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Date: 1998-12-08
Title: Japan's Tokuno twists down China's Yang
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Japan's Kazuhiko Tokuno twits down China's Yang Bo to grab gold in men's 60-kg category in Bangkok on Dec. 7.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-03-02
Title: Japan's 1st gene therapy on lung cancer conducted
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A team of Okayama University Hospital doctors conducts gene therapy on lung cancer March 2 in what was claimed to be the first such operation in Japan. They injected a fluid containing the cancer-killing gene 'p53' into a patient in his 50s, hospital officials said. The photo was released by the hospital.
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Date: 1998-12-31
Title: Japan's 1st lung transplant patient leaves hospital
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The recipient of Japan's first lung transplant (L) from living donors is presented bouquet Dec. 28 as she was discharged from the Okayama University Hospital two months after the operation. The woman's name has been withheld.
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Date: 1998-12-26
Title: Japan's Cabinet approves FY 1999 budget
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An extra cabinet meeting of the Obuchi administration approves Dec. 25 a record 81.86 trillion yen national budget for FY '99. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) was flanked by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (L) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (R).==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-01-08
Title: Japan's defense chief meets President Kim
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Japanese Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota (L) talks with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung at the presidential palace in Seoul on Jan. 8.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-12-20
Title: Japan's Kanno bags gold medal on board Silver Melody
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Japan's Jin Kanno bagged the gold medal on board Silver Melody in the individual show jumping competition in equestrian at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok on Dec. 19. ''I targeted the South Korean riders and other Japanese as my main rivals. The horse had a smooth rhythm going over the fences, so it was an easy ride,'' Kanno said.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-03-04
Title: Japan's Kashima Antlers in Asian Cup semifinals
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Japan's Kashima Antlers striker Tomoyuki Hirase (C) scores the fourth goal in an Asian Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinal match against Sarawak of Malaysia at the J.Village sports center in Fukushima Prefecture on the evening of March 3. Antlers beat Sarawak 10-0 to march into the semifinals.
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Date: 1999-02-18
Title: Japan's 'Kazu' Miura debuts in Croatia
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Japan's Kazuyoshi 'Kazu' Miura (C) runs toward his Croatia Zagreb teammate Grazhvydas Mikulenas (9) who scored the second goal in a match against Mladost at Zagreb's Maksimir stadium Wednesday Feb. 17. It was the 32-year-old striker's first appearance in Croatian soccer. Zagreb defeated Mladost 3-0.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-04-22
Title: Japan's under-20 soccer team jubilant
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Members of Japan's under-20 national team rejoice after pulling off a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the semifinals of World Youth Cup in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 21. This is the first time Japan has made it to the finals of a major international soccer tournament, including the Olympics and the World Cup.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-03-13
Title: Japan-U.S. defense bills presented to Diet
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Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota presents government-sponsored bills for defense cooperation with the United States for deliberation in the House of Representatives on March 12 as Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi looks on.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-06-12
Title: JCP chief meets the press
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Tetsuzo Fuwa (L), chairman of the Japan Communist Party, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday June 11 on the agreement his party reached with the Chinese Communist Party to restore their ties severed 31 years ago. Fuwa said he will visit Beijing for a meeting with President Jiang Zemin in late July or early August. Seated at right is Kazuo Shii, chief of the party's secretariat.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-05-06
Title: Jiang, Kan agree to work for 'common understanding'
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Naoto Kan (L), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Chinese President Jiang Zemin hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 5. They agreed on the importance of developing a common understanding on historical issues related to the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War. Kan was on an eight-day trip to China starting April 29 to meet top Chinese officials.
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Date: 1999-03-09
Title: Jinnouchi appointed justice minister
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Emperor Akihito (L) attests the appointment of House of Councillors member Takao Jinnouchi (R) as new justice minister at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 8. Jinnouchi succeeded Shozaburo Nakamura, who resigned earlier in the day amid pressure from opposition parties to step down over a series of remarks and alleged abuse of office.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-03-31
Title: J-League bans political action at stadiums
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Japanese soccer's J-League has urged all 26 clubs in its first and second divisions to prevent their players from taking political action at stadiums after Yugoslav players protested against NATO's bombing of the Balkan country, league officials said March 30. The photo shows Dragan Stojkovic of Nagoya Grampus Eight, captain of the Yugoslav national team, wearing a shirt bearing the message ''NATO stop strikes'' after a match in Kobe on March 27.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-02-13
Title: JOC says 9 IOC members violated bid rules
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Yushiro Yagi, secretary general of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and chief of JOC's panel investigating Nagano's bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics, speaks at a news conference Feb. 12 after his panel worked out a report to be sent to the Geneva-based International Olympic Committee (IOC). He said the report will name nine IOC members who violated guidelines designed to limit excessive spending on bid activities.==Kyodo
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