Russians free Japanese fishermen
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Two Japanese fishermen are released from Russian custody, after allegedly fishing in disputed waters.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new talks to resolve the fate of four rocky islands seized from Japan in the closing days of World War Two, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to consider a visit to Moscow.
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NIIGATA, Japan -- Megumi Yokota was walking home from badminton practice here in Niigata, on the northern coast of Japan, when North Korean agents grabbed the 13-year-old and packed her off to a waiting ship.
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A Japanese whaling ship stranded in Antarctic waters was on an even keel Saturday after pumps cleared water used to douse the fire that crippled it, a government official said.
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The Russian authorities have frozen the exports to Russia of many food-industry manufacturers operating in the Baltic states.
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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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Russia says is ready to resolve its dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands, seized by the Soviets in 1945.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has  offered new talks to resolve the fate of four rocky islands  seized from Japan in the closing days of World War Two,  prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to consider a  visit to Moscow.
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Customs officials offer to pick up two environmental activists held on Japanese harpoon ship
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YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. May 30 (Interfax) - The largest number of crimes in the fishing sector, as well as rampant corruption, in the Far East have been uncovered in the Primorsky Territory, the Kamchatsk and Sakhalin regions, deputy Prosecutor General Yury Gulyagin said.
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Japan's top mobile operator NTT DoCoMo said it was launching its i-mode Internet service in Russia and three other former Soviet republics through an agreement with Russia's largest provider Mobile TeleSystems (MTS).
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov on Tuesday thanked Finnish authorities for shutting down a Chechen separatist web page found on a Finnish server.
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Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian  military plane intruded into Japanese air space over the Izu  Islands south of Tokyo on Saturday, a Japanese foreign ministry  official said.
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A tense standoff in frigid Antarctic waters ended Friday when two activists who had jumped on board a Japanese whaling boat were returned to their ship by Australian officials.
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Russian security services seized two containers filled with highly radioactive material at a scrap yard in central Russia, Interfax news agency said on Tuesday.
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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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A Russian ship rescued two well-known Canadian adventurers who got caught in a storm while attempting to cross the Bering Straight in a row boat, authorities said.