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      <title><![CDATA[SKorean PM accuses Japan of damaging ties]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo on Sunday accused Japan of damaging bilateral ties and putting regional peace at risk with its renewed claim to a group of Seoul-controlled islets.]]></description>
      <media:text type="html">South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo on Sunday accused Japan of damaging bilateral ties and putting regional peace at risk with its renewed claim to a group of Seoul-controlled islets.</media:text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japan set to give nationality to illegitimate children: report]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Japanese crown prince's Spanish tour moves to Toledo]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito's week-long tour of Spain on Saturday took him to Toledo, the country's picturesque former capital which sits on a hilltop overlooking the Tagus river.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strong offshore earthquake hits eastern Japan, tsunami warning issued]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese woman hit out at corporate
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brain haemorrhage having done 200 hours of overtime in a month.]]></description>
      <media:text type="html">TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese woman hit out at corporate
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      <description><![CDATA[The worsening situation in Afghanistan may keep Japan from sending troops to help in humanitarian missions there, Japanese media reported Friday.]]></description>
      <media:text type="html">The worsening situation in Afghanistan may keep Japan from sending troops to help in humanitarian missions there, Japanese media reported Friday.</media:text>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Japanese police panel has recommended a ban on possession of highly lethal double-edged knives after a troubled young man went on a stabbing spree in central Tokyo.]]></description>
      <media:text type="html">A Japanese police panel has recommended a ban on possession of highly lethal double-edged knives after a troubled young man went on a stabbing spree in central Tokyo.</media:text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Compensation over US jet noise in Japan]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[S.Korea to spurn Japan minister over island row]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A court ordered Japan's government Thursday to increase compensation to hundreds of residents suffering from ear-throbbing jet noise produced by a U.S. military base in Tokyo's suburbs, a court official said.]]></description>
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