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Date: 1996-04-18
Title: Todaiji
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Todaiji - Major monastery-temple belonging to the KEGON
sect of Buddhism. It was erected by the order of the emperor
Shomu(r 724-749) to become the most important religious
institution within the network of provincial monasteries and
covents(Kokubunji) throughout Japan. The principal image of the
temple, a colossal bronze statue popularly called the Nara
Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Nara), completed in 752, was installed
in its daibutsuden (great Buddha hall). (Photo is Nandaimon(South
Big Gate))
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Date: 1999-02-02
Title: Tokyo Gov. Aoshima will not seek reelection
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Tokyo Gov. Yukio Aoshima announces Feb. 1 that he will not seek a second four-year term in the April 11 gubernatorial election.''I have done all I had to do. I have nothing to regret or feel ashamed of. I want to do my best to do my present job until my term expires,'' Aoshima, 66, told a press conference at his home in Tokyo.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-06-02
Title: Tokyo Gov. Ishihara inspects Yokota Air Base
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Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) shakes hands with Gen. John Hall, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on June 2 before touring the base. Ishihara won in Tokyo's gubernatorial election in April with the campaign pledge to have the Yokota base either returned to Japan or used jointly.
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Date: 1997-12-02
Title: Top hills of Happo-One piste
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The photo shows the top hills of the Happo-One piste in
the ski resort village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, the site of
the men's downhill course in the Nagano Winter Olympics next
February. Olympic organizers gave the green light Dec. 1 to
raising the starting point of the course from 1,680 to 1,765
meters above sea level.
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Date: 1999-01-21
Title: Top defense officials discuss N. Korea
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Japan's Defense Agency Director-General Hosei Norota (C), presides over an inaugural session of the agency's intelligence council on Jan. 21 to discuss the North Korean situation. The council was established following North Korea's launch of a rocket on Aug. 31 last year, parts of which flew over Japan and plunged into the Pacific.
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Date: 1998-08-05
Title: Torrential rain hits Niigata
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Torrential rains in northern Niigata Prefecture flood more than 14,000 homes and cut the electricity in some 29,000 homes in the city of Niigata on Aug. 4. Hourly rainfall measured 97 millimeters, the heaviest since the Meteorological Agency started compiling data in 1886. The photo taken Wednesday morning shows the farming village of Sasakami sitting under water after a river overflowed and broke a dike the previous day.
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Date: 1997-07-10
Title: Tosanoumi-1997-Nagoya
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1997 Nagoya Tournament 5th Day Tosanoumi(L) vs
Tochiazuma(R)
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Date: 1998-05-21
Title: Toshiba unveils new DVD players,
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Toshiba America Consumer Products Inc. announces May 19 that it will market a new line of digital videodisk (DVD)-video players and large-screen projection televisions in the U.S. toward the end of the year. The U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp. will provide the world's first DVD-video players with a new technology called ''ColorStream Pro'' progressive scan, the company said.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-05-12
Title: Trade ministers of four major trading powers meet
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Trade ministers of four major trading powers get together at a reception to start their two-day meeting in Tokyo on May 11. From left to right are European Commission Vice President Leon Brittan, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, Japanese International Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano and Canadian International Trade Minister Sergio Marchi.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-04-12
Title: Traffic rush on Akashi Kaikyo B
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Traffic rush on Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Saturday, April 11,
was a balmy day in western Japan and 31,400 cars pass through
the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge,
by the evening. The 3,911-meter-long bridge, which links Kobe
with Awaji island, was opened to traffic April 5. Authorities
anticipate a daily traffic volume of 30,000 cars on average but
the highest recorded daily volume was 27,000 prior to April 11's
rush. Mickey Mouse looks definitely unhappy as holiday makers who
had spent a day at Tokyo Disneyland found empty Shinkansen tracks
at JR Tokyo Station as they headed back home April 11. More than
80,000 passengers were stranded after a bullet train on the
Tohoku Shinkansen made an emergency stop between Tokyo's Ueno
station and JR Tokyo station at around 3:15 p.m. 50 Shinkansen
train runs were canceled, and 84 delayed for up to 3 hours.
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Date: 1999-04-22
Title: Troussier hugs Japan's national team captain
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French soccer coach Philippe Troussier (C) hugs Shinji Ono, captain of the Japanese national team after Japan defeated Uruguay 2-1 in the World Youth Cup semifinals in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 21.Japan will face Spain in the final on April 24.==Kyodo
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Date: 1999-04-23
Title: Tulips in full bloom
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The photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter April 22 shows some four million tulips in full bloom in Kosurido, Nyuzen, in Toyama Prefecture, with Japan's Northern Alps in the background.==Kyodo
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Date: 1998-11-24
Title: U.N. disarmament conference opens in Nagasaki
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U.N. Undersecretary General Jayantha Dhanapala opens a disarmament conference in Nagasaki on Nov. 24. The four-day conference, sponsored by the New York-based U.N. Department for Disarmament Affairs, will be devoted solely to the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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Date: 1997-12-02
Title: U.N. global warming conference
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The third conference of the parties (COP3) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate change opens in Kyoto, an ancient capital of Japan, with delegates from some 160 countries participating for a 10-day meeting. Japanese Environment Minister Hiroshi Oki, who serves as chairman of the meeting, called for cooperation from both developed and developing countries to forge a worldwide strategy to tackle global warming.
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Date: 1997-12-01
Title: U.N. global warming conference o
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The third conference of the parties (COP3) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate change opens in Kyoto, an ancient capital of Japan, with delegates from some 160 countries participating for a 10-day meeting. Japanese Environment Minister Hiroshi Oki, who serves as chairman of the meeting, called for cooperation from both developed and developing countries to forge a worldwide strategy to tackle global warming.
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