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Date: 1999-07-23
Title: China's meditation discipline sect chief Li in New York
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NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Li Hongzhi, spiritual leader of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners who is known as ''Master Li'' among his followers. This photo was taken in New York in June. In an interview in New York he said that Chinese authorities would be foolish to escalate persecution against the group.
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Date: 1999-07-28
Title: Chip makers to cancel summer vacations to meet demand
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TOKYO, Japan - A file photo shows the liquid crystal panel plant of Toshiba Corp. in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Toshiba and four other Japanese electronics makers plan to cancel planned summer holidays at their production plants for semiconductors and liquid crystal panels in order to meet soaring demand. The other four are Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Hitachi Ltd., NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd.
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Date: 1999-07-20
Title: Citizens seek conclusion of treaty banning nuke weapons+
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TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Akashi, co-chairman of the Tokyo Forum of international experts on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, speaks at an anti-nuclear citizens' meeting for nuclear abolition as a panelist.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Cohen meets Cho
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SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae (R) answers questions at a briefing session following their meeting in Seoul on July 29.
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Date: 1999-07-28
Title: Cohen meets Norota
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TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Hosei Norota (R) invites U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (L) to take seat for their talks in a Tokyo hotel July 28. Norota and Cohen agreed that a missile launch by North Korea is not imminent.
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Date: 1999-07-28
Title: Cohen meets Obuchi
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TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen (L) are taking seats for their talks at the prime minister's official residence July 28. They reaffirmed the two countries will work together with South Korea to prevent North Korea from test-firing a ballistic missile.
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Date: 1999-07-26
Title: Cohen speaks in an interview with Kyodo News
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ABOARD DEFENSE SECRETARY COHEN'S JET, Japan - U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen says in an interview with Kyodo News on July 26 he hopes a site will be found for the relocation of the U.S. Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture by early 2000. The secretary is aboard his jet en route to Japan from Washington for a three-day visit.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Credit Suisse Japan unit gets license revoked
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TOKYO, Japan - Hakuo Yanagisawa, chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC), speaks at a news conference July 29 on his decision to revoke the banking license at one of Credit Suisse Group AG's units in Japan. He said the action against the Tokyo branch of Credit Suisse Financial Products had been taken over its ''unlawful'' conduct.
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Date: 1999-07-25
Title: Curry poisoning still haunts residents 1 year later
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WAKAYAMA, Japan - Sunday, July 25, marks the passing of one full year since four people died after eating poisoned curry in the western Japanese city of Wakayama. The photo shows Mitsuo Hamai (L), head of a group of those affected by the poisoning, praying for the victims in the garage where the arsenic-laced curry was cooked.
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Date: 1999-07-21
Title: Dejima promoted to ozeki
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TSUSHIMA, Japan - Nagoya sumo tourney winner Dejima shakes hands with yokozuna Musashimaru at after his promotion to the sport's second highest rank of ozeki July 21. Both Dejima and Muzashimaru belong to the same Musashigawa stable.
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Date: 1999-07-22
Title: Diet guards subdue person against flag-anthem bill
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TOKYO, Japan - Parliament guards restrain a person in the public gallery July 22 who is shouting opposition to a bill to legally recognize the Hinomaru as Japan's national flag and ''Kimigayo'' as the national anthem while members of the House of Representatives voted and approved the bill.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Diet to set up panels on Constitution
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TOKYO, Japan - A bill is enacted July 29 to set up special panels in the two houses of the Diet to ''widely and comprehensively'' review the Constitution as the House of Representatives' plenary session approved the bill. The bill was supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner the Liberal Party, the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and the New Komeito party.
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Date: 1999-07-27
Title: Dolphin-swimming attracts young women
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OGASAWARA, Japan - A young woman swims with dolphins in waters off Ogasawara, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.
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Date: 1999-07-24
Title: E. Timor leader sees 3-year transition period for Timor
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MANILA, Philippines - Pro-independence leader Jose Ramos-Horta (C) says in Manila on July 24 his group would press for a three-year transition period for East Timor under the supervision of the United Nations should voters reject an autonomy deal proposed by Jakarta. The photo shows Ramos-Horta meeting the press at an international airport in Manila.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Ex-defense college professor arrested
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URAWA, Japan - A photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter July 29 shows the buildings of National Defense Medical College in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. A former professor of the college and his assistant were arrested on charges of taking bribes from a U.S. pharmaceutical company.
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