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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 07:48 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Tuesday agreed with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to work on making concrete progress to have North Korea dismantle its nuclear programs at the next round of the six-nation talks, they said. Rice also strongly supported Japan's efforts aimed at resolving the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese citizens, but continued disagreeing on a joint plan by Japan, Brazil, Germany and India to expand the U.N. Security Council.
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Read full article: 'Machimura, Rice agree to aim at concrete progress in N. Korea talks' (2923 bytes more)  
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 07:29 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese education minister Nariaki Nakayama said Sunday he received an e-mail message from a Japanese woman who agrees with him that the term "comfort women" was not used during World War II to describe Imperial Japanese Army sex slaves. Nakayama drew fire from countries such as South Korea and China for saying in a public address last month that there was no term to describe the women forced to provide sex for Japanese troops. He said that therefore it was inaccurate to call them comfort women, a Japanese euphemism for sex slaves.
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Read full article: 'Nakayama says supporter denies term 'comfort women' used during war' (1806 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 07:27 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi thanked Icelandic Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson on Monday for cosponsoring a U.N. draft resolution submitted by Japan, Brazil, Germany and India to expand the Security Council membership, a Japanese official said. Asgrimsson was quoted as telling Koizumi that Iceland has always supported Japan's bid to become a permanent Security Council member and he is "proud of" Iceland becoming the first country to offer cosponsoring the resolution.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi thanks Iceland for 1st offer to cosponsor U.N. resolution' (921 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 07:34 AM
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(Kyodo) _ An opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker, Shingo Nishimura, said Thursday Japan is likely to have to wage a war in the near future and should not forget the existence of Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine to win it. Japan "should not pledge not to fight a war," the House of Representatives member said. "In the near future, our country may have to accept a war, maybe on the East China Sea or the Taiwan Strait," Nishimura said. "We have to win that time, and to do so we must not forget about Yasukuni," he said.
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Read full article: 'DPJ's Nishimura says Japan will have to wage war in near future' (1192 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 07:34 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi remained noncommittal Thursday about whether to continue with his contentious visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo this year amid strong protests from China and South Korea. "I will make a decision appropriately," Koizumi told Japanese reporters who traveled with him to Gleneagles, Scotland, repeating the phrase he has used since facing an outspoken protest last November by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi stays noncommittal about Yasukuni visit this year' (854 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 07:33 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday condemned a series of explosions which hit public transportation in London while his deputies were trying to gather information about the safety of Japanese nationals there. "I cannot contain my strong indignation at these terrorist attacks which must never be tolerated," Koizumi said in a statement. Koizumi is taking part in a Group of Eight summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. "I wholeheartedly support (British) Prime Minister (Tony) Blair's actions and am determined to offer any assistance. I would also like to extend my deepest sympathy to the victims of the attacks."
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Read full article: 'Koizumi condemns attacks on London transportation' (1525 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 07:31 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called Thursday on leaders of other Group of Eight nations to cooperate with Japan's efforts to resolve North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s as well as its nuclear ambitions, a Japanese official said. During a working dinner on the second day of the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, Koizumi said Japan believes the six-party talks are the best way to resolve North Korea's nuclear development program, the official said.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi seeks G-8 backing on N. Korea abduction, nuke issues' (3147 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 07:31 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi again indicated Thursday he would dismiss the House of Representatives for a snap election if the House of Councillors rejects his contentious pet policy of privatizing Japan Post. Speaking to Japanese reporters who traveled with him to Gleneagles, Scotland, the venue of the Group of Eight summit this year, Koizumi did not rule out the possibility of dissolving the powerful chamber, saying only, "I will do my best for enactment."
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Read full article: 'Koizumi again hints at snap election if postal bills rejected' (999 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 07:59 AM
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(Kyodo) _ A group of South Korean lawmakers urged Japan on Wednesday to build a new memorial for the war dead as part of efforts to resolve the dispute over Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japanese political sources said. The lawmakers from the South Korea-Japan parliamentary league filed the request during meetings with Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe and New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki. "As people believe in many different religions, a new memorial is needed," Takebe was quoted as saying.
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Read full article: 'S. Korean lawmakers urge Japan to build new war memorial' (753 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 07:58 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was congratulated Wednesday by his counterparts from the Group of Eight nations over the recent passage of bills to privatize Japan's postal services at the lower house, Japanese government officials said. At a dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain for the G-8 leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi congratulated Koizumi on the bills to implement his top policy of privatizing Japan Post clearing the House of Representatives, the officials said.
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Read full article: 'G-8 peers congratulate Koizumi over postal privatization bills' (904 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 09:41 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reiterated Wednesday that he will take a rejection of the bills to privatize Japan Post as a no-confidence motion against his administration. Koizumi made the comments as he called for preparations to start deliberation on the bills in the House of Councillors next week, now that the bills cleared the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Asked if he regards an upper-house rejection as tantamount to a no-confidence motion, the premier said, "Of course."
