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Date: 1999-07-13
Title: Cooling water leaked at reactor of Tsuruga nuclear plant
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TSURUGA, Japan - Photo shows cooling water leaked on July 12 at the No. 2 reactor of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co., in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor was shut down after a massive loss of cooling water caused the temperature to rise in the containment building. The photo was released by the company.
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Date: 1999-07-12
Title: Cooling-water leakage stops Fukui nuclear reactor
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FUKUI, Japan - Workers at the No. 2 reactor in the Tsuruga nuclear power plant, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture, manually shut down the reactor July 12 after a massive loss of cooling water caused the temperature to rise in a containment building. Some 60 tons of cooling water was believed to have leaked by noon.
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Date: 1999-07-12
Title: Dejima knocks Takanohana out of the ring
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NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Dejima (L) shoves yokozuna Takanohana out of the ring on the ninth day, July 12, of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Dejima is one of three wrestlers leading the 15-day tourney with eight wins and one loss along with yokozuna Akebono and ozeki Chiyotaikai. Takanohana, winner of the last four tournaments in Nagoya, is 7-2.
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Date: 1999-07-13
Title: Ichiro Suzuki smiles over all-star selection
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Orix BlueWave superstar Ichiro Suzuki meets with reporters in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on July 13 to discuss his selection to the Pacific League all-star team. With 1.34 million votes, Suzuki became the first player in the history of Japanese baseball to break the one million mark.
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Date: 1999-07-11
Title: Japanese Premier Obuchi goes Mongolian
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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) and his wife Chizuko (L) don traditional Mongolian dress at a reception party July 10 held in their honor by Mongolian Prime Minister Janlavin Narantsatsralt (R) in Ulan Bator. Obuchi arrived earlier in the day in the Mongolian capital for a two-day visit.
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Date: 1999-07-12
Title: Kaio throws down Musashimaru in Nagoya sumo
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NAGOYA, Japan - Sekiwake Kaio (R) throws over yokozuna Musashimaru on the ninth day, July 12, of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Musashimaru's hand touched out of the ring first for his third loss in the 15-day tourney, leaving him two steps behind leaders yokozuna Akebono, ozeki Chiyotaikai and sekiwake Dejima. Kaio is 3-6.
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Date: 1999-07-13
Title: Matsuzaka all smiles after all-star selection
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TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions rookie pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka meets the press after his selection to the 1999 Pacific League all-star team July 13. Matsuzaka received 960,754 votes -- the most ever for a pitcher in either league.
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Date: 1999-07-12
Title: Miyazawa pushes for job-creation extra budget
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TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa makes a policy speech at the House of Representatives on July 12, urging the Diet to swiftly enact a 519.8 billion yen extra budget aimed at financing the creation of more than 700,000 new jobs and combating record unemployment. Behind Miyazazwa is Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.
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Date: 1999-07-13
Title: Pair of stag beetles priced at 5 million yen in Tokyo
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TOKYO, Japan - A pair of stag beetles is selling for 5 million yen in an insect shop in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on July 12. Collecting stag beetles, known as 'kuwagata mushi' in Japanese, is a popular hobby in Japan. The prices are determined according to the size, birth place, color and shape of the beetles. The male beetle (R) is 77 millimeters long and the female is 51 mm.
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Date: 1999-07-11
Title: Rites held to bless Kansai Int'l Airport expansion+
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OSAKA, Japan - A ceremonial prayer for the safe completion of a planned second runway at the Kansai International Airport Co. (KIAC) is held on July 11 at the round-the-clock offshore airport near Osaka. The ceremony, attended by some 100 people, including KIAC President Kiyoyasu Mikanagi, officials of the Transport Ministry and heads of local administration, is administered aboard a ship by a Shinto priest who sprinkled sacred rice wine into the sea.
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Date: 1999-07-12
Title: Yokohama mayor smiles over 2002 World Cup site
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YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide is all smiles at the Yokohama municipal office July 12 after the city was chosen as the site for the final of the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.
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Date: 1999-07-11
Title: Yokohama tapped to host 2002 World Cup final match
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TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Yokohama International Stadium, the venue favored by the Japan Organizing Committee as the site for the 2002 FIFA World Cup for the 2002 World Cup final match. The committee is expected to announce the decision July 26. The stadium, located in Kohoku Ward, has 70,336 seats.
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Date: 1999-07-17
Title: Adventurer set to cross Tsugaru Strait
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HAKODATE, Japan - Adventurer Ken Igarashi poses to photographers July 17 in the seaside of southern Hokkaido. Igarashi, 46, is poised to begin early Sunday a 30-kilometer swim across the Tsugaru Strait, which separates Hokkaido and the largest main island of Honshu.
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Date: 1999-07-17
Title: Akashi Kaikyo bridge lit up
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KOBE, Japan - The Akashi Kaikyo bride, linking the western Japan port city of Kobe with Awajishima Island, is lit up July 17
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Date: 1999-07-17
Title: Akebono beats rival yokozuna Takanohana
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NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono shoves out his rival yokozuna Takanohana on July 17 to keep his nose ahead of sekiwake Dejima going into the final day July 18 of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament
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