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday.