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Date: 1999-06-23
Title: U.S., N. Korea open high-level talks
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North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at a Beijing hotel June 23 for high-level talks with U.S. envoy for Korean Peninsula affairs Charles Kartman.
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Date: 1999-07-02
Title: Wakanohana to sit out Nagoya sumo tourney
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Yokozuna Wakanohana, who celebrated his ascension to sumo's ultimate rank one year ago, decides July 2 to sit out of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament starting July 4. The injury to his left ankle that forced Wakanohana to pull out of the summer tourney in May is what is said to be keeping him out of the Nagoya meet.
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Date: 1999-07-01
Title: Water sprayed for fire drill at Kinkakuji
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Local firefighters spray water on Kinkakuji temple in Kyoto on July 1 for a fire drill conducted with the participation of temple officials. Before the drill, a Buddhist ceremony was held to mark the 50th year after a young monk burned down the temple. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.
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Date: 1999-08-18
Title: Yamasaki meets with President Kim
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SEOUL, S. Korea - Taku Yamasaki (L), former policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and one of LDP presidential election candidates, talks with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (R) at the Blue House in Seoul on Aug. 18.
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Date: 1999-07-07
Title: Yokogawa, HP to dissolve joint venture
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TOKYO, Japan - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Lew Platt (L) and Yokogawa Electric Corp. President Isao Uchida (R) speak at a news conference in Tokyo on July 7 on an agreement to dissolve their joint venture, Hewlett-Packard Japan Ltd.
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Date: 1999-06-27
Title: Yokozuna Takanohana looks sharp in sparring
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Yokozuna Takanohana (R) says June 27 he is back in fighting form ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which gets under way at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 4. ''I'm pretty much injury-free. I feel like I'm moving well and I'll be out to win the tournament,'' said Takanohana, who missed the summer tourney in May with a separated right shoulder.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Armed merchant vessel to ship nuclear fuel to Japan
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BARROW, England - Its machine gun on the bow kept under wraps, the armed British merchant freighter Pacific Pintail is seen berthed at the northwest England port of Barrow on July 9, ready to set sail with a cargo of MOX nuclear fuel bound for Japan. The date of departure has also been kept under veil for security reasons.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Giant shark trapped in western Japan beach
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YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A giant Great White shark was trapped July 9 off the coastal waters of Hikari, a fishing town in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan. Local fishermen captured the 5-meter-long shark with a shark-trapping net after it was found swimming near a local beach.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Int'l music festival opens its 10th year in Sapporo
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SAPPORO, Japan - A month-long international music festival, founded by U.S. conductor Leonard Bernstein to foster the talents and development of young musicians, opened its 10th year in Sapporo on July 10. Some 5,400 people attended the opening program of the Pacific Music Festival (PMF) at the Sapporo Art Park Outdoor Stage to hear the music of Bernstein and Beethoven played by musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Chien Wen-pin of Taiwan.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Japan extends 548.1 mil. yen grants in Mongolia
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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (L) and Mongolian External Relations Minister Nyamosor Tuya (R) exchanged notes on Japan's new grants-in-aid for food and culture to Mongolia in Ulan Bator on July 10. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L back) and Prime Minister Janlavin Narantsatsralt (3rd from L back). The Japanese premier arrived at the Mongolian capital on July 10 for his two-day visit.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Japan, Mongolia agree over N. Korea missile issue
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ULAN BATOR, Japan, - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) and Mongolian Prime Minister Janlavin Narantsatsralt (R) shake hands after their one-hour-long meeting in Ulan Bator on July 10. The two leaders agreed to work to prevent North Korea from test-firing a new missile. Obuchi arrived in Ulan Bator earlier in the day for a two-day visit to Mongolia.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Obuchi meets Mongolian President Bagabandi
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ULAN Bator, Mongolia - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) held talks with Mongolian President Natsagiin Bagabandi (R) in Ulan Bator on July 10. The Japanese premier arrived the Mongolian capital earlier in the day for his two-day visit.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Obuchi meets with Vice Premier Qian Qichen
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BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and Chinese Vice Prime Minister Qian Qichen (L) pose for photographers prior to their meeting over breakfast in Beijing on July 10. Obuchi met the former Chinese foreign minister at the Diaoyutai guesthouse before winding up a three-day visit to China.
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Date: 1999-07-10
Title: Three Japanese police officers arrive in E. Timor
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DILI, East Timor, - Three Japanese police officers arrived at Dili, the East Timor capital, on July 10 to join a United Nations peacekeeping team, assisting in the implementation of a referendum, scheduled next month. The three officers at Dili airport are Chief Superintendent Yasunori Orita, 46, (C) from the National Police Agency, Senior Inspector Masayuki Mikata, 46, (L) from Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, and Superintendent Norihisa Shiiya, 47, (R) from Hyogo Prefecture.
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Date: 1999-07-11
Title: Chiyo exacts some revenge in Nagoya sumo
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NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Chiyotaikai (L) gained a measure of revenge against Musashimaru (R) by bumping off the newly promoted yokozuna on July 11 in the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Chiyotaikai, knocked out of the spring tourney in March with a broken nose suffered at the hands of Musashimaru, sent the Samoa-born grand champion out with a determined series of thrusts in their bout at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
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