Politics
Aso May Call Japan Lower-House Elections for November 30, Yomiuri Says
(Bloomberg)
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LDP secretary held for groping girl
A secretary to a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of groping a high school girl on a morning train, police said. (Japan Times)
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Japan insists North Korea clear up mystery around abductees
(International Herald Tribune)
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Japan PM says won't give energy aid to NKorea
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday criticised the US removal of North Korea from a terrorist blacklist and refused to give aid to Pyongyang under a nuclear disarmament deal. (AFP)
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S. Korean president to seek summit with Japan, China next week
President Lee Myung Bak will push to hold a tripartite summit with the leaders of Japan and China next week to discuss closer regional cooperation in the face of global financial unrest, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday. (Kyodo)
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Prime Minister Aso's 'Inchworm Cabinet' stalling in face of international financial crisis
(Mainichi)
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E. Asian nations confirm common goal against global warming
Environment ministers and senior officials from East Asian countries reaffirmed in Vietnam on Thursday their commitment to the common goal of stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations in the long run to help prevent global warming, Japanese officials said. (Kyodo)
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