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Politics › Taiwan recalls top Japan rep as tensions rise over ship collision

A festering tiff between Taiwan and Japan over a ship collision in disputed waters dramatically worsened Saturday, when Taiwan's Foreign Ministry announced the recall of… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Jun 14 2008

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