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EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2004

Parties stake out their positions

Campaigning for the July 11 Upper House election, set to start Thursday, has already been under way for all practical purposes, as key members of the ruling and opposition parties hit the hustings across the country. On Monday, at a joint debate session at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, party...
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 22, 2004

Buffaloes-BlueWave merger gets green light

The Japanese pro baseball executive committee decided Monday to accept the proposed merger between the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave after the two clubs reached a basic agreement on the deal early last week.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 17, 2004

Kinjo launches first grand slam as BayStars clobber Giants

Tatsuhiko Kinjo hit a grand slam Wednesday to power the Yokohama BayStars to a 14-4 thrashing of the Yomiuri Giants at Yokohama Stadium.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 12, 2004

Yamaguchi one stroke off pace

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Japan's Chiharu Yamaguchi fired a bogey-free 4-under-par 67 to grab a tie for second place, one shot off the pace in the first round of the LPGA Championship on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 8, 2004

Put pension reform above politics

The ruling parties early Saturday morning rammed much-maligned pension bills through the House of Councilors. However, their resorting to physical violence at a committee session and a tricky procedure at a plenary session badly tarnished the House of Councilors as the "chamber of common sense." The...
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 5, 2004

Surgery for Inamoto

Kyodo News Japan international Junichi Inamoto, who suffered a broken ankle in the national team's 1-1 draw away to England in midweek, will undergo surgery in the next few days, the Japan Football Association said Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 4, 2004

Surging Giants put Dragons to the sword

Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Yoshinobu Takahashi both hit three-run homers and Hiroki Kokubo chipped in with a solo blast as the first-place Yomiuri Giants routed the Chunichi Dragons 9-3 in the Central League on Thursday.

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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