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Date: 1998-12-11
Title: Shinohara wins gold
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World silver medalist Shinichi Shinohara of Japan throws down Iran's Seyed Miranfashandi for an ippon victory to take gold in the men's over 100-kilogram division at Thammasat University gymnasium in Bangkok on Dec. 10.==Kyodo
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Date: 1997-05-23
Title: Shopping Moll-Okinawa city
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Shopping moll aimed at Americans, at Airport Street in
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Date: 1998-09-11
Title: Siazon meets Obuchi
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Philippine Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi shakes hands prior to their talks at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Thursday Sept. 10.
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Date: 1999-02-01
Title: Defending champion Simon wins Osaka int'l marathon
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Defending champion Lidia Simon of Romania wins the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Jan. 31 with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes, 24 seconds over the 41.195-kilometer course that started and finished at Osaka's Nagai stadium.
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Date: 1999-01-28
Title: Single largest drug haul at Narita airport
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Customs officials show a horde of marijuana, LSD and other drugs allegedly smuggled by a 30-year-old German identified as Andreas Baer. The drugs, hidden in a surfboard Baer was carrying, had a street value of 213 million yen. It was the single largest drug haul at Narita since the airport's opening in 1978.==Kyodo
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Date: 1997-07-30
Title: Soccer robot
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Soccer robot
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Date: 1998-11-16
Title: Sosa homer sparks MLB all-stars to 9-8 win over Japan
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Sammy Sosa expresses his joy by jumping, belting his second homer Nov. 15 to spark the major league (MLB) all-stars to a dramatic 9-8 come-from-behind victory over the Japanese all-stars at Tokyo Dome in the final game of their seven-game series.
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Date: 1998-11-06
Title: Sosa smiles on the eve of warm-up game
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Chicago Cubs' outfielder Sammy Sosa smiles Nov. 4 during workouts at Tokyo Dome on the eve of a warm-up game between the North American Major League Baseball (MLB) all-star squad and the Yomiuri Giants.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-06
Title: Space shuttle Discovery's crew meet press
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The seven crew members on the space shuttle Discovery hold a press conference Nov. 5, with reporters posing questions through TV monitors at the Johnson Space Center. Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai (R on TV screen) told reporters she would like to stay longer in space. Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth on Nov. 7.
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Date: 1998-08-26
Title: Special bonus in greenbacks
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Employees of Taiho supermarket in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, are all smiles after receiving Aug. 25 a fistful of U.S. dollars in a special August bonus. Taiho managers say they paid their 600 employees in dollars as part of the ''Big Bang'' financial deregulation in Japan.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-05-03
Title: Special Week holds off Mejiro Bright for Tenno-sho
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Top favorite Special Week holds off defending champion Mejiro Bright over the final 100 meters May 2 to win the 119th running of the Tenno-sho and take home the richest prize in Japanese horse racing. Special Week, with popular jockey Yutaka Take astride, thundered out of the pack down the stretch to overtake leader Seiun Sky as Mejiro Bright followed in the grueling 3,200-meter test on turf at Kyoto Racecourse.
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Date: 1998-12-21
Title: Sprinter Ito wins MVP award at Asian Games
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BANGKOK, Japan - Japan's Koji Ito, who scored a sprint hat trick in Bangkok, raises a trophy at Bangkok's Rajamangala National Stadium on Dec. 20 as he was named the winner of the ''Most Valued Performance Award'' for the 13th Asian Games. The 28-year-old athlete won gold in the 100-meters, the 4x100 relay and the 200 final. Ito received 481 votes out of 1,510 ballots cast by members of the media covering the 15-day games to become the first recipient of the award, sponsored by Samsung Electronics, an official partner of the Bangkok games.(Kyodo)
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Date: 1998-04-06
Title: Statue of Liberty installed
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The Statue of Liberty that was transported from Paris is installed at Tokyo's Odaiba Park (3) on April 3. French PresidentJacques Chirac will unveil the landmark of the French capital thismonth. Tokyo and Paris are sister cities.
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Date: 1999-05-03
Title: Struggling Tamura wins 9th straight national judo title
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Ryoko Tamura, struggling uncharacteristically against domestic opponents, scrapes past Atsuko Nagai in the 48-kilogram final May 2 to claim victory for a ninth straight year in the women's judo national invitational championships. Tamura, a three-time world champion, did not score against Nagai in the final but was awarded the win by the judges for her aggressiveness and better attacks at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex in Tokyo.
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Date: 1999-04-18
Title: Sugiyama poised for 3rd straight Japan Open title
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Ai Sugiyama, Japan's ace women's tennis player, is relieved after beating American Jane Chi in the semifinals 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 April 17 to take on No. 2 seed Amy Frasier of the United States on April 18 in her bid for a third straight singles title at the Japan Open.==Kyodo
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