N.KOREAN NUKE SUCCESFUL

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N.KOREAN NUKE SUCCESFUL

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UNITED NATIONS - Japan's U.N. ambassador says Security Council experts will meet Monday afternoon to consider proposals submitted by the U.S. for a draft resolution on North Korea's missile test.

Ambassador Kenzo Oshima said members of the Council condemned North Korea's claim of a nuclear test and demanded during an emergency meeting Monday that it return to six-party talks on its weapons program

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Japan, S. Korea to jointly survey radiation in Sea of Japan
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: SHIP SET TO LEAVE PORT AT NOON)

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A Japan Coast Guard research ship will leave Moji port in Fukuoka Prefecture on Saturday to survey the level of radiation in the Sea of Japan with South Korean researchers.

Three South Korean researchers from the country's National Fisheries Research and Development Institute and the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety will be aboard the ship Kaiyo for the survey project through Oct. 14.

The researchers will collect samples of seawater and soil from six spots, including waters near the disputed Takeshima Island, which is called Dokdo in Korean.

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Japan dispatches aircraft to monitor radiation
09/10/2006 - 14:30:14

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Japan has dispatched three T-4 supersonic aircraft to waters between Japan and the Korean peninsula to monitor radiation levels, the Defence Agency said.

The aircraft will collect air samples at an altitude of about 9,000 feet which will be analysed for radioactivity, according to an agency official.