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Read full article: 'Koizumi reiterates will take postal bill rejection as no-confidence' (815 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 09:40 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday he will try to get support for Japan's bid to get a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council when he meet with other Group of Eight leaders in Scotland later in the day. Prior to leaving Tokyo for the three-day summit in Gleneagles, Koizumi said he wants to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bilateral meeting about when he will realize a plan to visit Japan this year, and emphasized the significance of aid to Africa and the issue of climate change that are high on the summit agenda. The Japanese premier left Tokyo Wednesday morning and is scheduled to return home Saturday.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi to seek G-8 backing for Japan's Security Council bid' (2284 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 10:05 AM
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(Kyodo) _ North Korea's official media on Monday suggested Japan should be excluded from future multilateral talks on the North's nuclear weapons program, which have been stalled since the last round was held in June last year. "The nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula is not a matter for such an insincere and clumsy political dwarf as Japan to deal with," the Minju Joson daily was quoted as saying by the Korean Central News Agency, monitored in Tokyo. "So it is desirable that Japan may step aside to see the settlement of the (nuclear) issue," it said.
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Read full article: 'N. Korea says 'political dwarf' Japan doesn't belong in 6-way talks' (2450 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 07:23 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japan, Brazil, Germany and India may put off submitting a draft resolution next month to the U.N. General Assembly on the Security Council expansion because of uncertainties over its outcome, Japanese Foreign Ministry sources indicated Wednesday. Behind Japan's downbeat stance is the fact that fewer-than-expected countries have supported the so-called Group of Four's plan and also that the United States is clearly opposed to it, the sources said. A senior official at the ministry indicated the G-4 may submit the draft resolution later, possibly in September.
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Read full article: 'Japan pessimistic about submitting U.N. reform plan in July' (3553 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 08:05 AM
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(Kyodo) _ The chief of a delegation of Japanese lawmakers probing U.S. countermeasures for mad cow disease criticized the U.S. Agriculture Department on Saturday for pressing Japan to resume beef imports without trying to understand the sentiment of Japanese consumers. "They are telling Japan that U.S. beef is safe, so buy it, using only seller's logic, and they don't understand how Japanese, who are sensitive to food safety, feel about the issue," said Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee. "And now they have a second case," he said, suggesting that a resumption won't come about easily.
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Read full article: 'U.S. doesn't understand sensitivity of Japanese consumers: lawmaker' (1743 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 08:05 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone expressed strong opposition Sunday to a plan to build a secular memorial to Japan's war dead that Japanese political leaders could visit without provoking Asian countries. "I have been against it for some time now. We must avoid doing anything that would cause Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines people who allowed themselves to die for the country, to lose popularity," the 87-year-old Nakasone said during a Fuji Television program.
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Read full article: 'Ex-premier Nakasone against building alternative war memorial' (1664 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 08:02 AM
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(Kyodo) _ China's top legislator has blamed Japan's stance on Taiwan and World War II-era history for escalating friction between China and Japan, official media said Monday. Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said Sunday that Japan's actions toward Taiwan and its lack of atonement for its 1931-1945 occupation of China are "basic reasons" for the strained ties. Wu made the comments in a meeting in Beijing with former Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura, who heads a group of Diet lawmakers for Japan-China friendship. "Wu Bangguo pointed out that the current difficulties facing Sino-Japanese relations are something we don't want to see," Xinhua News Agency reported. "The basic reason for the creation of difficult circumstances is that Japan continues to hurt the feelings of Chinese people on the issues of Taiwan and history."
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Read full article: 'Top China legislator blames Japan for bilateral issues' (817 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 07:16 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed hope Wednesday that North Korea will return soon to six-party talks on its nuclear programs, as it is almost exactly a year since the last round of talks was held. "It would be best for North Korea, too, to make use of the occasion for six-party talks. They will resume sooner or later, but sooner is better," he told reporters at his office. Koizumi said he believes North Korea is considering a good time to return to the talks. The talks between North and South Korea, China, Japan, the United States and Russia were launched in August 2003 in Beijing but have been stalled since the third round was held on June 23-26 in 2004.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi hopes for N. Korea's early return to 6-way talks' (100 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 07:15 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Masahiro Morioka, parliamentary secretary for health, labor and welfare, on Wednesday criticized the Tokyo tribunal of Japanese war criminals after World War II, saying it was wrong to consider the victors right and the losers wrong. "What tribunal was the Tokyo tribunal? Both sides do wrong in a war. It is erroneous to label only countries that won as right and nations that lost as wrong," he told a meeting in Tokyo of lawmakers from various parties. He made a similar comment in May. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told reporters later in the day that Morioka "should be aware of his position" as an official in a key post of the government.
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Read full article: 'Morioka again criticizes Tokyo war crimes tribunal' (833 bytes more)
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Posted by: BillyBobJoe on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 07:14 AM
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(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Wednesday met Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in Brussels and relayed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's message that he would welcome a visit to Japan by the Iraqi premier, Japanese officials said. Machimura conveyed Koizumi's message to Jaafari during their talks Wednesday on the sidelines of an international conference to support the reconstruction of Iraq, the officials said.
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Read full article: 'Koizumi invites Iraq's Jaafari to Japan' (463 bytes more)
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