US Marines warned of Japan's anger
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After nearly seven months rigging convoys for runs through the desert around this remote base in western Iraq, Lance Cpl. Bobby Elsworth was hoping that returning to his home camp in southern Japan would mean an easier life.
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JAPAN lodged a formal protest with Beijing yesterday, claiming that a Chinese submarine had entered its territorial waters. Japanâs navy has been on alert since Wednesday when the submarine was first spotted off the island of Okinawa.
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Senior US officials based in Japan may travel to the southern island of Okinawa to follow up on the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl there by a US Marine, a US official said here Tuesday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Marines in Iraq Sunday that he expects continued violence before scheduled Iraqi elections in January and that the number of US troops
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Japan sent two destroyers and a surveillance airplane to the Sea of Japan on Thursday, American and Japanese government officials said, after the United States and Japan detected
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Australia on Wednesday urged Japanese whalers and environmental activists heading for a showdown in the Southern Ocean to show restraint, warning deaths could occur if anything went wrong.
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A move to beef up US forces in Afghanistan with some 3,000 marines reflects growing concerns about rising insurgent violence and turmoil in neighboring Pakistan, analysts said Thursday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will face complaints about military discipline when she arrives in Tokyo next week, Japan's top government spokesman said on Monday, after a string of crimes blamed on Marines in Okinawa.
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The US envoy visits Okinawa to address rising anger over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US marine.
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North Korea on Sunday accused Japan of using anti-terrorism moves as an excuse for militarism which put the Korean peninsula at risk of invasion.
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Japan plans to ask the United States to  move some U.S. marine bases from its southernmost prefecture of  Okinawa to a location outside Japan, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun  said on Monday.
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The announcement prompted warnings from Tokyo to Washington that a test would lead to a sharp response.
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Japanese Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa expressed anger on Sunday at the intrusion into Japanese waters of what Tokyo believes was a Chinese submarine and hinted at repercussions on economic aid to China.
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The US military will Wednesday slap a curfew on troops in the southern island of Okinawa after a series of incidents including an alleged rape that has led to new tensions, reports said.
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Japan warned North Korea on Sunday of "a   harsh response" from Tokyo and Washington if it went ahead with   the launch of a long-range missile.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso warned  North Korea on Sunday if it launched a missile that dropped on  Japan, Tokyo would regard it as an attack on Japan.
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US DEFENCE Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday warned marines, celebrating Thanksgiving after some of their bloodiest weeks in Iraq, to brace for even more losses as they pursue insurgents in the lead-up to Iraqi elections scheduled for January 30.