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Fashion Designer Giorgio Armani Dead at 91

MILAN - MILAN - SPECIAL FEE GIORGIO ARMANI FASHION SHOW, FASHION, WITH NAOMI CAMPBELL (MILAN - 1997, July 03, MAULE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix 2025

Jacques Villeneuve (CND) Williams ambassador and former driver at Sauber BMW, Williams and BAR, former IndyCar driver and winner of the Indy 500 1995, F1 world champion 1997 with Williams Renault, during the Hungarian GP, Budapest 31 July-4 August 2025. Formula 1 World championship 2025.

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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix 2025

Jacques Villeneuve (CND) Williams ambassador and former driver at Sauber BMW, Williams and BAR, former IndyCar driver and winner of the Indy 500 1995, F1 world champion 1997 with Williams Renault, during the Hungarian GP, Budapest 31 July-4 August 2025. Formula 1 World championship 2025.

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Formula 1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2025

Jacques Villeneuve (CND) Williams ambassador and former driver at Sauber BMW, Williams and BAR, former IndyCar driver and winner of the Indy 500 1995, F1 world champion 1997 with Williams Renault, during the Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 24-27 July 2025 Formula 1 World championship 2025. Photo by Frederico Basile/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2025

Jacques Villeneuve (CND) Williams ambassador and former driver at Sauber BMW, Williams and BAR, former IndyCar driver and winner of the Indy 500 1995, F1 world champion 1997 with Williams Renault, during the Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 24-27 July 2025 Formula 1 World championship 2025.

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Formula 1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2025 - Day 1

Jacques Villeneuve (CND) Williams ambassador and former driver at Sauber BMW, Williams and BAR, former IndyCar driver and winner of the Indy 500 1995, F1 world champion 1997 with Williams Renault, during the Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 24-27 July 2025 Formula 1 World championship 2025 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium on July 25,2025. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MOTORI - Formula 1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2025

Jacques Villeneuve (CND) Williams ambassador and former driver at Sauber BMW, Williams and BAR, former IndyCar driver and winner of the Indy 500 1995, F1 world champion 1997 with Williams Renault, during the Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 24-27 July 2025 Formula 1 World championship 2025.

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Twin actors starred in NHK drama series

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese twin actors Mana Mikura (L) and Kana Mikura, both playing starring roles in public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Futarikko," visit the ACROS Fukuoka multi-purpose hall in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 8, 1997, for the recording of a TV commercial related to the Asian Development Bank.(Kyodo)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT-LAND-SEA TRADE-TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(231012) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a wharf for energy transportation under construction on July 24, 1997, (upper) and the aerial view of the wharf for energy transportation on Aug. 28, 2022, (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Zhang Ailin) at the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. At present, Qinzhou Port has realized the daily operation of container trains and kept its connection with the China-Europe freight trains. It has opened more than 60 domestic and foreign container routes, which co

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan shows samples of crystal meth in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan works with her colleague at a logistics center in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan attends a training session in Mangshi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-MANGSHI-COUNTER-NARCOTICS POLICE(CN)

(230716) -- MANGSHI, July 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yin Mingyan mourns her older brother Yin Mingzhi at a martyrs cemetery in Longchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 12, 2023. Yin Mingyan is the deputy head of a law-enforcing team under a border management bureau in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Back in 1997 when she was still in high school, she lost her brother Yin Mingzhi, a counter-narcotics officer who was seriously wouded and killed while arresting drug traffickers. She joined the military upon graduation in 1998, and soon decided to fit in her brother's shoes and became a counter-narcotics officer. She has been involved in more than 100 drug-related cases since then, resulting in the arrest of at least 230 suspects and the seizure of over 400 kilograms of drugs. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

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The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

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The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

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The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

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The Xiaoqing River Test Ship Arrives Jinan Port

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 4, 2023 - The Xiaoqing River test ship arrives at the main city port area of Jinan Port in Jinan, Shandong province, China, July 4, 2023. The Xiaoqing River has completed its first no-load trial in 26 years. With a history of nearly 900 years, Xiaoqing River is the only river in Shandong Province with multiple functions such as land and water transport, sea-river transport and farmland irrigation. With the acceleration of industrialization along the coast, the water quality of Xiaoqing River has deteriorated and the water volume has decreased, and the navigation was officially suspended in 1997, and the resumption project was officially launched in 2020. The total estimated investment of the resumption project is 13.6 billion yuan, which is the largest inland river project in Shandong port and navigation history. After the resumption of the Xiaoqing River, 164 berths in 11 operating areas of 4 ports are planned along the line, linking Jinan, Binzhou, Zibo, Dongying and Weifang five industr

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Scholar says people in Kamchatka attached to Japan

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Associate professor Yukihiko Enamito, who has been teaching Japanese at a university in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Russian Far East since 1997, is shown in this file photo taken on July 1, 2014. Enamito describes people in the Kamchatka area as being generally friendly and attached to Japan.

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Hong Kong anniversary

HONG KONG, China - An annual demonstration is held in Hong Kong on July 1, 2011, to mark the anniversary of the territory's reversion to China in 1997.

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Opera conductor Wakasugi dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Opera conductor Hiroshi Wakasugi (file photo taken in 1997) died on July 21 of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 74. Wakasugi was the artistic director of the New National Theatre since 2007 and was a professor emeritus at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

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All regions report recovery in April-June for 3 qtrs in row: MOF

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (standing on the left side) addresses a meeting of 11 regional finance bureaus at the Finance Ministry on July 11. All the regional bureau chiefs reported a recovery trend in local economies in the April-June period for the third straight quarter, the first such case since 1997.

