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Russian army chief visits Japan

Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reviews an honor guard in a welcome ceremony at the Defense Agency on Friday, Dec. 4. Kvashnin, who arrived earlier Friday as the first top Russian military officer to visit Japan, is flanked by his Japanese counterpart, Adm. Kazuya Natsukawa, joint staff council chairman of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Emperor addresses the Diet

Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an 18-day extraordinary session of the Diet (parliament) on Friday, Nov. 27. The extra session will deliberate a third supplementary budget for fiscal 1998 and a bill to revise the Fiscal Structural Reform Law.

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Chinese first lady attends a kimono show

Wang Yeping, wife of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, smiles at an unidentified kimono-clad Japanese girl at a Kimono dressing show held for her at the Akasaka state guesthouse on Friday, Nov. 27.

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Miyazawa says he will resign

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (standing) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (R) bow to each other prior to the start of a regular cabinet meeting at the prime minister's official residence on Friday, Nov. 27. Miyazawa told reporters earlier he will leave the Obuchi cabinet before the end of the year.