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Date: 1999-07-27
Title: Fake 'golden' Buddha statues sold to Japanese
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MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows four of the five fake ''golden'' Buddha statues allegedly sold to a Japanese businessman by a South Korean national, suspected to be a member of a syndicate, for 6 million pesos (157,000 dollars). The National Bureau of Investigation said July 27 Kazuyuki Kimura, of Fukuoka Prefecture, was informed the statues were part of the fabled treasures buried in the Philippines by Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Yasufumi Yamashita during World War II.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Falun Gong members protest against Chinese gov't in N.Y.
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NEW YORK, United States - Members of the Falun Gong meditation group, which is outlawed in China, protest in front of the head office of the United Nations in New York on July 28 to demand the Chinese government release colleagues who have been taken into in custody. Some 30 Chinese took part in the protest.
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Date: 1999-07-28
Title: Ferry lies stranded off Kochi
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KOCHI, Japan - The ferry boat Muroto, with 161 passengers and crew members, runs aground off Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 27, while trying to dock, because of stormy seas and strong winds due to a typhoon. This photo is taken by a Kyodo News helicopter.
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Date: 1999-07-25
Title: Forum urges U.S., Russia to cut nuke weapons to 1,000
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TOKYO, Japan - A Japan-initiated international forum of experts on nuclear disarmament adopts at the end of its three-day session on July 25 a proposal urging the United States and Russia to reduce the number of their strategic nuclear weapons to 1,000 warheads each. The photo shows Yasushi Akashi (R), the forum's co-chairman, meeting the press after the end of the conference at a Tokyo hotel.
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Date: 1999-07-30
Title: Fossilized claw of omnivorous dinosaur found in Ishikawa
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SHIRAMINE, Japan, July 30 Kyodo - The photo shows the fossilized claw of a small, bird-like, omnivorous dinosaur dating back 140 million years which was found in Shiramine, a village in Ishikawa Prefecture.
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Date: 1999-07-20
Title: Full exam of Fukui nuclear plant's cracked pipe begins
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MITO, Japan - Three experts from Nuclear Safety Commission examine cracks in pipe at Nuclear Development Corp. on July 20 in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Date: 1999-07-30
Title: Funeral of slain ANA captain held
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TOKYO, Japan - A wake is held for Naoyuki Nagashima, the captain slain in the July 23 hijacking of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) jumbo jet, at the Aoyama Funeral Hall in Tokyo on July 29. The picture was taken from a TV monitor at the hall.
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Date: 1999-07-27
Title: Furano flowers in full bloom
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FURANO, Japan - Ball-like flowers called Allium-giganteum, which belong to the scullion family, are shown in full bloom in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan in this photo taken July 26. The flowers have grown as big as some 20 centimeters in diameter.
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Date: 1999-07-23
Title: Gov't ordered to pay 170 mil. yen for Atsugi base noise
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TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs walk into the Tokyo High Court on July 23 to hear a ruling on their case, in which they sought compensation for their suffering caused by aircraft noise at U.S. Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The court ordered the government to pay about 170 million yen in damages to 134 residents who live near the base.
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Date: 1999-07-21
Title: Greenpeace ship in France against Japan's MOX shipment
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CHERBOURG, France - Patrol boats shadow a Greenpeace vessel protesting at Japan's shipment of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel from French nuclear firm COGEMA, while the Pacific Teal is being loaded with a MOX cargo in Cherbourg on July 21 for shipment to the Fukushima power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
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Date: 1999-07-30
Title: Guinness Book lists world biggest aloha shirt
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HONOLULU, United States - The Guinness Book of Records recently listed this 3-meter-long aloha shirt as the world's biggest. The shirt, exhibited at a souvenir shop in Honolulu, was made in 1986 for a local festival.
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Date: 1999-07-08
Title: Howard meets the press
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TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard speaks to journalists at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 8.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Indonesian soldiers deployed near guerrilla-controlled area
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ACEH, Indonesia - Indonesian soldiers arrive at their base in Pidi, Aceh, located near an area controlled by the anti-Indonesia pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement. Aceh is a special province of Indonesia. (6th of 6-photo series)
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Date: 1999-07-08
Title: Japan-China ministerial meeting held in Beijing
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BEIJING, China - Shi Guangsheng (L), China's minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, welcomes Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura (C) and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Seiko Noda (R) at the start of a 40-minute Japan-China ministerial meeting in Beijing on July 8. Komura and Noda are accompanying Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi on his official visit to China.
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Date: 1999-07-08
Title: Japanese actress to read A-bomb victims' poems in U.S.
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TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Sayuri Yoshinaga has been invited by a U.S. peace group to read half a dozen poems, written by survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Port Townsend, a town near Seattle, Washington State, on July 11 (local time). She has been traveling across Japan to read poems for peace since 1987.
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