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(4)Taiwan doctor tests positive for SARS

AWAJISHIMA, Japan - A notice of a temporary closedown is placed at the entrance of a hotel in Awajishima Island, Hyodo Prefecture on May 17 as a Taiwanese doctor who returned to Taipei after a sightseeing tour of western Japan was found positive for the SARS epidemic.

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Japan's last coal mine closes, ending 82-year history

KUSHIRO, Japan - A miner shows off a piece of coal he picked for his memory before the closure of Japan's last coal mine in Kushiro, eastern Hokkaido, on Jan. 30. The closedown ended the mine's 82-year history and marked the conclusion of the country's coal industry, which fueled its postwar reconstruction and modernization.

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Sogo closes 3 branch outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Customers read a ''closedown notice'' at the entrance to the Tama store of department store operator Sogo Co. in Tama, Tokyo, on July 13. The debt-laden group shut down three of its 27 retail outlets in Japan, while letting two of the three launch bankruptcy proceedings with local courts.

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Japan's last coal mine closes, ending 82-year history

KUSHIRO, Japan - A miner shows off a piece of coal he picked for his memory before the closure of Japan's last coal mine in Kushiro, eastern Hokkaido, on Jan. 30. The closedown ended the mine's 82-year history and marked the conclusion of the country's coal industry, which fueled its postwar reconstruction and modernization.

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(4)Taiwan doctor tests positive for SARS

AWAJISHIMA, Japan - A notice of a temporary closedown is placed at the entrance of a hotel in Awajishima Island, Hyodo Prefecture on May 17 as a Taiwanese doctor who returned to Taipei after a sightseeing tour of western Japan was found positive for the SARS epidemic. (Kyodo)

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Sogo closes 3 branch outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Customers read a ''closedown notice'' at the entrance to the Tama store of department store operator Sogo Co. in Tama, Tokyo, on July 13. The debt-laden group shut down three of its 27 retail outlets in Japan, while letting two of the three launch bankruptcy proceedings with local courts.