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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Kan's diplomatic debut in Canada a chance to show leadership skills
  By TAKUYA KARUBE, Kyodo News
  TORONTO — Naoto Kan may think he is curiously connected with Canada as part of Japan's top political echelon — but not because the sound of his surname conjures up the name of the country where he just made his diplomatic debut as prime minister.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Noda slams Ozawa for rapping DPJ
  Kyodo News
  Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda lashed out Tuesday at Ichiro Ozawa, the former No. 2 in the Democratic Party of Japan who criticized the current DPJ leadership for rolling back some pledges ahead of the July 11 election.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Foreign Ministry seeks aid-policy revision to enhance efficiency
  Kyodo News
  The Foreign Ministry called Tuesday for revision of the development assistance charter, which stipulates Japan's basic aid policy, to enhance efficiency as foreign aid has been reduced for the 11th straight year.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Diet almost freed up Net campaigning
  By DAISUKE YAMAMOTO, Kyodo News
  Political parties and candidates hoping to use the Internet to appeal to today's tech-savvy voters were disappointed when the Diet failed to make it legal in time for the July 11 Upper House election.
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• [JT EDITORIAL]
  Mr. Kan meets Mr. Obama
  At their Sunday meeting on the fringe of the G20 summit in Toronto, Canada, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed that the Japan-U.S. alliance is a cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Their first meeting took place after bilateral ties had become somewhat awkward under the administration of Mr. Kan's predecessor, Mr. Yukio Hatoyama, over the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa.
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