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Mar 24 Lower house lawmaker assaulted by man, suffers slight injury (Kyodo) Mar 24 64% dissatisfied with Cabinet performance (Yomiuri) Mar 23 Draft civil service bill stalls over personnel issue (Yomiuri) Mar 23 Slow progress in gas tax dispute / DPJ continues to rebuff LDP efforts to bring issue to negotiating (Yomiuri) Mar 21 PM ready to do road-tax deal (Yomiuri) Mar 21 Ministry plans to strengthen visa system / Plan includes 5-year stay extension (Yomiuri) Mar 18 Over 70 Japanese evacuate restless Tibet (Asahi) Mar 18 Support for Cabinet sinks to lowest yet (Yomiuri) Mar 17 Japan's outrage at kangaroo cull (NEWS.com.au) Mar 17 Gas tax debate to intensify in Diet (Yomiuri) Mar 16 Rudd brushes off claims of Japan snub (Sydney Morning Herald) Mar 14 Taiwan emergency 'Japan security concern' (Yomiuri) Mar 13 Japan's 6th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF (Xinhua) Mar 12 Twists and turns in Diet not serving anyone (Asahi) Mar 11 China: Japan diplomats were spies (Yomiuri) Mar 11 Taxpayers tiring of revenue abuse / Lawmakers must make sure road-related tax income is used properl (Yomiuri) Mar 10 90% of road contracts not put to tender (Yomiuri) Mar 10 Japan on course for clash over next BoJ chief (AFP) Mar 08 Kosovo's independence will impact on Japan (Asahi) Mar 07 Paralyzed Diet (Asahi) Mar 06 Japan accused of vote buying ahead of whaling meeting (Guardian Unlimited) Mar 06 Talks on basic pension plan intensify / Fukuda-sponsored social security-system council subcommittee (Yomiuri) Mar 06 Politics set for stormy spring? / Turmoil likely over BOJ, gas taxes as DPJ takes hard-line stance (Yomiuri) Mar 06 Japan 'owes' London more than 1 mil. pounds in charging row (Kyodo) Mar 05 The 'rape' of Okinawa (Asia Times) Mar 05 Garrett aggressive: Japan whaling chief (The Age) Mar 04 City of Obama receives letter from U.S. presidential hopeful Obama (Kyodo) Mar 03 Disapproval rate on Fukuda Cabinet tops 50%: report (Kyodo) Mar 03 Koizumi keeps road reform on the map (Yomiuri) Mar 03 DPJ to boycott upper house deliberations for at least 1 week (Kyodo) Mar 02 Fukuda rejects calls for Ishiba's resignation, cites need for reform (Kyodo) Mar 02 Lee pushes better ties with Japan (Japan Times) Mar 01 The girl stolen by North Korea: How Japan's abductees became pawns in the US nuclear standoff (Independent) Mar 01 Realignment of U.S. forces seen proceeding rapidly (Yomiuri) Feb 29 Japanese ministers displeased by Chinese remarks on dumplings probe (Kyodo) Feb 28 Seoul ties thawing but can always get cold (Japan Times) Feb 27 Rice in Japan to seek progress on N. Korea, patch up dented alliance (Kyodo) Feb 27 Fukuda reform plans enigmatic (Yomiuri) Feb 26 Japan to establish law aimed at cracking down on suspicious ships (Kyodo) Feb 26 Analyze This: Between Japan and Teheran (Jerusalem Post) Feb 26 Users flocking to govt's online property registration service (Yomiuri) Feb 25 China, Japan vow to solve sea dispute: report (Straits Times) Feb 25 Israel PM to discuss Iran on rare Japan visit (AFP) Feb 23 Ballot for permanent residents (Japan Times) Feb 23 Breaking the northern ice jam (Japan Times) Feb 22 N. Korea calls Japan's missile shields 'dangerous' (Kyodo) Feb 22 U.S. grateful for Japan's resumed mission for antiterror operations (Kyodo) Feb 22 Boost Japan's Afghan aid for war on terrorism (Yomiuri) Feb 22 Is Japan-ROK tunnel feasible? (Yomiuri) Feb 21 Defense official to be held on suspicion of taking bribes (Kyodo)