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Promotion-chasing Kotooshu off to losing start in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki (champion) Kotooshu (R) is pushed out of the ring by No.1 maegashira Aminishiki on the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectual Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 13.

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(5)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Choi Jae Ik (2nd from L), a Seoul city assemblyman, and his supporters shout protests outside the Shimane Prefectual Assembly building March 16 after the assembly voted in favor of a bill to designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.''

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(4)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Shimane Gov. Nobuyoshi Sumita speaks at a press conference March 16 after the Prefectual Assembly adopted a bill designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.'' Sumita said, ''The Takeshima issue has had less visibility compared with the Northern Territory issue in national policy. I hope the central government will take this opportunity to work actively toward establishing Japanese territorial rights to the island.''

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(3)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Members of the Shimane Prefectual Assembly stand to approve a bill to designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day'' to underline Japan's claim to sovereignty over Takeshima Island, which is claimed and controlled by South Korea.

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(1)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Choi Jae Ik (2nd from L), a Seoul city assemblyman, and an unidentified man hold up a banner in front of the Shimane Prefectual Assembly building in Matsue on March 16 to protest a move by the assembly to adopt a bill to designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.''

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(5)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Choi Jae Ik (2nd from L), a Seoul city assemblyman, and his supporters shout protests outside the Shimane Prefectual Assembly building March 16 after the assembly voted in favor of a bill to designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.'' (Kyodo)

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(1)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Choi Jae Ik (2nd from L), a Seoul city assemblyman, and an unidentified man hold up a banner in front of the Shimane Prefectual Assembly building in Matsue on March 16 to protest a move by the assembly to adopt a bill to designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.'' (Kyodo)

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(3)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Members of the Shimane Prefectual Assembly stand to approve a bill to designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day'' to underline Japan's claim to sovereignty over Takeshima Island, which is claimed and controlled by South Korea. (Kyodo)

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(4)Shimane assembly passes 'Takeshima Day' ordinance

MATSUE, Japan - Shimane Gov. Nobuyoshi Sumita speaks at a press conference March 16 after the Prefectual Assembly adopted a bill designate Feb. 22 as ''Takeshima Day.'' Sumita said, ''The Takeshima issue has had less visibility compared with the Northern Territory issue in national policy. I hope the central government will take this opportunity to work actively toward establishing Japanese territorial rights to the island.'' (Kyodo)

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Promotion-chasing Kotooshu off to losing start in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Bulgarian ozeki (champion) Kotooshu (R) is pushed out of the ring by No.1 maegashira Aminishiki on the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectual Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 13. (Kyodo)

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MOX fuel use to be postponed at Fukushima nuke plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Nobuya Minami (bowing, R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., tells Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato at the Fukushima prefectual government hall on Jan. 7 that the company will postpone using mixed oxide (MOX) fuel at its nuclear plant in the prefecture, originally scheduled to start in February, causing overall delay in the nation's nuclear fuel program. Minami said the company will use ordinary uranium fuel instead of MOX fuel for the time being.