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Japan's new first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Hitomi Noda, the wife of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

Japan's new PM, first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi (R) celebrating Noda's victory in a House of Representatives election in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Noda launched his Cabinet on Sept. 2, 2011, succeeding Naoto Kan as Japan's prime minister.

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Gov't failed to collect 43 bil. yen in taxes: audit board

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) receives the fiscal 2003 audit of state finances from Board of Audit Commissioner Nobuaki Morishita at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 9. The government wasted or failed to collect about 43 billion yen in taxes in the year, the second-largest sum on record following 51 billion yen in fiscal 1980.

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Judoka Tamura to be sidelined indefinitely

TOKYO, Japan - Judo champion Ryoko Tamura said Nov. 27 in Tokyo that she will avoid competition indefinitely to regain full fitness for the 2003 world championships in Osaka and the Olympic Games in Athens the next year. Tamura said her injury prompted her to give up a bid for a 12th straight title at the Dec. 8-9 international women's judo championships in her native Fukuoka.

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Judoka Tamura to be sidelined indefinitely

TOKYO, Japan - Judo champion Ryoko Tamura said Nov. 27 in Tokyo that she will avoid competition indefinitely to regain full fitness for the 2003 world championships in Osaka and the Olympic Games in Athens the next year. Tamura said her injury prompted her to give up a bid for a 12th straight title at the Dec. 8-9 international women's judo championships in her native Fukuoka.

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Ex-lawmaker Yoshida pleads guilty to buying votes in election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yukihiro Yoshida arrives at the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 9. He pleaded guilty to a charge of buying votes in a House of Representatives election in 2003 in which he lost his seat. (Kyodo)

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Gov't failed to collect 43 bil. yen in taxes: audit board

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) receives the fiscal 2003 audit of state finances from Board of Audit Commissioner Nobuaki Morishita at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 9. The government wasted or failed to collect about 43 billion yen in taxes in the year, the second-largest sum on record following 51 billion yen in fiscal 1980. (Kyodo)

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Mercury transits across the Sun

OSAKA, Japan - Mercury (black dot in center left) passes across the Sun's disk on Nov. 9, a rare planetary event known as a ''transit'' that has not happened since May 2003. Photo was provided by the Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory in Hyogo Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Figure skater Ando to enter Toyota

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said Nov. 9 that figure skater Miki Ando (in file photo) will join the automaker in April 2006 after graduating from high school. Ando, now 17, started skating at the age of eight and won the Junior Grand Prix Final in 2001 and 2002, and the Japanese women's championship in 2003 and 2004. She was also the gold medal winner at the 2004 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. (Kyodo)

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Finding John Christmas (2003)

Valerie Bertinelli Characters: Kathleen McAllister Film: Finding John Christmas (TV-FILM) Usa 2003,, Titel Auch: 'Findet John Christmas' Director: Andy Wolk 30 November 2003 caption: Valerie Bertinelli stars as Kathleen McCallister in a heartwarming holiday drama about a woman who searches for her brother, a former fireman hero, who has come back home after mysteriously disappearing many years before, in the new television movie FINDING JOHN CHRISTMAS airing Sunday, Nov. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Steve Wilkie/CBS ｩ2003 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved copyright: Date: 30 November 2003

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Finding John Christmas (2003)

Peter Falk & Valerie Bertinelli Characters: Max, Kathleen McAllister Film: Finding John Christmas (TV-FILM) Usa 2003,, Titel Auch: 'Findet John Christmas' Director: Andy Wolk 30 November 2003 caption: Peter Falk and Valerie Bertinelli star in a heartwarming holiday drama about a woman who searches for her brother, a former fireman hero, who has come back home after mysteriously disappearing many years before, in the new television movie FINDING JOHN CHRISTMAS airing Sunday, Nov. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Steve Wilkie/CBS ｩ2003 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved copyright: Date: 30 November 2003

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Finding John Christmas (2003)

Peter Falk Characters: Max Film: Finding John Christmas (TV-FILM) Usa 2003,, Titel Auch: 'Findet John Christmas' Director: Andy Wolk 30 November 2003 caption: Peter Falk reprises his role as the angel Max from the CBS movie 'A Town Without Christmas' in a heartwarming holiday drama about woman who searches for her brother, a former fireman hero, who has come back home after mysteriously disappearing many years before in the new television movie FINDING JOHN CHRISTMAS airing Sunday, Nov. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Steve Wilkie/CBS ｩ2003 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved copyright: Date: 30 November 2003

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Finding John Christmas (2003)

Peter Falk Characters: Max Film: Finding John Christmas (TV-FILM) Usa 2003,, Titel Auch: 'Findet John Christmas' Director: Andy Wolk 30 November 2003 caption: Peter Falk (pictured with Bill Carr, Stacy Smith, David McLean and Jessica Parsons) reprises his role as the angel Max from the CBS movie 'A Town Without Christmas' in a heartwarming holiday drama about woman who searches for her brother, a former fireman hero, who has come back home after mysteriously disappearing many years before in the new television FINDING JOHN CHRISTMAS to air Sunday, Nov. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Steve Wilkie/CBS. ｩ2003 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved copyright: Date: 30 November 2003

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Japan's new first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Hitomi Noda, the wife of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new PM, first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi (R) celebrating Noda's victory in a House of Representatives election in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Noda launched his Cabinet on Sept. 2, 2011, succeeding Naoto Kan as Japan's prime minister. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita aims 9 tril. yen in group sales

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Kunio Nakamura speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Nov. 30 on his company's new three-year ''Value Creation 21'' plan. The group aims to earn 9 trillion yen in consolidated sales in fiscal 2003, up from the expected 7.63 trillion yen for the current fiscal year.