Keyword Problem - I can't remove one!

Hello,
Hoping someone here can help me.
When I was batch importing a load of photos I managed to tag quite a number with the following keyword sequence:
, Japan, Tokyo
Yes, there is a mysterious ', ' before Japan. Now, In the filter dialog I have a keyword that shows up with no text. Clicking this brings up 300 or so images.
Any idea how I can batch remove the ', ' that has found it's way into my keywords - manually would take a long time!
A small extract from a screenshot can be found at http://www.traceramc.co.uk/aperturekeyword.jpg
Powermac dual 2.3, ATI 9650, 20" Cinema Display, Aperture 1.1.1   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Alex,
do all of your problem images have the exact same keyword string? ie, do they all have ", Japan, Tokyo" ?
if they do, or if groups of images have the same keyword string, you can solve the problem (I just tested it) by using Metadata/Batch change....
select all of the images with the exact same keyword string.
choose Metadata/Batch Change.
turn on the checkbox for Keywords.
(Aperture automatically loads the keyword from the Primary image)
remove the rogue (blank) keyword and its comma from the Keyword field.
click OK.
Aperture will change all of the keyword strings for you.
I'm still working on an AppleScript. it's doable with UI elements. I've already been able to get and set the Keywords using UI (in a known window configuration) but I'm not yet able to move to the next image.
if the Batch Change works, then we won't need the AppleScript

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