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JAPAN
Mar 28, 2006

Government still struggling to meet realignment deadline

The government still hopes to finalize plans to realign the U.S. military presence in Japan by the Friday deadline although it has yet to win consent from affected communities, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2006

Buffs black Seibu's eye on Opening Day

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Buffalo beef tastes great, no matter the bull.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2006

Foreign Ministry kept contracted studies secret

The Foreign Ministry has refrained from disclosing 58 percent of the research projects it commissioned from affiliated organizations or outside experts since 2002 due to confidentiality reasons, an internal ministry document showed Saturday.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2006

Alleged U.S. leak irks Defense Agency

A top Defense Agency official was furious after reading front-page stories on March 15 here about Japan's negotiations with the United States.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2006

Saga assembly OKs MOX plan

The Saga Prefectural Assembly on Wednesday endorsed a plan for a nuclear power plant to use fuel made from weapons-grade plutonium, boosting the country's efforts to expand its atomic energy program, assembly official Miyuki Yamashita said.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami