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(1)Nuclear reactor shut down at Fukui plant after fire

TSURUGA, Japan - File photo taken in 1999 shows No. 2 nuclear reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co. in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where fire from a turbine cover forced the company to shut down the reactor late Dec. 12. Officials said there was no radiation leakage.

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Ethiopian Abera wins Fukuoka Int'l Marathon for 2nd time

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia wins the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2 in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The victory marks the second time overall and first time since 1999 that Abera has won the Fukuoka marathon. He was also the gold medalist at last year's Sydney Olympics and at the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August.

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Nikkei plunges to 21-month closing low

TOKYO, Japan - The Nikkei Stock Average dived to a 21-month closing low Dec. 19 as growing economic uncertainty combined with weakness in U.S. high-tech stocks sparked selling in Tokyo. The signboard in Tokyo's Toranomon shows the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei plummeting some 351 points for the fourth straight day of decline to 14,132.37, its lowest close since March 2, 1999.

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Fujita hits tape at Fukuoka marathon with national record

FUKUOKA, Japan - Atsushi Fujita hits the tape at Heiwadai stadium in Fukuoka on Dec. 3 to win the Fukuoka International Marathon in a national record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds. The previous best time for a Japanese marathoner was 2:06:57 set by Takayuki Inubushi in Berlin in September 1999.

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The Hatoyamas in fashion show

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), now president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Miyuki walk hand in hand during a charity fashion show in Tokyo's Ariake district on Dec. 2, 1999. Miyuki is a former professional musical actress of the renowned Takarazuka Revue.

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Ethiopian Abera wins Fukuoka Int'l Marathon for 2nd time

FUKUOKA, Japan - Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia wins the Fukuoka International Marathon on Dec. 2 in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 25 seconds. The victory marks the second time overall and first time since 1999 that Abera has won the Fukuoka marathon. He was also the gold medalist at last year's Sydney Olympics and at the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August.

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Murderer ordered to pay compensation in installments

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Dec. 4 ordered Mitsuko Yamada (file photo) who murdered a 2-year-old girl to pay the victim's parents 61 million yen in compensation, of which 19.8 million yen is to be paid in installments over 20 years. In November, the Tokyo High Court sentenced Yamada to 15 years in prison for strangling Haruna Wakayama on Nov. 22, 1999, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward and burying her body in the backyard of Yamada's parents' home in the town of Oigawa, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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The Hatoyamas in fashion show

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama (R), now president of the Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Miyuki walk hand in hand during a charity fashion show in Tokyo's Ariake district on Dec. 2, 1999. Miyuki is a former professional musical actress of the renowned Takarazuka Revue. (Kyodo)

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(1)Nuclear reactor shut down at Fukui plant after fire

TSURUGA, Japan - File photo taken in 1999 shows No. 2 nuclear reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co. in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where fire from a turbine cover forced the company to shut down the reactor late Dec. 12. Officials said there was no radiation leakage. (Kyodo)

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Fujita hits tape at Fukuoka marathon with national record

FUKUOKA, Japan - Atsushi Fujita hits the tape at Heiwadai stadium in Fukuoka on Dec. 3 to win the Fukuoka International Marathon in a national record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds. The previous best time for a Japanese marathoner was 2:06:57 set by Takayuki Inubushi in Berlin in September 1999.