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WESTERN EUROPE: Developments relevant to stress point
Over 90 Muslim graves were desecrated on September 29 in the central Austrian town of Traun, near...
JAPAN: Government moves to expand security role
Japan's moves to find an expanded international security role increasingly seem to be directed...
JAPAN: LDP faction leaders meet
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held a meeting of the leaders of its seven faction...
JAPAN/NORTH KOREA: Talks confirm Tokyo scepticism
Japan's scepticism over the prospects for the six party talks was confirmed by the fact that the...
JAPAN: Lower House approves RSSML
Japan's governing coalition used its supermajority in the Lower House of the Diet to force...
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: Web growth may be slowing
There are signs that the overall pace of growth in web traffic is actually slowing --despite the...
JAPAN: MOD requests budget increase
: Japan's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been revealed as requesting up to 100 billion yen (1.1...
JAPAN: Foreign affairs poll shows troubling trends
The Japanese cabinet's annual opinion poll on foreign affairs released this month demonstrates...
