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By early Saturday, more than 50 countries had offered help, said Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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In Tokyo, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Japanese victims were two couples in their 60s from Tokyo, but declined to give their names.
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That Japan and here I mean not just the Japan Democratic Party (DPJ) Noda cabinet, but also the ministry of foreign affairs (MOFA) and self-defense forces (SDF) bureaucracies, and, particularly, the factions within the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (DPJ) and nationalists allied with former Tokyo major Ishihara Shintaro did not expect a ferocious response from China, including shows of naval force and threats of occupation, is not credible.
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Seoul's foreign minister cancelled a Tokyo trip that had been intended to increase cooperation between the two American allies, while China sent a "stern message" to Japan regarding the visits, said Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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