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All regions report recovery in April-June for 3 qtrs in row: MOF

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki addresses a meeting of 11 regional finance bureaus held at the Finance Ministry on July 11. The Finance Ministry said that all its 11 regional bureaus reported a recovery trend in local economies in the April-June period for the third straight quarter, the first such case since 1997.

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People mark H.K. handover anniversary with pro-democracy march

HONG KONG, China - People turned out July 1 for pro-democracy demonstrations that have become a key event to mark the eighth anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China on July 1, 1997.

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Recruit scandal-tainted Fujinami expresses intent to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takao Fujinami (file photo) on July 26 expressed his intention not to seek reelection as a House of Representatives member, citing health reasons. In March 1997, the Tokyo High Court sentenced Fujinami to three years in prison, suspended for four years, for accepting more than 40 million yen worth of bribes from Recruit Co.

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German Olympic athlete with transplanted heart to climb Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Hartwig Gauder, a German former Olympic athlete who underwent a heart transplant in 1997, speaks at a news conference May 24 in Tokyo about his plan to climb Mt. Fuji in July.

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Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea welcome 300 millionth visitor

CHIBA, Japan - Yoko Kusunoki (2nd from R) and her husband and children are joined by Disney mascots at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 8 as she became the 300 millionth visitor to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Tokyo Disneyland opened in April 1983 and the number of visitors to it topped 200,000,000 in 1997. Tokyo DisneySea opened in September 2001, with the number of visitors exceeding 10,000,000 in July.

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Asashoryu meets the press

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian wrestler Asashoryu beams his pleasure during his first news conference after being promoted to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki July 24. The Ulan Bator native, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, came to Japan in 1997 and made his professional debut in January 1999 following an amateur career at Meitoku Gijuku high school in Kochi Prefecture.

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Pop idol Amuro divorces from husband SAM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pop idol Namie Amuro and her husband Masaharu Maruyama, popularly known as SAM of the pop group TRF, have divorced, Amuro's managing office said on July 18. The 24-year-old pop star and the 40-year-old dancer married in October 1997. Amuro gave birth to a baby boy in May 1998. The photo was taken at the time of their marriage in 1997.

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Japanese PR expert to be honored by H.K. gov't

HONG KONG - Japanese public relations expert Suzie Setsuko Wakai will on Oct. 13 become the first Japanese to be honored by the Hong Kong government since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in July 1997. She has been named for a Medal of Honor in recognition of her work for a charitable organization and for promoting participation in Japanese community affairs in Hong Kong.

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Ex-diplomat pleads guilty to fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Tokyo District Court on July 31 to attend the trial of Katsutoshi Matsuo, a former Foreign Ministry logistics chief, who is charged with fraud. Matsuo pleaded guilty to swindling the state out of 161 million yen in secret funds while in charge of helping coordinate overseas trips by Japanese prime ministers between 1997 and 1999.

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Japan fails to persuade U.S. to reverse global warming policy

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks at a press conference in Washington on July 13 following Japan-U.S. high-level talks on global warming. Japan failed to persuade Washington to reverse its decision to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol aimed at fighting global warming, dashing hopes for an accord at a U.N. conference opening next week in Bonn, Germany, on the implementation of the protocol.

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Japan, EU agree to keep urging U.S. to return to Kyoto pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) welcomes Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lena Hjelm-Wallen, a member of the high-level delegation from the European Union, at her ministry July 9 in Tokyo prior to bilateral talks. The two sides agreed to continue urging the United States to return to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol framework to curb global warming.

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Seagaia resort group files for bankruptcy protection

MIYAZAKI, Japan - The operators of the Seagaia resort complex in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, filed Feb. 19 for bankruptcy protection with the Miyazaki District Court. Phoenix Resort Ltd., a semipublic company, and two group firms filed bankruptcy petitions. The resort (seen in this October 1997 photo), which includes hotels, golf courses, a convention hall, zoo, tennis court and pool, was used as the venue for last July's Group of Eight foreign ministerial meeting.

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Yokozuna Akebono beats Miyabiyama to win Nagoya sumo title

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono (L) forces ozeki Miyabiyama out of the ring at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 21 to clinch his 10th Emperor's Cup and first since May 1997 with two days left in the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Unbeaten yokozuna Akebono beats Oginishiki in Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Akenobo (R) shoves fourth-ranked maegashira Oginishiki to the edge of the ring on the 12th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 20. Akebono won the bout and came within one win of his 10th Emperor's Cup and first since May 1997.

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Noh actor and designated living treasure dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - Noh actor Kanze Tetsunojo is shown performing at Nishihonganji Temple in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, in the photo, dated October 1997. Tetsunojo, designated a living national treasure, died of liver failure July 3 at the age of 69. Noh refers to Japanese musical dance-dramas that originated in the 14th century.

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MITI head Fukaya visits India

NEW DELHI, India - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Takashi Fukaya (L) meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (R) in New Delhi May 5. Fukaya is the first Japanese cabinet minister to visit India since both July 1997 and New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998.

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Kin of victims in Peruvian hostage crisis meet Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L) meets at his official Tokyo residence July 27 relatives of three Peruvians who died in the military operation that ended the hostage standoff at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima in 1997. Relatives of Supreme Court Justice Carlos Giusti, as well as commandos Juan Valer and Raul Jimenez, are in Japan on a weeklong trip at the invitation of the Japanese government.

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Tokyo stocks surge

TOKYO, Japan - The signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Nihombashi shows the surge in prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 19, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closing at 18,532.58, above 18,500 for the first time in 22 months. The last time the index closed above 18,500 was Sept. 10, 1997, when it ended at 18,704.77.

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New terminal building of Sendai airport

SENDAI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Sendai airport's new terminal building in Miyagi Prefecture. The photo was taken on July 7, 1997.

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