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(3)Japan to send Aegis ship to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2001 shows the Kongou, one of Japan's Aegis-equipped high-tech destroyers berthed at Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. Japan decided Dec. 4 to send one of its Aegis vessels to the Indian Ocean later December to step up logistical support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange opens for year's first trading

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Stock Exchange begins the year's first trading with traditional handclaps by staff employees Jan. 4. The key Nikkei index closed at 10,871.49, up 328.87 over Dec. 28, 2001.

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Rhodes set to re-sign with Kintetsu

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes (in file photo), who tied the single-season record of 55 home runs in 2001, has reached a basic agreement on a new contract with the Pacific League club. Minoru Ichihara, a Kintetsu official in charge of international affairs, said Dec. 25 he will travel to the United States in early January to iron out details on the deal estimated at $4 million over two years.

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High school star Terahara introduced in Daiei uniform

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hard-throwing teenager Hayato Terahara, the most sought-after player in the Nov. 19 amateur draft, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka on Dec. 4, 2001 after being officially introduced by the Daiei Hawks. Terhara signed a provisional deal with the Pacific League club for an estimated 15 million yen first-year salary.

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Cabinet endorses FY 2002 budget framework

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to members of the media after his cabinet endorsed a budget framework for fiscal 2002 adopted by a government panel on economic and fiscal policy Dec. 4, 2001. ''The fiscal 2002 budget is aimed at thoroughly reviewing the spending structure and boldly improving the quality under the goal of limiting the new bond issuance to 30 trillion yen,'' Koizumi said.

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Japan sends medical survey mission to Pakistan for refugees

QUETTA, Pakistan - Afghan women and children, mostly from the southeastern province of Kandahar, wait for their medical checkup at a refugee camp near Quetta, Pakistan, on Dec. 4, 2001. The Japanese government dispatched a mission to Pakistan earlier in the day to survey medical needs of Afghan refugees in the country.

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Cambodia's 1st bridge across Mekong River opens

KOMPONG CHAM, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen stands on the newly completed ''Kizuna (Bond)'' Bridge over the Mekong River on Dec. 4, 2001. The building of the bridge, which links Cambodia's main road No. 7 to Vietnam, was financed by grand aid from the Japanese government.

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African development ministerial confab wraps up in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Mali President Alpha Oumar Konare shake hands at the end of a two-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Dec. 4, 2001. Tanaka and Konare co-chaired the meeting.

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(2)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - File photo shows Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station, the country's first commercial nuclear reactor, where demolition work began Dec. 4, 2001.

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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Nara cart wheel claimed to be oldest in Japan

SAKURAI, Japan - A section of a wooden cart wheel shown to the media at the Sakurai Burial Property Center in Nara Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2001 is claimed to be the oldest of its kind in Japan. A city education board official guessed the wheel, unearthed from the Kodachi burial mound in Sakurai, may date back to or before the Askua Era (694-710).

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Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Kobe Steel Ltd. Vice President Noriyoshi Mitsutake meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2001. Japan's biggest and fifth-largest steelmakers said they have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance to improve competitiveness.

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High school star Terahara introduced in Daiei uniform

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hard-throwing teenager Hayato Terahara, the most sought-after player in the Nov. 19 amateur draft, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka on Dec. 4, 2001 after being officially introduced by the Daiei Hawks. Terhara signed a provisional deal with the Pacific League club for an estimated 15 million yen first-year salary.

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Cabinet endorses FY 2002 budget framework

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to members of the media after his cabinet endorsed a budget framework for fiscal 2002 adopted by a government panel on economic and fiscal policy Dec. 4, 2001. ''The fiscal 2002 budget is aimed at thoroughly reviewing the spending structure and boldly improving the quality under the goal of limiting the new bond issuance to 30 trillion yen,'' Koizumi said.

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Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel to form alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. Vice President Makoto Kihara (L) and Kobe Steel Ltd. Vice President Noriyoshi Mitsutake meet the media in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2001. Japan's biggest and fifth-largest steelmakers said they have agreed to form a comprehensive alliance to improve competitiveness.

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Cambodia's 1st bridge across Mekong River opens

KOMPONG CHAM, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen stands on the newly completed ''Kizuna (Bond)'' Bridge over the Mekong River on Dec. 4, 2001. The building of the bridge, which links Cambodia's main road No. 7 to Vietnam, was financed by grand aid from the Japanese government.

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Sanyo, Eastman Kodak to make new flat-panel display

OSAKA, Japan - Handout photo shows a full-color organic electroluminescent (EL) panel display for use in electronic devices which Sanyo Electric Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. of the United States plan to begin producing in a joint venture in Japan in early 2002. Sanyo officials said Dec. 4, 2001 the company plans to use the panels initially for its mobile phones capable of displaying moving pictures.

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Japan sends medical survey mission to Pakistan for refugees

QUETTA, Pakistan - Afghan women and children, mostly from the southeastern province of Kandahar, wait for their medical checkup at a refugee camp near Quetta, Pakistan, on Dec. 4, 2001. The Japanese government dispatched a mission to Pakistan earlier in the day to survey medical needs of Afghan refugees in the country.

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Rhodes set to re-sign with Kintetsu

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes outfielder Tuffy Rhodes (in file photo), who tied the single-season record of 55 home runs in 2001, has reached a basic agreement on a new contract with the Pacific League club. Minoru Ichihara, a Kintetsu official in charge of international affairs, said Dec. 25 he will travel to the United States in early January to iron out details on the deal estimated at $4 million over two years.

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Nara cart wheel claimed to be oldest in Japan

SAKURAI, Japan - A section of a wooden cart wheel shown to the media at the Sakurai Burial Property Center in Nara Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2001 is claimed to be the oldest of its kind in Japan. A city education board official guessed the wheel, unearthed from the Kodachi burial mound in Sakurai, may date back to or before the Askua Era (694-710).

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Japanese supply ship refuels U.S. naval vessel

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's (MSDF) supply ship Hamana (R) refuels a U.S. naval vessel in the Arabian Sea in one of undated photographs released by MSDF on Dec. 4, 2001. The photos were taken by a patrol helicopter of the MSDF's destroyer Kirisame, one of the six MSDF ships dispatched to the Indian Ocean under Japan's new antiterrorism law.

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(2)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - File photo shows Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station, the country's first commercial nuclear reactor, where demolition work began Dec. 4, 2001.

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(1)Demolition starts on Japan's 1st commercial nuke reactor

MITO, Japan - A worker locks the valves of the pipes between the nuclear reactor and heat exchangers at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai Power Station in the village of Tokaimura in Ibaraki Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2001 in preparation for the demolition of Japan's first commercial nuclear reactor built in 1966. The 92.7 billion yen plan for dismantling and decommissioning the reactor is slated for completion in fiscal 2017.

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(3)Japan to send Aegis ship to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2001 shows the Kongou, one of Japan's Aegis-equipped high-tech destroyers berthed at Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. Japan decided Dec. 4 to send one of its Aegis vessels to the Indian Ocean later December to step up logistical support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operation. (Kyodo)