UK embassy to help Japan teachers
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The British Embassy in Tokyo says it will help hundreds of teachers after a language school chain in Japan went bust.
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Japan's parliament revised the country's central education law Friday to require schools to encourage patriotism in the classroom for the first time since World War II.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea  has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its  nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia,  saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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Schools in England are urged to "twin" with those overseas as part of a strategy on  international collaboration.
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Japan said on Monday it would issue a visa as scheduled for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to visit for sightseeing despite angry protests from China.
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KUWAIT CITY : Japan&#39;s Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa arrived in Kuwait to supervise arrangements for the repatriation of the body of Japanese tourist Shosei Koda who was beheaded by militants in Iraq.
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The Emperor of Japan arrives in Britain Sunday for a three-day visit that will see him carry out engagements including dinner with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government yesterday pushed through landmark laws requiring Japanese schools to encourage patriotism in the classroom and elevating the Defense Agency to the status of a full ministry for the first time since World War II.
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Nine overseas UK embassies and high commissions are to close to help save money, says the foreign secretary.
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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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Modern foreign language lessons could become compulsory for the first time in England's primary schools.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Feb.
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The United States embassy said on   Wednesday it had received a possible threat against U.S.   facilities in Japan and urged U.S. citizens to exercise   caution.
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Japan and the European Union will launch talks next month to enhance economic cooperation in the first step to a long-shot possibility of a free trade deal, officials said Wednesday.
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Japan's foreign minister visits Russia for talks aimed at improving ties damaged by the Kuril Islands dispute.
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Japan will provide around $30 million in  aid to countries hit by an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed  more than 29,000 people, and will send three navy vessels to  waters off Thailand to help rescue survivors.
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Japan plans to host a meeting with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian officials next month to help broker peace in the Middle East, officials said on Tuesday.