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We have started to collect the most important news related to Japan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
The Japanese prime minister promises to double aid to Africa, at a leaders' conference in Yokohama.
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North KoreaJapan issues arrest warrants for two North Korean agents it believes abducted Japanese citizens to help train spies.
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ChinaJapanese war orphans abandoned in China in 1945 are entitled to compensation, a court rules.
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ChinaA Japanese warship arrives in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit since World War II.
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Activists from the Sea Shepherd group throw an acid made from rotten butter at Japanese whalers.
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ArubaAn Australian court rules the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet are illegal, ordering it to halt operations.
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A meeting called by Japan to plan the end of the whaling moratorium is boycotted by most anti-whaling nations.
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New Zealand, 
United KingdomThe US adds its voice to international criticism of the launch of Japan's largest-ever whaling expedition.
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QatarA consortium including Japanese trading house Marubeni has won a $2.3bn contract to build a thermal power plant in Qatar.
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A Japanese office worker is disciplined after racking up 780,000 hits on porn websites in nine months.
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United StatesThousands of Japanese support workers at US military bases in Japan strike over a planned pay cut.
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AustraliaThe bodies of two WWII submariners from Japan are to be left in their wreck off Sydney, Australia.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe backs his new agriculture minister over claims of improper expenses.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe stays away from a controversial shrine, on the anniversary of WWII surrender.
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, formally announces his bid for the job.
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Taro Aso emerges as the early front-runner to replace Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda, following his shock resignation.
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The Japanese foreign minister announces his bid to succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Japan should debate having nuclear arms but the government is still opposed to them, Taro Aso says.
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An unmanned Japanese space probe sent to collect the first samples from an asteroid fails to reach its target.
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Japanese car sales fall to a 35-year low as a shrinking population and limited wage growth hurt demand.
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Business confidence in Japan is now at a record low as the global financial crisis continues to hit the country hard.
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Pro-whaling countries meet in Japan to plan the lifting of the global moratorium on commercial hunting.
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IndiaLeading Japanese pharmaceutical firm Daiichi Sankyo completes its $4.2bn (£2.6bn) takeover of the Indian drugs firm Ranbaxy.
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Japan's economy expanded by much less than first estimated in the July to September period, revised official figures show.
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Strong figures for a second quarter in a row confirm Japan's recovery from recession, showing a 1.2% boost over three months.
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Japan's economy contracted by 3.3% in the final quarter of 2008 - its worst showing since the oil crisis of the 1970s, figures show.
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Japan's economy in the first three months of 2009 shrinks at its quickest pace since records began, as exports slump.
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Japan follows Germany, France and Hong Kong out of recession by recording growth in the second quarter.
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Japan's economic output records its sharpest quarterly fall in almost seven years, apparently falling into recession.
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Japan's government says it has to work harder to encourage elderly people to remain in the workforce.
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AfghanistanShinzo Abe pledges to carry on as Japan's PM, after staking his job on extending Japan's Afghanistan mission.
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SingaporeThe Japanese imperial couple begin a tour of South East Asia, starting with a state visit to Singapore.
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Japan's export slide slowed in June, in a sign government stimulus spending may be propping up demand.
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Japan's exports see a record plunge in February, falling by nearly half compared with a year earlier, the finance ministry says.
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