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Date: 1999-06-22
Title: Inter-Korean talks begin in Beijing
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Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, and Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, shake hands prior to the start of bilateral vice-ministerial talks at Kempinski Hotel in Beijing on June 22.
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Date: 1999-06-29
Title: Ishihara vows efforts to tackle Tokyo financial crisis
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Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara takes his seat after delivering his first policy speech at the metropolitan assembly June 29. He expressed his resolve to tackle the capital's unprecedented financial crisis.
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Date: 1999-06-16
Title: Ito breaks 10-second barrier in 100 meters
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Japan's top sprinter Koji Ito (L) shakes hands with his colleague Shingo Suetsugu (R) after clocking 9.9 seconds in a 100-meter race at a track meet in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 16. The record was not officially recognized as it was timed with a stopwatch. But Ito became the first Asian to crack the 10-second barrier.
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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: Ito unofficially breaks 10-second mark in 100 meters
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Japan's top sprinter Koji Ito (C) unofficially becomes the first Asian to crack the 10-second barrier for the 100 meters on June 16 when he was timed with a stopwatch at 9.9 seconds at a track meet in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Ito, who bagged three gold medals at the Asian Games in Bangkok in December, was competing as a guest in a collegiate meet. The record will not stand because the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation does not recognize times measured with nonelectronic equipment.
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Date: 1999-07-02
Title: Japan beats Hong Kong in Olympic qualifier
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Japan's under-22 players defeat Hong Kong 2-0 in an Asian Olympic qualifying match at Tokyo's National Stadium on July 2. Japan had already secured top spot in first-round Group Six. Photo shows Shunsuke Nakamura (L) scoring Japan's 1st goal of the game in the first half.
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Date: 1999-06-26
Title: Japan claims collegiate baseball series with 3rd win
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Japan scores a 5-2 victory over the United States in the Japan-U.S. collegiate baseball series in the city of Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, on June 26. With the victory, their third straight, Japan clinched the five-game-series for the first time in two years and won the tournament for the 11th time in its 28-year history.
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Date: 1999-07-06
Title: Japan draws 1-1 with Bolivia
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PEDRO JUAN CABALLERO, Paraguay - Brazilian-born striker Wagner Lopes converts a 73rd minute penalty for Japan to cancel out a 53rd-minute opening goal by Bolivia's Erwin Sanchez in a Copa America Group A match in the border town of Pedro Juan Caballero on July 5. Both teams ended with a 1-1 draw to crash out of the campaign at the first hurdle.
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Date: 1999-07-05
Title: Japan thrashes Philippines in Olympic qualifier
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TOKYO, Japan - Striker Tomoyuki Hirase (C) of Japan's under-22s soccer team heads the ball in the first half to score the first goal of an Olympic qualifying match against the Philippines at Tokyo's National Stadium on July 4. Japan beat the Philippines 11-0.
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Date: 1999-06-25
Title: Japan to help preserve Silk Road remains
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A file photo shows the Longmen stone cave in Luoyang, one of remains along the ancient Silk Road in China and central Asia which are to be preserved with a $5 million donation from Japan to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The donation is part of an agreement reached between Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and Chinese President Jiang Zemin last November.
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Date: 1999-06-29
Title: Japan to send 3 police officers to E. Timor
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Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has decided to send three officers to East Timor to assist with the implementation of an August ballot on the future of the former Portuguese colony. Meeting reporters at a news conference in Tokyo on June 29 are (from L to R) Norihisa Shiya, inspector, 47, Yasunori Orita, chief superintendent, 46, and Masayuki Mikata, captain, 46.
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Date: 1999-06-17
Title: Japan to start using MOX fuel at nuclear plant
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Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yoshihisa Akiyama (L) speaks at a news conference June 17 after obtaining the go-ahead from the Fukui prefectural government for his company's plan to burn mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, a combination of uranium and plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel, at its Takahama nuclear power plant. It will be Japan's first nuclear power station to do so in line with the government's policy of promoting the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.
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Date: 1999-06-29
Title: Japan tops Malaysia, wins Olympic qualifying group
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Shunsuke Nakamura (R) of Japan's under-22 squad scores from the penalty spot to put Japan 1-0 up in the 28th minute against Malaysia in the Olympic qualifier June 28 at Tokyo's National Stadium. Japan went on to beat Malaysia 4-0 to secure top position in Asian Group Six.
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Date: 1999-06-15
Title: Japan tops Nepal 5-0 in Asian Olympic soccer qualifier
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Tomoyuki Hirase (C) of Japan's under-22 soccer team scores the third goal in the first half of a match against Nepal in the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament at a Hong Kong stadium on June 14. Japan won 5-0 over Nepal for its second win of the tournament.
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Date: 1999-06-27
Title: Japan wins 4th straight in Japan-U.S. baseball series
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Members of Japan's collegiate all-star baseball team congratulate themselves on June 27 after winning their fourth straight in the five-game Japan-U.S. collegiate baseball series 8-5 in Aomori Prefecture.
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Date: 1999-06-26
Title: Japanese crush Nepal 9-0 in Asian Olympic qualifier
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Atsushi Yanagisawa (L) celebrates his second goal with striking partner Kota Yoshihara in Japan's 9-0 demolition of Nepal in their Olympic qualifying match in Tokyo on June 26.
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