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Date: 1999-07-05
Title: 1 injured in helicopter crash in Chiba Pref.
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ICHIHARA, Japan - Photo shows a helicopter which crashed into a rice field after hitting power lines in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on July 5. Masanobu Araki, 37, who was flying the helicopter to spray agricultural chemicals, injured his left leg.
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Date: 1999-06-16
Title: 1 N. Korean vessel sunk, 4 others badly damaged
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Officers of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff tell reporters at the National Defense Ministry in Seoul that one North Korean torpedo ship was sunk and four other patrol boats were heavily damaged in a naval confrontation June 15 between North and South Korea in disputed waters in the Yellow Sea.
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Date: 1999-06-21
Title: 1st international police contingent arrives in E. Timor
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The first contingent of an international civilian police force arrives at Dili airport in East Timor on June 21 ahead of the territory's August referendum on its status. The contingent consists of 15 officers from Australia, 10 from New Zealand, seven from Britain, six from Spain and three from Ireland.
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Date: 1999-06-19
Title: 1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts
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The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.
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Date: 1999-06-21
Title: 2 Koreas fail to begin vice-ministerial talks
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South Korea's Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, who heads a South Korean delegation at the vice-ministerial talks with North Korea, meets the press in Beijing on June 21 after officials of the two countries failed to begin the talks the same day in the Chinese capital. The North Korean delegation was quoted as saying it would attend the talks only after it confirmed the arrival of 100,000 tons of fertilizer. The South had promised to deliver to North Korea by June 20.
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Date: 1999-06-30
Title: 3 former LTCB execs indicted
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File photos show (from L to R) Katsunobu Onogi, former president of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), and Masami Suda, former vice president of the bank, two of the three retired executives who were indicted June 30 on charges of illegally paying dividends to shareholders and falsifying the bank's financial statements. Also indicted along with them was former Vice President Yoshiharu Suzuki.
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Date: 1999-07-05
Title: 3 Japanese police officers leave for E. Timor training
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NARITA, Japan - Three Japanese police officers leave for Australia on July 4 for a training program in Brisbane before taking part in the U.N. Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) for an August referendum there. Being seen off at Narita airport were National Police Agency members (from L to R) Yasunori Orita, 46, chief superintendent, Norihisa Shiiya, 47, inspector, and Masayuki Mikata, 46, captain.
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Date: 1999-06-28
Title: 3 youths arrested after climbing broadcasting tower
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Photo shows a 70-meter-high broadcasting tower at the University of the Air in Chiba's Mihama Ward where three 17-year-old high school students climbed on June 28 and draped a banner from the top. The three were arrested later on suspicion of trespassing after being brought down from the tower by firefighters.
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Date: 1999-07-03
Title: 3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof
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About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.
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Date: 1999-06-21
Title: 4 yokozuna to line up at Nagoya Grand Sumo
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Newly promoted yokozuna Musashimaru joins 3 other grand champions -- Akebono, Takanohana and Wakanohana -- for the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, which gets under way at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 4. The photo shows Musashimaru at the Musashigawa stable training location in Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, pointing to his name on the new rankings list issued June 21 by the Japan Sumo Association.
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Date: 1999-06-25
Title: 8,000 people protest bill on wiretapping
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Some 8,000 people attend a gathering in Tokyo on June 24 to protest against the bill to legalize wiretapping by police. At the rally in the Hibiya Park, they were carrying placards that say, ''No to the wiretapping law.''
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Date: 1999-06-24
Title: A Japanese official arrives in Dili
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Noboru Nomura, a research fellow of the Middle East Institute of Japan, arrives in Dili on June 24 to take part in U.N. Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) activities. Sent by the Foreign Ministry, he is the first Japanese staff member of the UNAMET.
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Date: 1999-06-15
Title: Akashi speaks in Beijing about Kosovo
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Former U.N. Undersecretary General Yasushi Akashi (C) delivers a speech about the United Nations' role in peacekeeping in Kosovo at a Beijing hotel on June 14.
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Date: 1999-07-07
Title: Akebono rolls into 2-way tie for lead at Nagoya sumo
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NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono (L) flattened komusubi Tosanoumi in a showdown of unbeaten wrestlers July 7 to move into a two-way share of the lead on the fourth day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
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Date: 1999-07-06
Title: Akinoshima topples Musashimaru in Nagoya sumo
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NAGOYA, Japan - Top maegashira Akinoshima (R) sends grand champion Musashimaru out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 6, the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. The loss was the first for Musashimaru in the 15-day event.
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