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Date: 1999-07-24
Title: Toshiba criticized on Web site
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TOKYO, Japan - Criticisms of major electronic maker Toshiba Corp. appear on an Internet Web site in response to rude remarks by its customer service official regarding a defective videocassette player. Toshiba has apologized for the inappropriate remarks, and the site will soon be shut down.
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Date: 1999-07-27
Title: U.N. disarmament confab opens in Kyoto
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KYOTO, Japan - A four-day U.N. conference on disarmament begins July 27 in Kyoto with about 60 private-sector experts from 24 countries participating. The main theme is ''disarmament strategy and security concerns during the next 10 years.''
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Date: 1999-07-23
Title: U.S. carrier Constellation arrives at Yokosuka
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YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. aircraft carrier Constellation arrives July 23 at the U.S. naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture's Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. The 81,773-ton carrier, based in San Diego, California, will make a five-day visit to provide its crew members with time to rest before leaving to patrol the western Pacific on July 27.
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Date: 1999-07-30
Title: U.S., Japan to form forum to solve construction issues
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TOKYO, Japan - David Aaron, U.S. commerce undersecretary in charge of international trade, and other members of the U.S. delegation to the high-level Japan-U.S. talks held at the Foreign Ministry on July 30 to review the bilateral construction agreements signed in 1991 and 1994.
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Date: 1999-07-23
Title: 'Umbrella of sun' observed in Osaka
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OSAKA, Japan - A rainbow-colored ''umbrella of the sun,'' or corona, was observed in the sky over Osaka on Friday, one day after the rainy season was declared finished in the western Japan area.
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Date: 1999-07-30
Title: Wake for slain ANA captain held in Tokyo
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TOKYO, Japan - A wake for Naoyuki Nagashima, the captain slain in the July 23 hijacking of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) jumbo jet, is held in Tokyo on the evening of July 29. Among the 1,500 people attending the wake were (from R) ANA President Kichisaburo Nomura, Nagashima's wife, Kumiko, Nagashima's son Eiji and daughter Ruri. Nagashima was stabbed by the 28-year-old hijacker.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Waste from LCD plants is recycled
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OSAKA, Japan - Waste produced in the manufacturing of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) is recycled to extract rare metals with a new system introduced at the Tenri plant in Nara Prefecture of Sharp Corp. The same system has been installed at two other domestic plants of the world's biggest LCD manufacturer.
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Date: 1999-07-24
Title: Women compete for 1st time in Nagasaki peiron meet
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NAGASAKI, Japan - Women compete for the first time in Nagasaki's traditional peiron dragon-boat race on July 24 at the Matsugae pier in the southwestern Japanese city.
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Date: 1999-07-29
Title: Women join pro-independence gurrillas in Aceh
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ACEH, Indonesia - Women join guerrillas of the anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement, in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia. Photo shows the women holding rifles and marching. Their reasons for joining the fighters vary. Some accuse Indonesian soldiers of rape and murder. (2nd of 6-photo series)
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Date: 1999-07-22
Title: Women to join Nagasaki peiron meet
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NAGASAKI, Japan - Women from the Nagasaki prefectural office on July 21 train for the first women's peiron dragon-boat racing contest this weekend in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. City government employees, local housewives and other women will make up seven teams of 20 rowers, who will compete for the fastest finish over a distance of 1,200 meters.
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Date: 1999-07-20
Title: Yachtsman embarks on 2nd try at around-the-world trip+
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OSAKA, Japan - A 69-year-old Japanese yachtsman embarks on July 20 on his second attempt to sail solo around the world. ''I really want to succeed this time,'' said Ikuo Kashima, before setting sail from Tannowa Yacht Harbor in the town of Misaki, Osaka Prefecture, in his 13.92-ton yacht Koraasa-70. Kashima plans to sail across the Pacific around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, past the southern coasts of Africa and south of Australia's Tasmania island before heading back to Japan.
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Date: 1999-08-01
Title: 1st foot race held at Yokota Air Base runway
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TACHIKAWA, Japan - Some 2,300 amateur runners take part in the first foot race held on the 3,350-meter runway at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo Aug. 1 during an annual Japan-U.S. friendship festival. The base has caught public attention since Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara vowed to seek its return or joint use by the U.S. military and civilian airlines.
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Date: 1999-08-23
Title: 2nd time for woman saved from under quake rubble
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Merhat Ozturk (3rd from L), 74, lies in an Istanbul hospital Aug. 22 following her rescue by a Japanese team from debris some 58 hours after last week's killer earthquake in northwestern Turkey. Her son Ahmet (R) said the woman, who was staying in Yalova when the quake struck, had also been rescued from a collapsed building 60 years ago after a temblor hit eastern Turkey.
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Date: 1999-08-13
Title: 3 announce candidacies for LDP leadership race
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TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Koichi Kato, 60, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, 62, and Taku Yamasaki, 62, who announced Aug. 13 their candidacies for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential election scheduled for Sept. 21. The post of LDP president carries with it the premiership because the party has a majority in the powerful House of Representatives that has the final say in the premier selection.
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Date: 1999-07-09
Title: 30 balloons found in southern, western Japan
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FUKUOKA, Japan - More than 30 unidentified big balloons are found across a wide area of western and southwestern Japan on July 8. Photo shows one of the balloons that reached Fukuoka, Kyushu. From each polyethylene balloon hung what appeared to be a timer and a plastic container. Police suspect the balloons may have come from overseas.
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