"That was a bit of a freak thing, " said Murray, after pulling out of the Japan Open.
Takao Suzuki beat 10th seed American Jan-Michael Gambill to reach the second round of the Japan Open.
His withdrawal from the Shanghai event follows his decision not to participate in the Japan Open this week.
Kenneth Carlsen is through to the final of the Japan Open following a straight sets victory over Paradorn Srichaphan on Saturday.
World number one Lleyton Hewitt, the defending Japan Open champion, will face former French Open winner Michael Chang of the US on Wednesday.
Roddick reached the quarter-finals of the Japan Open last week - his first tournament since a disappointing second-round exit at the US Open.
However, Robson was forced to retire from her second-round match in the Japan Open at the beginning of October after suffering from dehydration.
TOKYO, Japan -- World number one Roger Federer blasted past Germany's Benjamin Becker 6-3 6-4 to reach the final of the Japan Open on Saturday.
And in the WTA event in Osaka, Heather Watson became the first British woman to win a Tour title in 24 years when she beat Chang Kai-chen in the Japan Open final.
As a city, Nagasaki has a remarkable history (it was the only place in Japan open to foreigners for over 200 years), and the boat trip is surprisingly attractive, past a hypermodern cruise ship terminal and countless inlets filled with shipyards, all cradled between mountains.
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Third, the just-installed prime minister is leaning on the Bank of Japan to open up the taps.
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Economically, it has shown much greater willingness than Japan to open up and to tackle obvious problems quickly and pragmatically.
Much more controversial is the ministry's suggestion that Japan should open its doors to lots of low-paid, low-skilled nursing assistants, a proposal championed by Nikkeiren, Japan's employers' federation.
Foreigners are waiting for Japan to open the market for corporate control by honouring its promise that they will, in effect, be able to issue shares to finance a takeover.
Legoland Windsor opened in the United Kingdom in 1996, Legoland California will open this spring and yet another park, possibly in Japan, will open in 2002.
Hence the voters' rejection of the old system in favour of something unfamiliar in Japan: an open and accountable government.
Late last year Japan agreed to open its doors a crack to send missile components to the U.S. as part of a codevelopment project.
Late last year Japan agreed to open its doors a crack to send missile components to the U.S. as part of a co-development project.
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Japan is even less open to foreign workers than to rice imports, finishing at the bottom of the migration rankings.
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So did European travellers when Japan first began to open up to them at around the turn of the 16th century.
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South Korea's new prime minister, Han Duck-soo, recently emphasised that for any bilateral pact to work, Japan would have to open up nine-tenths of its farm trade.
Of particular importance for Japan is keeping sea lanes open and protecting international commerce.
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And the interim report on U.S. Forces Japan realignment leaves this question open to some extent.
With markets confused by the actions of the People's Bank of China, renewed calls for better communication have emerged just as other major central banks, such as the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, are becoming more open.
Even less tractable is Russia's territorial dispute with Japan, the obvious country to open up the Russian east for development.
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That was the famous Meiji emperor, and in his case the visiting American was Commodore Matthew Perry , who steamed into Tokyo Bay in 1853 with a powerful squadron and "suggested" that Japan abandon its feudal isolation and open relations with the outside world.
Japan's embassy in Baghdad remains open with the same levels of staffing.
Reports from Japan indicate that many stores may not open on Saturday because of the uncertainty of electricity supplies and disruptions in public transport.
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