Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama said Japan would press for the ASEM meeting to issue a joint statement condemning the nuclear test, apart from the conference's normal closing statement.

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The normal criticism of this statement would centre on unfounded extrapolation from in vitro to in vivo conditions.

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"Businesses are reopening gradually, and the situation is returning to normal, " said a statement from the Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

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