Japan&#39;s opposition rebuffs German appeal on Afghan mission
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Japan&#39;s main opposition leader on Thursday rebuffed an appeal by visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel to keep supporting the &quot;war on terror&quot; in Afghanistan, an official said.
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Envoys from 11 countries including the United States and Pakistan urged Tokyo on Thursday to extend its naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan, the latest sign of pressure on opposition parties to drop their stance against extending the refueling activities.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced on Tuesday that Tokyo would not support the idea to solve the problem of southern Kuril Islands and peace treaty with Moscow by getting just two islands, Shikotan and Habomai.
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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday rejected his successor's call, made at the United Nations, for world leaders to press Japan to extradite him to face corruption charges and allegations of involvement in death squad massacres, according to a statement broadcast by news media here.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, on board a patrol boat off the Hokkaido coast. Picture:Reuters. Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has defied Russian objections to sail
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The front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister vowed Saturday to extend his nation's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel  has no plans to boost the number of German troops in  Afghanistan or shift them to other parts of the country despite  mounting U.S. pressure, a government spokesman said on  Saturday.
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Japan needs cluster bombs to protect itself and opposes an international ban on the weapons being discussed in Peru, the defence minister said Friday.
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Japan's prime minister rejects Iraqi militants' demands for a troop pullout after a Japanese man is seized.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday rejected a suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the dispute over the Northern Territories be settled with the return of two of the four islands.
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North Korea declined a request to resume talks aimed at persuading the communist nation to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Japan&#39;s government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda pleaded with parliament to extend Japan's support for the US-led "war on terror" but a fresh defence scandal provided new ammunition for the opposition.
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The crisis is a political challenge for Koizumi, who decided to send Japanese troops to Iraq despite strong public opposition. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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The US ambassador here called on Japan Wednesday to maintain support for forces in Afghanistan, saying that ending the mission would hurt its alliance with Washington and send a bad message to the world.
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TOKYO The cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi decided Thursday to extend the mission of Japanese troops in Iraq despite the growing opposition of voters, political opponents and members of his own party.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suffered another plunge in his popularity, a poll showed Tuesday, as the opposition refused to back down in a row over support for US-led troops in Afghanistan.
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A failure by Japan to extend a naval mission supporting U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan would send a "very bad message to the international community and to terrorists", the U.S. ambassador to Japan said.