Japan This Week: 5 April 2009

今週の日本

North Korea Rocket Launch on Track

NY Times

Obama warns North Korea over ballistic missile launch

Guardian

Japan Debates Digging Itself Out

Washington Post

One step for a robot, a giant leap for tin-mankind

Times on Line

Woman dies in hole at golf course

Asahi

Monks venture into bars, and rap

Global Post

Téléchargement: "Les Japonais ne comprennent pas pourquoi on les pille"

Le Monde

Ministry hedges around statute of limitations issue

Japan Times

Japan pays jobless incomers to go

BBC

Autistic winemakers crafting fine vintages in Japan

CNN

Suzuki out with fatigue for third straight day

Yahoo Sports

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Japan Statistics

Japan's embassy in Moscow paid 71 million yen ($710,000) in rent to an organization affiliated with Russia's Foreign Ministry. The payment was for two years of rent for a building that was used for storage. It had been the site of the previous Japanese embassy until March 2007, when Japan's embassy moved to a new facility.

Source: Kyodo News

95% of marine distress calls sent to the Japanese Coast Guard are false alarms.

Of the 385 alerts last year, 367 were false. Forty-two percent of those were due to operational errors; 38% were a result of mechanical trouble or poor maintenance.

Source: Kyodo News

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