Ex-ASDF chief retires under age limit following dismissal
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Sacked ASDF chief retires under age limit
TOKYO, Nov. 3 Kyodo - Toshio Tamogami, who was dismissed last Friday as Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff, retired under the age limit Monday, the Defense Ministry said.
N. Korean media report leader's appearance at soccer match
PYONGYANG, Nov.
Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate in combating new strains of flu
BEIJING, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea on Sunday agreed to an action plan to fight a potential pandemic of avian flu or new strains of influenza.
Poverty, exploitation adding to woes of quake-battered Baluchistan
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA, Pakistan, Nov. 2 Kyodo - The death toll from the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck southwestern Pakistan on Oct. 29 has soared to nearly 300 people, and as many as 70,000
Surrogate baby born in India to a Japanese man arrives in Japan
OSAKA, Nov. 2 Kyodo - A baby girl born to an Indian surrogate mother under contract to a Japanese man
arrived in Japan on Sunday after the Japanese government issued her with a
Pro-government, Thaksin's supporters stage rally in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Nov. 1 Kyodo - More than 60,000 red-shirted supporters of the government and ousted Prime
Minister Thaksin Shinawatra staged a peaceful rally at Rajamangala national
Panasonic may acquire Sanyo Electric
OSAKA, Nov. 1 Kyodo - Panasonic Corp. is considering buying Sanyo Electric Co. by acquiring some of
the preferred Sanyo shares that three major creditor institutions, including
