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SOCCER / World cup
Jun 4, 2004

Olympics for Ono?

Feyenoord midfielder Shinji Ono looks set to be picked for Japan's Olympic team as an over-age player for this summer's Athens Games, soccer sources said Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 3, 2004

'Johnny' Kuroki gets first win in three years as Marines blast Hawks

Tomohiro Kuroki pitched five shutout innings for his first win in three years and Tasuku Hashimoto hit his first career grand slam Wednesday as the Chiba Lotte Marines crushed the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 15-5 in Kitakyushu.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 29, 2004

Rhodes lifts Giants over BayStars

Tuffy Rhodes drove in the go-ahead run with a double to right field in the eighth inning Friday to lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 7-5 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2004

Jobless rate still at three-year low of 4.7%

Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at a three-year low of 4.7 percent in April, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 29, 2004

Industrial output up for second straight month

Industrial output up for second straight month
JAPAN
May 28, 2004

House of Councilors poll likely to be LDP-DPJ showdown

July's House of Councilors election is expected to be a straightforward showdown between the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan, according to a recent Kyodo News survey.
JAPAN
May 25, 2004

70% positive on Koizumi trip: poll

Nearly 70 percent of respondents to a latest Kyodo News poll gave a positive assessment of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's one-day visit to North Korea on Saturday, but as many as 83.9 percent said they think the abduction issue remains unresolved.
JAPAN
May 25, 2004

North Korea aid depends on abductee probe

Japan will not restart normalization negotiations with North Korea unless Pyongyang fulfills its promise to reinvestigate the cases of 10 missing Japanese nationals, the government's top spokesman said Monday.
JAPAN
May 25, 2004

Fewer firms inclined to donate to political parties: poll

More than one in four major companies have no plans to make political party donations this year, a Kyodo News survey has reported.
JAPAN
May 25, 2004

70% positive on Koizumi trip: poll

Nearly 70 percent of respondents to a latest Kyodo News poll gave a positive assessment of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's one-day visit to North Korea on Saturday, but as many as 83.9 percent said they think the abduction issue remains unresolved.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 24, 2004

Tigers claw back

OSAKA -- At Koshien Stadium, Norihiro Akahoshi connected for a "sayonara" triple off Junichi Kawahara with two out and runners on the corners in the 10th inning to lift the Hanshin Tigers over the Yomiuri Giants 5-4 after Makoto Imaoka hit a game-tying double in the ninth to force an extra inning.
BASEBALL / MLB
May 23, 2004

Buffs' Iwakuma improves to 9-0

Hisashi Iwakuma picked up his ninth straight win Saturday as the Kintetsu Buffaloes downed the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-1.

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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