Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2004 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- JAPAN / U-S ESPIONAGE VOA 29 Mar 2004 -- A Japanese researcher indicted in the United States on industrial espionage charges has been released from detention by a court in Tokyo. The court rejected a U-S request to extradite the doctor.
- CHINA/JAPAN/ISLANDS VOA 25 Mar 2004 -- China is protesting Japan's detention of Chinese activists who landed on a disputed island in the East China Sea. Japan says it plans to return the activists to China after questioning them. The detention of the seven men has prompted protests outside the Japanese Embassy in the Chinese capital.
- NORTH KOREA / COMIC BOOKS VOA 18 Mar 2004 -- A series of comic books that portray North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as an evil despot are selling briskly in Japan. The books' author says he hopes to educate the Japanese public about Mr. Kim and his reclusive Stalinist state, but critics say the books are deeply biased.
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