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JAPAN
Dec 5, 2006

LDP reform foes' return slammed as betrayal

In August 2005, 37 Liberal Democratic Party members held their heads high as they voted against LDP President and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's bills to privatize the postal system, legislation they felt was being forced on them.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 3, 2006

Reds reign supreme in J. League

SAITAMA -- Urawa Reds clinched their first-ever J. League championship on the final day of the season after beating Gamba Osaka 3-2 in front of 62,241 fans at Saitama Stadium.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 2, 2006

Hoshino tapped for Olympic job

Kiro Osafune, head of the selection committee for the Japan national baseball team, said Friday he has offered Senichi Hoshino the manager's job for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and received a positive response from the former Hanshin Tigers skipper.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 29, 2006

Red Sox tender 'fair' offer to Matsuzaka

The Red Sox have made an offer to pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka that Boston president Larry Lucchino describes as "fair" and "comprehensive."
MORE SPORTS
Nov 27, 2006

Deep Impact blasts Japan Cup competition

Tears of joy. Tears of relief. The kind of tears that spring to your eyes when you know you're witnessing historical moments. Those were the kind of tears that sprang to eyes at Tokyo Racecourse Sunday -- for Deep Impact.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2006

Award-winning documentary film on Megumi Yokota debuts in Japan

and his wife, Sakie, look at messages posted Saturday in a theater in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, by viewers of a Canadian documentary about their daughter, Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977. KYODO PHOTO
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2006

Keio to absorb pharmacy school

and Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy President Yoshiyuki Hashimoto face the media Monday night in Tokyo to announce their schools' plan to merge. KYODO PHOTO
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 21, 2006

Pa League releases 2007 schedule

The Pacific League said Monday its 2007 regular season will begin one week earlier than the Central League, with the first- to third-placed teams of the 2005 season hosting the Opening Day games on March 24.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami