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Date: 1999-06-29
Title: Scientists detect neutrino beam traversing 250 km
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The photo shows a neutrino beam traversing 250 kilometers between the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization facility in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and the Super-Kamiokande detector in the town of Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture. An international team of scientists announced June 28 the detection of the beam's passage. The photos were provided by the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, which led the experiment.
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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: Several thousand stolen motorcycles found
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Several thousand stolen motorcycles are found in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 17. Police uncovered several locations where stolen motorcycles were hidden after busting a suspected theft ring. This photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.
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Date: 1999-06-24
Title: Snailflower blooms
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A snailflower begins to bloom at a tropical botanical garden in Yumenoshima in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The flower, originating from South America, will be in bloom for a month until late July.
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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: Sony opens entertainment center in San Francisco
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Sony Corp. opens an entertainment center June 16 in San Francisco, the first of its kind by the Japanese electronics giant, with the opening ceremony drawing 5,000 visitors. The four-story Metreon center was built on a 31,500-square-meter site and houses 15 movie theaters, in addition to video arcades and restaurants.
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Date: 1999-06-26
Title: Sony to sell commemorative Walkman
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Sony Corp. will put on sale a new Walkman portable cassette player in July to mark the 20th anniversary of its first model. The photo shows the first model (L), released in 1979, and the upcoming model (R) to be marketed from July 1.
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Date: 1999-06-22
Title: South, North Korea begin vice-ministerial talks
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Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, begin the first bilateral vice-ministerial talks in 14 months at Beijing's Kempinski Hotel on June 22.
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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: Stock prices close at 20-month high
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Two unidentified persons watch the stock price board put up outside a Nihonbashi securities house in Tokyo June 17. Stock prices moved up strongly on the back of an overnight rally on Wall Street, with the Nikkei 225 index closing at a 20-month high.
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Date: 1999-06-28
Title: Tiananmen Square reopens to the public
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Beijing's Tiananmen Square reopens to the public June 28 after eight months of closure for repairs in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1. Workers cleaned paving stones as citizens and tourists visited the sprawling square.
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Date: 1999-07-02
Title: Tokyo stock prices top 18,000
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A man looks at a stock price board at a securities firm in Tokyo's Yaesu district on July 2, as the Nikkei average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange once topped 18,000 for the first time in 21 months. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi applauded the news as a sign of growing public confidence in the Japanese economy.
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Date: 1999-06-18
Title: Toshiba begins production of new LCDs
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Commercial production of next-generation liquid crystal displays (LCDs) featuring sharp images comparable with those of color photos gets under way at Toshiba Corp.'s Fukaya factory, north of Tokyo. The display has adopted state-of-the-art liquid crystal technology called the low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor (TFT). Toshiba said it is the first in the world to produce such LCDs on a commercial basis. This photo was taken June 18.
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Date: 1999-06-28
Title: Toyota's new president meets press
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Fujio Cho (R), new president of Toyota Motor Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on June 28 together with Chairman Hiroshi Okuda (L). Cho said Toyota plans to increase its annual production capacity in North America by between 100,000 and 200,000 vehicles in 2002 from the current 1.2 million.
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Date: 1999-06-27
Title: Trans-Pacific adventurer heading to Japan
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Japanese adventurer and yachtsman Kenichi Horie waves his right hand aboard the MALT'S Mermaid II yacht in waters near Okinawa Island on June 26 en route for Japan from San Francisco on a solo journey. Horie plans to reach Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in western Japan, the world's longest suspension bridge, in early July.
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Date: 1999-06-19
Title: Turin named host city 2006 Olympic Winter Games
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The view of Turin of Italy, which was selected the host city for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in a secret ballot by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Seoul on June 19.
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Date: 1999-06-19
Title: Turin officials celebrate Olympic victory
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Members of the Turin Olympic bid committee uncork the champagne to celebrate their victory June 19 when the Italian city was awarded the right to host the 2006 Olympic Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee in Seoul.
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Date: 1999-07-01
Title: Two Koreas resume talks
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Yang Young Shik, South Korean Vice Unification Minister, and Pak Yong Su, deputy director of North Korea' Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, shake hands prior to resumption of their vice minister-level meeting at a Beijing hotel July 1.
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