By Steve Herman Tokyo 24 February 2006 Japan is facing a succession crisis, not for political leadership, but at the Imperial Palace, where there is a dearth of male heirs for the Chrysanthemum Throne

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Japanese voters have resoundingly rejected the party that has set the country's policy agendas for more than half a century. The rise of a center-left party promising to soothe the pain of globalization is being seen as a major break with business a

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EXPLORATIONS - South Street Seaport Museum Offers a Living Link With the Past By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The Peking, one the ships at the South Street

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By Steve Herman Okinawa, Japan 09 March 2006 The United States pledges to move 8,000 of its Marines off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. But U.S., Japanese and Okinawan officials are strugglin

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 20 January 2006 Japan has announced it is reimposing a ban on all U.S. beef products. Government officials say they were forced to make that decision after spinal material consid

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 20 September 2006 In Japan, it is Shinzo Abe by a landslide. The government's chief cabinet secretary, as expected, has swept the election for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party, putting him in position to take over as

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By Doug Levine Washington 25 May 2007 Saxophonist Michael Brecker made many fine recordings as a sideman and a soloist during his career. But his final album, recorded just five months before his death, may be his best, however. VOA's Doug Levine ha

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 24 April 2006 The last major stumbling block has been cleared for the United States and Japan to initiate a realignment of American forces in Japan. The breakthrough came when th

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 14 June 2008 A powerful earthquake in northern Japan has killed at least six people and injured more than 100. Power has been cut to many homes and businesses, but for now, officials say two major nuclear power facilities appear

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South Africa has joined the global trend of lowering interest rates to combat the current economic slowdown. The move is an abrupt reversal for a country that has been raising interest rates for years to control inflation. The change signals that Af

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After Japan, Experts Rethink Costs, Safety of Nuclear Power The power plant was designed to withstand the largest tsunami ever to hit Japan, a 1960 event linked to a 9.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile, the largest earthquake in recorded history. The e

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The South African organization, the Homecoming Revolution, hosts a job fair to lure London-based ex-patriots back to South Africa Tens of thousands of South Africans have made Britain their home over the past two decades, attracted by higher wages an

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Hillary Clinton is in Tokyo on the first stop of her First overseas trip as U.S. Secretary of State. The visit is to focus on the global economic crisis and Asian security hot spots. Clinton will also visit Indonesia, South Korea and China. Secretar

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 13 June 2008 Japan says it is lifting some of the sanctions it imposed on North Korea following Pyongyang's nuclear test about two years ago. The announcement comes amid apparent progress in talks on the North's abduction of Japa

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 November 2006 In the wake of a United Nations' report last week that declared a world water crisis, concerned Asian leaders are planning concerted action to deal with the lack of clean water in their region. ---- Japan on Tu

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By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 08 October 2007 South Africa's government is intervening in the international diamond market to ensure that uncut stones are polished by local jewelers. The government will soon begin buying 10 percent of the country's

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 August 2007 Lee Myung-bak, waves his hand after he was elected presidential candidate in Seoul, 20 Aug 2007 South Korea's main conservative party has selected a former Seoul mayor as its candidate for president. Elections to re

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 June 2008 The leader of South Korea's main political opposition party is accusing the United States ambassador in Seoul of insulting Koreans. The comments in question relate to an emotionally electrified controversy over resum

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 A de facto spokesman in Tokyo for North Korea says Pyongyang now regards Japan as the most hostile nation in the world. The spokesman also says ethnic Koreans affiliated with the North have increasingly been th

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By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 07 October 2009 Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (file photo) Japan's new foreign minister has laid out his plan for his first 100 days in office, elaborating on discussions to build an East Asian Community and to alter the

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