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Date: 1999-08-01
Title: Japan's famous centenarian twins turn 107
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SAPPORO, Japan - Japan's famous twin sisters, Kin-san (R, in wheelchair) and Gin-san, (L) join a tree-planting ceremony in Sapporo Aug. 1 to mark their 107th birthday Aug. 1. The sisters have appeared on numerous television shows and commercials in Japan since turning 100 in 1992. Kin-san has 11 children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren while Gin-san has five children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Date: 1999-07-09
Title: Japan's new vice finance minister meets the press
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TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly appointed Vice Finance Minister Nobuaki Usui expresses his determination July 8 to restore lost trust in the Finance Ministry in the wake of a string of bribery and other scandals. Photo shows Usui (R) shaking hands with his predecessor Koji Tanami at a press conference at the ministry.
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Date: 1999-08-29
Title: Japan's Sato wins bronze in world marathon in Spain
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SEVILLE, Spain - Japan's Nobuyuki Sato raises the Hinomaru (rising sun) flag after winning bronze in the world athletics championships' marathon in Seville, Spain, on Aug. 28. He clocked 2 hours, 14 minutes, 7 seconds. Defending champion Abel Anton of Spain won gold in 2:13.36 and Italy's Vincenzo Modica silver in 2:14.03.
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Date: 1999-08-24
Title: Jones fails to get gold medal in women's long jump
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SEVILLE, Spain - A disappointed Marion Jones of the United States sits in the long jump pit Aug. 23 after her 6th jump was declared foul during the women's long jump final at the 7th World Track and Field Championships in Seville's Olympic Stadium. She took the bronze medal while Spain's Niurka Montalvo won the event.
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Date: 1999-08-26
Title: Jones removed on stretcher
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SEVILLE, Spain - Runner Marion Jones of the United States is carried out on a stretcher after suffering back pain in the women's 200 meter semi-final at the world athletics championships at the Olympic Stadium in Seville, Spain on Aug. 25.
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Date: 1999-08-23
Title: Jones wins women's 100 at world track c'ships
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SEVILLE, Spain - Marion Jones of the United States crosses the finish line in the women's 100 meters with a meet record time of 10.70 seconds at the world athletics championships at Olympic Stadium in Seville, Spain on Aug. 22.
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Date: 1999-08-24
Title: Kan announces candidacy for DPJ leadership race
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TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Naoto Kan announces his candidacy at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 24 for the DPJ's leadership race next month. The DPJ is Japan's largest opposition party.
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Date: 1999-08-13
Title: Kato announces candidacy for LDP presidential election
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TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, head of the second largest faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announces his candidacy for the LDP presidential election at his Tokyo office Aug. 13.
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Date: 1999-08-25
Title: Kato repeats opposition to New Komeito in cabinet
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TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, one of two contenders to challenge Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in the upcoming Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential race, speaks at a Japan National Press Club luncheon Aug. 25. He reiterated his opposition to the New Komeito party taking cabinet posts on its expected entry into the coalition government.
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Date: 1999-08-15
Title: 'Kimigayo' sung for 1st time at war memorial service
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TOKYO, Japan - Some 6,500 people sing Japan's national anthem ''Kimigayo'' (his majesty's reign) for the first time at an annual war memorial service Aug. 15 at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall. Last week a legislation recognizing the Hinomaru as Japan's national flag and ''Kimigayo'' as the national anthem came into effect.
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Date: 1999-08-20
Title: Kiryu Daiichi advances to final at Koshien
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KOSHIEN, Japan - Shoji Ohiro crosses the plate and Tomohisa Sekiguchi rounds third in the top of the ninth inning Aug. 20 in the semifinal of the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament at Koshien Stadium. Both runners scored as Kiryu Daiichi of Gunma Prefecture downed Shonan of Kagoshima Prefecture 2-0 to advance to the final.
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Date: 1999-08-21
Title: Kiryu Daiichi takes home high school baseball flag
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NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Kiryu Daiichi captain Tomohisa Sekiguchi holds the championship flag for the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament on Aug. 21 after the Gunma Prefecture had defeated Okayama Ridai Fuzoka 14-1 in the final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture.
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Date: 1999-08-21
Title: Kiryu Daiichi wins high school baseball title
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NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Kiryu Daiichi players celebrate their victory after defeating Okayama Ridai Fuzoku 14-1 in the championship game of the 81st National High School Baseball Tournament. Ace southpaw Itsuki Shoda (center) pitched a six-hitter at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture to give Gunma its first high school baseball national championship team.
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Date: 1999-08-25
Title: Kitty Hawk returns to Yokosuka
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YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk returns to its home port of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 25 after a six-month deployment overseas. The 81,123-ton Kitty Hawk left Yokosuka on March 2 for drills and was then sent to the Persian Gulf. It was in the Gulf until June to cover air patrols over Iraq, in place of the Theodore Roosevelt, which took part in the air campaign against Yugoslavia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Date: 1999-08-13
Title: Kochi's 'Yosakoi' festival joined by other prefectures' teams
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KOCHI, Japan - High school students perform a 'naruko' dance on the street in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12 as part of the well-known ''Yosakoi'' festival. The dance, which originated in Kochi, has become popular throughout Japan and 14 teams from nine prefectures took part in the festival this year.
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