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Gena Rowlands Dies At 94

File photo - Gena Rowlands attends the 88th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 28, 2016. Oscar-nominated actress Gena Rowlands, whose screen career spanned nearly seven decades, has died at 94. Rowlands was known for both her work in early independent cinema alongside her first husband, director John Cassavetes, as well as crowd-pleasing titles later in her career, including “Hope Floats” in 1998 opposite Sandra Bullock and the hit film “The Notebook” in 2004. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese defense minister visits MSDF Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is officially welcomed by Maritime Self-Defense Force officers during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense chief to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese defense minister inspects Japanese warship at Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan tours a Japanese destroyer during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Ex-IOC chief Samaranch dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee, speaking during the opening ceremony of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in February 1998. Samaranch died at a hospital in Barcelona on April 21, 2010 at age 89.

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Ex-Carp manager Mimura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Mimura (in this February 1998 file photo), a top defensive shortstop of the professional baseball club Hiroshima Carp and manager of the team, died Nov. 3, 2009. He was 61.

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Harada to retire after this season

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Masahiko Harada (in photo taken when he won the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in February 1998) will retire after the current season, people close to him said on March 15. Harada, who is popular in Japan for his affable personality, is one of the country's most successful ski jumpers, having made five straight Winter Olympic appearances beginning with the 1992 Albertville Games and won one individual and two team event medals.

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on April 15 following a revelation that he allowed a construction firm that had links to gangsters pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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(8)Prince Takamado dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Takamado (2nd from L) and his wife Hisako (L) visited Nagano in central Japan in February 1998 to watch a Nagano Winter Olympics event. The prince died of heart failure Nov. 21, 2002.

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TEPCO resumed operations at 2 reactors after problems reported

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1998 shows the shroud at the No. 3 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO resumed operations of reactors at its two nuclear power plants without conducting inspections, even after the company received reports of possible problems.

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3 businessmen suicide

Three Japanese business partners hanged themselves at a hotel in the city of Kunitachi, western Tokyo, on February 25, 1998, apparently because of business difficulties. Three men are identified as Mr. Masaaki Kobayashi, 51, president of an auto parts sales company, Mr. Masaru Sudo, 49, self-employed, and Mr. Yoshimi Shoji, 49, president of an auto parts sales comapny. (Photo: ""Le Piano"" where they died.)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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L214 Reveals Images Of A Chicken Farm Wants To Expand - Pas-De-Calais

Handout - The animal rights group L214 released footage on Tuesday evening of a chicken farm in the Pas-de-Calais region of France that wants to triple its size, showing animals crammed together and in poor condition, hoping to block the expansion, which is considered 'insane'. The images, filmed in March by the association, show dead chickens lying among live animals, animals limping badly and chickens whose bodies seem disproportionately large compared to their heads. The farm, which has been producing broilers since 1998 in Pihem, near Saint-Omer, wants to triple its surface area. L214 denounces this possible extension as 'a disproportionate project, an ordeal for the animals, and an economic aberration'. According to the public enquiry, which took place from 4 January to 2 February, the farm 'is currently registered for 20,500 animal-equivalents, raised in a building of 1,020 m2'. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Harada to retire after this season

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ski jumper Masahiko Harada (in photo taken when he won the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in February 1998) will retire after the current season, people close to him said on March 15. Harada, who is popular in Japan for his affable personality, is one of the country's most successful ski jumpers, having made five straight Winter Olympic appearances beginning with the 1992 Albertville Games and won one individual and two team event medals. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense minister inspects Japanese warship at Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan tours a Japanese destroyer during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense minister visits MSDF Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is officially welcomed by Maritime Self-Defense Force officers during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. Cao, the first Chinese defense chief to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2. (Kyodo)

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO resumed operations at 2 reactors after problems reported

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1998 shows the shroud at the No. 3 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO resumed operations of reactors at its two nuclear power plants without conducting inspections, even after the company received reports of possible problems. (Kyodo)

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Kids Are Punny (1998)

Movie Scene Television: Kids Are Punny (1998) Director: Amy Schatz 02 February 1998 Date: 02 February 1998

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The Big Lebowski (1998)

Jeff Bridges Characters: Jeffrey Lebowski - The Dude Film: The Big Lebowski (USA/UK 1998) Director: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen 15 February 1998 Date: 15 February 1998

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The Wedding Singer (1998)

Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler Characters: Julia, Robbie Film: The Wedding Singer (USA 1998) Director: Frank Coraci 12 February 1998 Date: 12 February 1998

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The Big Lebowski (1998)

Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi & John Goodman Characters: Jeffrey Lebowski - The Dude, Theodore Donald 'Donny' Kerabatsos, Walter Sobchak Film: The Big Lebowski (USA/UK 1998) Director: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen 15 February 1998 Date: 15 February 1998

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