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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.
![Global meltdown: International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss Kahn says concerns about the viability of big US and European banks could send the world's financial system into meltdown. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/imf_strausskahn_afp_111008.jpg "Global meltdown: International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss Kahn says concerns about the viability of big US and European banks could send the world's financial system into meltdown. [AFP]")
![Trading was suspended on Wednesday after the index sank 10.4 per cent due to panic over the prospects of global financial turmoil. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indon_stockexchange_afp_091008.jpg "Trading was suspended on Wednesday after the index sank 10.4 per cent due to panic over the prospects of global financial turmoil. [AFP]")
![Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protestclash_afp_081008.jpg "Thousands of police have been deployed in the area where parliament house, the main metropolitan police headquarters and government house are located. [AFP]")
![President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/maldives_gayoom_afp_061008.jpg "President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the islands' leader for the past 30 years, faces five bitter rivals in the poll. [AFP]")
![Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/thai_protest_rtr_071008.jpg "Anti-government demonstrators try to take cover after riot police fired tear gas at protesters blocking Parliament in Bangkok. [Reuters]")
![Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/indon_soputan_rtr_071008.jpg "Smoke rises from Mount Soputan on the outskirts of Manado of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province. [Reuters]")
