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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.
Japan urged to reform 'brutal' police methods
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A clever trick borrowed from jellyfish earns two Americans and one Japanese scientist a share of the chemistry Nobel Prize.
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Japan's opposition leader vows to listen to the people as exit polls suggest a massive election win for his party.
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Documents are reported to have surfaced in Japan contradicting the PM's denial of forced sex slavery in WWII.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaThe leaders of Japan and South Korea say North Korea should not be offered aid until it dismantles its nuclear programme.
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An anti-whaling group says it has thrown "stink" bombs at a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic.
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United StatesJapan's prime minister describes the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US marine as "unforgivable".
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The world's largest fish market is reversing a month-old ban on tourists at its riotous early-morning auctions.
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Environmentalists in Japan claim a rare victory after five firms quit whaling following a pressure campaign.
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Christopher Hogg experiences a new hi-tech health treatment for people with time on their hands.
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India, 
SomaliaSome of the Indian crew of a Japanese ship who were released by Somali pirates after two months in captivity return home.
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Japan's outgoing PM Shinzo Abe apologises for his sudden resignation, as his successor picks new party deputies.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe admits his coalition faces a difficult battle to win the upper house elections.
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Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.
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United StatesJapan's PM Shinzo Abe says comments over WWII sex slaves were misunderstood, as his US trip continues.
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Shinzo Abe, the man most likely to be Japan's next leader, sets out his plans for a more assertive foreign policy.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe says there is no evidence to prove women were forced to be sex slaves during World War II.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe rebukes a minister over WWII atom bomb comments, as his poll ratings drop further.
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Anti-whaling activists' ship collides with a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters, sparking protests from Tokyo.
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Japan's annual whale-hunting season falls short of its target catch due to disruptions by anti-whaling activists, officials say.
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Conservation groups and a top fisheries scientist accuse Japan of damaging the fisheries interests of poorer countries.
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United Kingdom, United States, 
ZimbabweAfrican leaders meeting in Japan say they oppose a push by the US and UK to impose UN sanctions on Zimbabwe.
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AfghanistanA Japanese aid worker abducted in Afghanistan earlier this week is found dead, Afghan officials say.
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AfghanistanA Japanese aid worker abducted in Afghanistan earlier this week is found dead, Afghan officials say.
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A "people's airbag" invented in Japan promises to protect older people from injury if they fall - but only if they fall backwards.
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There is a greater proportion of elderly people in Japan than anywhere else in the world, the government says.
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United StatesMystery surrounds an FBI raid on the North American headquarters of Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways.
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Key resignation alters the field ahead of Japan poll
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BermudaFernando Alonso wins in Japan as Felipe Massa cuts Lewis Hamilton's lead to five points after a clash between the title rivals.
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United StatesA civilian employee of the US military in Japan is jailed for nine years for two rapes on the island of Okinawa.
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South KoreaUN chief Kofi Annan urges Japan, China and South Korea to overcome their past and reach "harmonious relations".
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Anti-whaling nations quash Japanese overtures as an annual whaling conference opens in Alaska.
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Japanese prosecutors begin an attempt to overturn the acquittal of a man accused of killing Briton Lucie Blackman.
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A Japanese train company is to scan the faces of staff to ensure that they are smiling enough.
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