<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Japan</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/eastasia/japan?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</link><description>Japan</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32888-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32888-2005May3.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   26 Killed When Explosives Detonate in Afghan Village <br>   BASHGAH, Afghanistan  --   A militia commander's stockpile of explosives detonated Monday in a remote Afghan village, flattening a half-dozen houses and a mosque and killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 30 in what appeared to be the deadliest accident of its kind since the U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short-Lived Strike Reflects Strength of Japan-China Ties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16465-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16465-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHENZHEN, China, April 25  --  On the face of it, the 10,000 fired-up workers at Uniden Electronic Products seemed to have a lot going for them when they went on strike.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers Struggle to Reach Train Wreck Survivors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16311-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16311-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TOKYO, April 25  --  Rescue workers struggled for more than 11 hours to free survivors of a packed commuter train in western Japan that derailed and smashed into an apartment building toward the end of the morning rush hour on Monday, killing at least 73 people.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 Arrested in Anti-Japan Protests]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16519-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16519-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, April 26  --  Chinese authorities announced Tuesday that 16 youths had been formally arrested and 26 others temporarily jailed in connection with violent anti-Japanese protests that erupted 10 days ago in Shanghai.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koizumi, Hu Meet to Address Tensions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12397-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12397-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/eastasia/japan</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 18:04:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 23  --  Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Japan to translate its remorse over wartime atrocities into "actual action" during a much-anticipated meeting here Saturday that both sides said they hoped would ease dangerously heightened tensions between the two countries.]]></description><author> Ellen Nakashima</author></item></channel></rss>