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Maekawa inks minor league deal with Cardinals

NEW YORK, United States - Former Orix Buffaloes left-hander Katsuhiko Maekawa (in file photo) has signed a minor league deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, the team's official website said Dec. 19. Maekawa, 30, who will not receive an invitation to major league spring training, was fired by Orix in January 2007 due to a hit-and-run incident while driving without a license.

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Minoru Harada

Minoru Harada, chairman of Soka Gakkai (photo taken on Dec. 19, 2007)

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Mizuho Bank, Toshiba obtain naming rights of Koshien Stadium stands

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 19, 2007 shows (From L) Hanshin Electric Railway Co. President Shinya Sakai, Mizuho Bank senior executive Nobuhiro Ishikawa, Toshiba Corp. Kansai branch office chief Shunsuke Kobayashi and Hanshin Tigers owner Tsuneaki Miyazaki after a signing ceremony in Osaka for an agreement on naming rights to part of the infield stands of Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture. Toshiba and Mizuho Bank agreed with Hanshin Electric to obtain the naming rights for five years from 2008.

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Finance Ministry to propose 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi presides over a meeting of his ministry officials called to discuss a draft of the state budget for fiscal 2007 on Dec. 19. The ministry is set to propose a draft budget totaling 82.91 trillion yen, up from 79.69 trillion yen initially projected for the fiscal 2006 budge.

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Finance Ministry to propose 82.91 trillion yen budget for FY 200

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Koji Omi presides over a meeting of his ministry officials called to discuss a draft of the state budget for fiscal 2007 on Dec. 19. The ministry is set to propose a draft budget totaling 82.91 trillion yen, up from 79.69 trillion yen initially projected for the fiscal 2006 budge. (Kyodo)

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Maekawa inks minor league deal with Cardinals

NEW YORK, United States - Former Orix Buffaloes left-hander Katsuhiko Maekawa (in file photo) has signed a minor league deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, the team's official website said Dec. 19. Maekawa, 30, who will not receive an invitation to major league spring training, was fired by Orix in January 2007 due to a hit-and-run incident while driving without a license. (Kyodo)

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Korean resident in Japan jailed for spying for N. Korea is innocent

SEOUL, South Korea - The bereaved family of Kang Woo Kyu, a former South Korean resident in Japan who died in 2007 at age 90, and others leave the Seoul High Court in the South Korean capital on Dec. 19, 2014, after the high court handed down a not guilty verdict in a retrial of Kang and five other defendants who spent time in prison after being convicted of spying for North Korea. (Kyodo)