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(1)Princess Masako to be hospitalized for delivery

TOKYO, Japan - The photo, taken Nov. 29, 2001, shows Princess Masako (R), wife of Crown Prince Naruhito (L), who will be hospitalized the night of Nov. 30 at the Imperial Household Hospital to give birth to her baby.

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Gov't to remember WWII victims of battles off Kyushu

NAHA, Japan - A ship carrying about 470 bereaved family members of the victims of U.S. naval attacks during World War II near islands between Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures leave Naha port Nov. 29, 2001. They will take part in a series of government-sponsored memorial services to mourn for people who were on some 130 ships sunk by U.S. submarines around the Ryukyu Islands.

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(3)Police raid Chongryon HQ over alleged embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) scuffle with policemen in an attempt to foil police search at the Chongryon headquarters n Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2001.

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(1)Police raid Chongryon HQ over alleged embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers walk into the headquarters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 29, 2001 for search in connection with an embezzlement scandal in which a senior Chongryon official has been arrested.

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One of Japan's two coal mines officially closed

IKESHIMA, Japan, Nov. 29 Kyodo - Coal miners come out of the pit after their last work at Ikeshima mine in Sotome, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 29, 2001. The mine was officially shut down as it could no longer compete with cheaper imports. The closure leaves Taiheiyo coal mine in Kushiro, Hokkaido, as Japan's last colliery.

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(2)Police raid Chongryon HQ over alleged embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) hold a banner protesting police raid at the Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2001. The banner reads, ''We are resolutely opposed to racial discrimination against Koreans in Japan.''

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Kumamoto fishermen reject dam compensation offer

HITOYOSHI, Japan - Opponents of dam construction in Kumamoto Prefecture congratulate each other after a government compensation offer for the project was voted down by local fishermen Nov. 29, 2001. Members of the Kuma River Fishermen's Cooperative voted 802-620 in favor of the compensation package, far short of two-thirds majority of valid votes necessary for an approval.