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Japanese murder accused dead in apparent suicide

08:12:35, 12 October 2008, Radio Australia News

A Japanese businessman evidently hanged himself in a Los Angeles jail cell where he was awaiting trial for plotting his wife's murder here in 1981.

Asian markets plunge in early trading

14:40:45, 10 October 2008, Radio Australia News

South Korean shares have plunged in panic selling and Japan's exchange has fallen by more than eleven per cent in morning trade.

Financial crisis hits Japan

01:49:05, 9 October 2008, Radio Australia News

The financial crisis has hit hard in Japan, where shares on the Tokyo exchange have recorded their biggest one-day fall since the 1987 stockmarket crash.

Japan reverses position on naval mission

20:56:33, 8 October 2008, Radio Australia News

Japan's opposition has reversed its position on the renewal of a naval mission in the Indian Ocean.