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color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EL02Dh01.html "><strong>Deaths add to Koizumi's dilemma</strong></a><br>Domestic opposition in Japan to troop deployment in Iraq has intensified following the killing of two Japanese diplomats, further compounding Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's problems. - <b>J Sean Curtin</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Dec 1, '03)</font><br><br><img hspace="0" src="/web/20031202023247im_/http://www.atimes.com/atimes//images/bestofbe4[1].gif" border="0"><br><br><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK26Dh03.html "><strong>Japanese hawks soar on Korea fears</strong></a><br>Missile tests, rumors of nuclear arms and admitted abductions have Japanese antsy, and hawks in Tokyo are using these worries, bolstered by bellicose rhetoric from some in the Pentagon about "regime change" in Pyongyang, to drag Japan away from its long-cherished pacifism. <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 25, '03)</font><br><br></p> <p><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK25Dh01.html "><strong>Takefuji Corp: A wiretap too far</strong></a><br>Japan's biggest domestic moneylender, whose place at the top may be slipping, is in hot water for allegedly seeking to intimidate journalists. - <strong>Richard Hanson</strong> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 24, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EK25Ad01.html "><strong>China's navy floats a warning to Taiwan</strong></a><br><font color="#000000">China showed its teeth recently by surfacing one of its submarines in Japanese waters after escaping detection by Japan's reconnaissance. The message, though clearly aimed at Japan, also has implications for Taiwan by demonstrating the Chinese navy's ability to breach US defense of the island. - </font><font color="#000000"><strong>Iris Tsang</strong> </font><font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 24, '03)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p> <p><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK22Dh01.html "><strong>Japan, Korea new terror fronts</strong></a><br>Even before Thursday's terrorist attacks on British interests in Turkey, America's main allies in Northeast Asia were worried - especially Tokyo, which was named specifically in a tape attributed to Osama bin Laden. Recent events in Iraq and Afghanistan show that their fears are not exaggerated. - <strong>Jamie Miyazaki</strong> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 21, '03)</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p> <p><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" size="3"><font color="#000000" size="2"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ff0000"><strong>DUSK OVER JAPAN</strong></font> <br><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK21Dh02.html "><strong>The Xi'an incident: No love affair</strong></a><br>A "bawdy skit" performed late last month by Japanese students and their teacher at prestigious Northwest University in Xi'an, China, created a national uproar that reminded that even small incidents can quickly fan the flames of Chinese antipathy toward Japan. But it was significant in other ways as well. - <b>Katsuo Hiizumi</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 20, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EK21Ae01.html "><strong>US reorganizes its military might</strong></a><br>Thailand, the Philippines and Australia are targets for possible US defense staging posts after US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced changes to the military footprint in East Asia. The plan, designed to make US military deployment more efficient, is finding support in countries worried about terrorism. - <b>Alan Boyd</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 20, '03)</font><br><br><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK21Dh01.html"><strong>Japan's employment paradox</strong></a><br>As Japan struggles out of its 12-year economic slump, it is facing the contradictory stresses of too much unemployment at the same time there are labor shortages. - <b>Hussain Khan</b> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 20, '03)<br> </font></p> <p> <table class="" id="table1" style="WIDTH: 305px; HEIGHT: 320px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="305" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" valign="top" bordercolor="black" align="left" height="0"><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000"> <p><strong>TIES ON TRIAL</strong><strong><font color="#000000"> <font color="#999999" size="1">(Nov 19, '03)</font><br></font><br></strong><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK20Dh03.html "><font size="2"><strong>US-Japan alliance under strain</strong></font></a><br><font size="2"><font color="#000000">As the wave of violence escalates in Iraq, US allies that once pledged hefty support are beginning to question their loyalties. For Japan, the question is whether the government will risk sending its troops into harm's way, and its leadership is weighing carefully what seems guaranteed to be a no-win proposition. - <strong>Richard Hanson</strong></font><strong> </strong></font><font color="#999999" size="1"><strong><br></strong><font color="#000000" size="2"><br><a href="/web/20031202023247/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/EK20Dh02.html "><font size="2"><strong>Iraq and Okinawa: First the bad news</strong></font></a><br><font color="#000000" size="2">Although Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has reiterated his loyalty to the US by insisting that Japan's troop deployment to Iraq is "still on", his meeting with US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld contained no good news - for George W Bush, or for the residents of Okinawa. - <strong>Axel Berkofsky</strong></font></font></font></font></p></font> </td> </tr> 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