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National › Japan apologizes, offers compensation to Taiwan over boat sinking

Japan officially apologized to Taiwan on Friday and reiterated its willingness to offer compensation for a ship collision earlier this month that sparked a diplomatic… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Jun 20 2008

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