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Public bath, inspiration for building in film "Spirited Away"

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken March 27, 2003, shows the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum's Kodakara-yu public bathhouse, which became the inspiration for a building that featured in "Spirited Away," the 2001 Oscar-winning animated film by Hayao Miyazaki.

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(1)Nomura set to quit as Hanshin manager

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in Osaka on Nov. 27, 2001 shows Hanshin Tigers manager Katsuya Nomura, who will likely resign after his wife Sachiyo was arrested Dec. 5, 2001 on suspicion of tax evasion.

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Japan to deport 4 Afghans denied refugee status

TOKYO, Japan - Afghan men meet the media in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2001 after their applications for refugee status were turned down by the Japanese government. Japan plans to deport four of them on the grounds that the applicants ''lack credibility as refugees.''

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(3)Bayern beat Boca to win World Club Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ghanaian defender Samuel Kuffour celebrates after scrambling in a close-range winner in the 19th minute of extra time to give European champions Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory over 10-man Boca Juniors in the Toyota Cup in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2001.

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(4)Bayern beat Boca to win World Club Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Bayern Munich players celebrate after winning the Toyota Cup soccer match over Boca Juniors at Tokyo's National Stadium on Nov. 27, 2001. The German and European champions beat the Argentine team 1-0 in extra time.

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AUM opens new software development firm, resumes Russian ties

TOKYO, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu (L) and Hiroshi Araki of the AUM Shinrikyo religious group look at a monitor screen during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2001. They said the group, responsible for the 1995 sarin gas Tokyo subway attack, has started a software development firm and resumed ties with followers in Russia. They said profits from the firm will be used to pay compensation to the group's victims.

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(1)Misuari's supporters clash with troops in southern Philippine

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Two citizens are escorted by a government soldier Nov. 27, 2001 after they were rescued from armed rebels royal to renegade Muslim region Gov. Nur Misuari near the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga.

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(2)Misuari's supporters clash with troops in southern Philippine

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 27, 2001 shows the Kabatangan Complex, an office of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), where supporters of renegade Muslim region Gov. Nur Misuari have been in a standoff with government army troops.

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19 war-displaced Japanese return to China

NARITA, Japan - Nineteen war-displaced Japanese wave at well-wishers as they leave Narita airport for China on Nov. 27, 2001 after spending about two weeks in Japan looking for relatives and preparing for eventual repatriation to Japan. Two people have managed to make contact with their relatives, while two others are awaiting for DNA results to confirm their relationship with their Japanese kin.

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Foreign Minister Tanaka returns from Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks to reporters after a regular cabinet session in the Diet on Nov. 27, 2001. Tanaka rushed to the cabinet meeting soon after returning from a four-day visit to Pakistan, where she had talks with President Pervez Musharraf.

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Enperor, Empress visit Mie Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito and Empress Michiko arrive at JR Tokyo Station on Nov. 27, 2001 for departure on a four-day visit to Mie Prefecture, where they are to worship at Ise Shrine.

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Koizumi repeats calls for cuts in gov't-affiliated firms

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) preside over a joint meeting of the Administrative Reform Promotion Office and Special Corporations Reform Promotion Office on Nov. 27, 2001, flanked by administrative reform minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda (R). Koizumi called for slashing outlays for special government-affiliated corporations.

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Year-end 'Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People queue in Tokyo's Ginza area as tickets for the year-end lottery, called ''Nenmatsu Jumbo'' in Japanese, with a maximum prize of 300 million yen, go on sale nationwide Nov. 27, 2001. This year, 77 top prizes worth 200 million yen and 385 second prizes of 100 million yen are offered.