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Japan hints at visa for India surrogacy baby
Japan's justice minister hinted Friday that authorities were ready to issue a visa for a baby girl in legal limbo who was born to an Indian surrogate mother from a Japanese father.
Tags: japan, japanese, india, girl, minister, indian, mother, baby
An infuriated South Korea: Is this how to conduct diplomacy with neighbors?
WE'VE ALL KNOWN people who just can't get along with anybody. They always seem to be embroiled in an overblown feud over some petty issue with a neighbor or coworker. They tend to have frequent misunderstandings...
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Japan FM to visit China over dumpling scare
Japan's foreign minister said Sunday he would visit China during the Olympic Games to press Beijing to speed up a probe into a health scare involving Chinese dumplings.
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South Korea stages military drill near disputed islets
South Korea staged a military drill near tiny islands claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo on Wednesday, just a day after the first-ever visit by a Korean prime minister, officials said.
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It was only a matter of time until the latest flare up in Korean anger over the Liancourt Rocks dispute led to a finger-chopping....
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The 2008 World Cosplay summit will be taking place this weekend in Nagoya, and senior vice foreign minister Itsunori Onodera (pictured above) has been meeting with cosplayers to promote the event...
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The nascent Japanese eco-skepticism
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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More on the Busan - Takeshima paradigm
HERE ARE THE Joongang Daily's headlines for today's lead story on its Internet edition:nU.S. agency joins fray over DokdonChanging its designation of islets indicates sovereignty is in dispute...
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Japanese and South Korean editorials on Takeshima: A comparison
ONE POINT I often try to make here is that the Japanese media is not as biased in a nationalistic sense as some people claim. Bias, as with beauty, is in the (biased) eye of the beholder, but I think the tone of the ...
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Thai court to hear lottery case involving ministers
Thailand's Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear accusations that the cabinet of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra breached lottery laws, putting the positions of three ...
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The Japanese government revealed plans last week to set up a network of academic exchange programs throughout Asia. Based on the European ERASMUS program, which helps students transfer and accumulate credits between...
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Japan's 'Grim Reaper' says will step down in reshuffle
Japan's Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama, dubbed the "Grim Reaper" for ordering a record number of executions, said Friday he would step down in any cabinet reshuffle.
CAMPAIGN OUTSIDER : Obama's excellent adventure
The Democratic nominee-in-waiting for the US presidency, Senator Barack Obama, received a lift from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as his war zone tour began. But Obama will find plenty of landmines along his route....
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Komura in Singapore for ASEAN parleys
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura arrived Monday in Singapore to attend a series of ASEAN-hosted talks, but the highlight of his visit will be an informal meeting he is expected to convene....
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Seoul's choice: Busan or Takeshima
SOON OR LATE, South Korea will have to choose which paradigm to apply for its relations with Japan. They have two choices, both of which can be represented by geographical entities.nOne choice is Busan, a city of more ...
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Suu Kyi's detention to last until 2009
Myanmar's foreign minister has said pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi can be kept in detention legally until late 2009 and not until December this year as reported earlier, Singapore officials said Tuesday.
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