| Japan's Mitsui maintains oil tanker was likely attacked
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 AFP - A Japanese shipping company maintained Thursday that one of its oil tankers was likely attacked in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, dismissing reports it might have been hit by a freak wave.
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| Japan's Mitsui hires military expert for tanker checks
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 Reuters - Japanese shipper Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd said on Thursday it had hired a specialist on military attacks to help investigate damage to a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as a Gulf port official said the vessel had been involved in a collision.
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| Court orders Japan government to pay over U.S. base noise
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Reuters - A local court ordered the Japanese government on Thursday to compensate residents living near a U.S. airbase on the southern Okinawa island for noise pollution, as prospects of moving the controversial facility remain unclear. |
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| Sony leads Japan's electronics makers back to black
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 AFP - Japanese electronics giant Sony on Thursday said it returned to the black in the fiscal first quarter thanks to strong sales in televisions, its PlayStation 3 console and computers.
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| Sony leads Japan electronics makers back to black
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 AFP - Japanese electronics giant Sony on Thursday said it returned to the black in the fiscal first quarter thanks to strong sales in televisions, its PlayStation 3 console and computers.
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| Does Japan still need 23-yr-old exchange program?
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 AP - Every year for the past two decades, legions of young Americans have descended upon Japan to teach English. This government-sponsored charm offensive was launched to counter anti-Japan sentiment in the United States and has since grown into one of the country's most successful displays of soft power.
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| Apple iPod Nano may pose fire hazard, says Japan
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 AFP - Japan's industry ministry has ordered Apple to report on measures it will take regarding cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire, an official said Thursday.
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| US envoy ambassador to attend Hiroshima ceremony
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 AFP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it is sending its ambassador in Tokyo to a ceremony next week marking the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the first time a US ambassador has attended the event.
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| Supertanker blast scare blamed on "freak wave"
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 Reuters - A Japanese supertanker, which stirred fears of an attack in the Strait of Hormuz, diverted to a UAE port on Wednesday where officials said the damage was caused by a freak wave.
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| Japan wants US Marines to move to Guam
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 AFP - Japan's government said Wednesday it had no plan to delay transferring some 8,000 US marines based on the southern island of Okinawa to the US Pacific territory of Guam by 2014.
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| Japan hangs 2 on death row; 1st executions in year
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 AP - Japan hanged two convicted killers Wednesday, including a man who burned six women to death, in the country's first executions in a year, and the justice minister said she wants renewed debate on whether to continue the punishment.
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| Japan to delay report 'to avoid S. Korea row'
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 AFP - Japan will delay the release of an annual defence white paper to avoid angering South Korea over a territorial row ahead of the centennial of Japan's annexation of Korea, reports said Wednesday.
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