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1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.

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Premier Obuchi visits school of Oriental languages

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L) and his wife Chizuko visit a Paris school of Oriental languages in the afternoon of Jan. 7. He presented personal computers to the school. The couple arrived in Paris at night Jan. 6 on the first leg of their eight-day trip to three European countries.

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Former IT firm employee gets 8 years in jail over online threats

Hiroshi Sato (L), chief defense lawyer for Yusuke Katayama, a former employee of an information technology company, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2015, after the Tokyo District Court sentenced Katayama, 32, to imprisonment for eight years for sending death threats from personal computers he remotely operated after using a virus to gain control of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.

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1st int'l 'shogi' tournament games starts

The two-day first international amateur ''shogi''(Japanese chess) championship tournament game began in downtown Tokyo on June 19, with 32 participants from 27 countries, including the United States, Israel and the Philippines. The competitors are playing on the chessboard used for shogi. On the sidelines, eight computers produced by companies in Japan, North Korea and elsewhere will compete in a computerized shogi tournament.

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Premier Obuchi visits school of Oriental languages

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (2nd from L) and his wife Chizuko visit a Paris school of Oriental languages in the afternoon of Jan. 7. He presented personal computers to the school. The couple arrived in Paris at night Jan. 6 on the first leg of their eight-day trip to three European countries. ==Kyodo