TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Twenty-nine people convicted of various crimes, ranging from murder to being a public nuisance while drunk, were hanged in Iran, state TV said. A convicted Iranian drug dealer is hanged from a crane in the southern city of Shiraz in September. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported earlier that 30 people would be put to death. It was not immediately clear if the last person's life was spared. The Iranian judiciary's statement said that all 30 were convicted of various crimes, which included: murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships -- relationships between men and women who are not married to each other. Kidnapping and using weapons while committing a crime were also among the charges. The statement also said that 20 of the convicts were convicted of drug and alcohol dealing, armed robbery and smuggling arms. The judiciary statement said that the convicts had their cases tried by the highest judicial authorities and were found guilty of the charges brought against them. The verdicts were final with their sentences carried out on Sunday. The judiciary said the hangings should serve as a warning to those who are contemplating committing such crimes, the agency reported. The statement also said that several other individuals are currently awaiting trial and their sentences will be carried out as soon as the verdicts are pronounced by the courts. According to Amnesty International, Iran executed 317 people last year, second only to China's 470. Iran's government launched a campaign March 20 to increase public security and bring the crime rate down. Police cracked down on alleged drug dealers, whom they called criminal gang members, and alleged habitual criminals who use guns in the commission of their crime. Alleged weapons smugglers and people who break social and religious laws, including adulterers, were also targets. National television showed scenes of what were described as criminals being paraded publicly in chains as a deterrent to others. The wave of arrests has now subsided, as officials are now prosecuting the alleged criminals and sentencing those convicted. Journalist Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report.

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Question: What was the punishment for those found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and other charges?

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Question: what amount of convictes were hanged?

Question: What happened to 29 convicts?

Question: What were they found guilty of?

Question: What were convicts found guilty of?

Answer: various crimes, which

Answer: armed

Answer: Twenty-nine people

Answer: should serve as a warning to those who are contemplating committing such crimes,

Answer: convicted of various crimes, ranging from murder to being a

Answer: all 30 were convicted of various crimes,

Answer: in Iran,

Answer: Twenty-nine

Answer: warning

Answer: Twenty-nine people convicted of various crimes,

Answer: Iran,

Answer: were hanged

Answer: that all 30 were convicted of various crimes, which included: murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships -- relationships between men and women who are not married to each other.

Answer: hanged

Answer: should serve as a warning to those who are contemplating committing such crimes,

Answer: Iran executed 317 people last year, second only to China's

Answer: Twenty-nine

Answer: hanged in Iran,

Answer: various crimes, which included: murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships

Answer: various crimes, ranging from murder to being a

Summary:
Twenty-nine convicts were hanged, according to Iranian state TV .
Convicts were found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and other charges .
Judiciary said hangings should serve as warning to those contemplating crimes .


TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- In Tel Aviv's wholesale fashion headquarters, where textile merchants follow in the legacy of fathers and grandfathers, many Israelis are looking for the latest in tech fashion: the iPhone.

Mobile phone store Z-Tov Ltd. in Tel Aviv carries iPhones among other cell phones and products.

It's at Z-Tov Ltd. that consumers shop for the latest models of Samsung, Philips and Motorola. The local mobile phone chain even carries the 8GB and 16GB models of the highly coveted iPhone.

One customer asks the clerk whether the store sells the 16GB iPhone. But when he hears the price, the customer walks off in disappointment.

Z-Tov sells the 8GB iPhone for about 2,600 NIS, or about U.S. $753. The current market price in the United States is $399.

The store clerk says the store pays a 50 percent tax to import iPhones from outside the country.

But the price doesn't hinder iPhone's popularity here, appealing mostly to young men quick to upgrade their 8GB to a 16GB model as if memory size is a barometer of male bravado.

Apple has yet to make its presence official in Israel. The company has limited its iPhone products to four markets: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

Still, as in other parts of the world, the iPhone has strong reception along Mediterranean shores.

The coveted phones make their way through customs in both official and unofficial passages; consumers buy them abroad for friends and acquaintances to resell on the gray market.

But before the phone can work on a local network, it must be unlocked or "jailbroken," tech lingo for reprogramming the iPhone to work on network carriers not affiliated with Apple.

Apple maintains strategic deals with several hand-picked wireless carriers; namely AT&T in the United States.

In order to protect these alliances, Apple issues this disclaimer to customers planning to reprogram the iPhone: Unlock at your own risk. The standard one-year warranty on jailbroken iPhones is null and void.

At Z-Tov, unlocking the iPhone is big business, and Arik Steinman's services are in high demand.

For 100 NIS (about U.S. $30), Steinman, a Russian immigrant, will unlock an iPhone in about 20 minutes, replacing the factory-provided SIM card with the customer's SIM of choice. For an extra 50 NIS (about U.S. $15), he'll change the language program to Hebrew.

Steinman, who maintains a growing collection of unused AT&T SIM cards, said he unlocks an average of 30 to 40 iPhones a week.

Steinman has no formal technical background; he said he learned the technique through various sources. "In the beginning, it wasn't simple; now it is simple," he said with a smirk.

Last year, as many as 1 million iPhones may have been unlocked and activated by carriers not paying Apple a kickback, according to industry experts.

Anosh Ishak, a businessman and developer based in Atlanta, Georgia, said his iPhone is a "valuable business tool" that he uses on international trips, notably to Israel, where he'll pop out his U.S. SIM and replace it with one that will run on a local network.

Ishak said he paid $20 to a friend of a friend to unlock his phone so he can stay with his current phone carrier, T-Mobile.

When he purchased the iPhone from an Apple retail store in Atlanta, he made it clear he wasn't planning to sign on with AT&T.

"They told me that they wouldn't sell me the phone if they knew I was going to unlock it," Ishak said.

Determined, Ishak told the salesperson that he had the right to buy the merchandise and that the store could not control it.

How did the Apple salesperson respond?

"To tell me he'll pretend like he didn't hear it," said Ishak.

Apple representatives declined to comment on the unlocking phenomenon and iPhones making their way overseas, referring CNN

Question: how much is z-tov selling the iphone for?

Question: What is the cost of the phone?

Question: what has apple yet to do?

Question: Who sells the iPhone?

Answer: $753.

Answer: 2,600 NIS, or about U.S. $753.

Answer: make its presence official in Israel.

Answer: Z-Tov Ltd.

Summary:
Z-Tov sells the 8GB iPhone for about 2,000 NIS, or about U.S. $790 .
Apple has yet to make its presence official in Israel .
In Israel, selling and unlocking the coveted iPhone is big business .
Apple COO Tim Cook: Unlocked iPhones "a good problem to have"


THE EVERGLADES, Florida (CNN) -- Joe Wasilewski drives along a narrow stretch of road through Florida's Everglades. The sun is setting, night is coming on quickly, and Wasilewski is on the prowl for snakes -- and one snake in particular. Reptile expert Joe Wasilewski holds a Burmese python he found in the Florida Everglades. "The next 10 miles seem to be the hot spot for Burmese pythons," he said. Wasilewski is a state-sanctioned snake-hunter who regularly scours this area for the reptiles. The Everglades, known as the River of Grass, has the perfect space and climate for pythons to hide and breed. And breed they do: The largest clutches found in the Everglades have contained 83 eggs. They are also speedy travelers, able to move across 1.6 miles of land every day, experts say. The travel lets people like Wasilewski hunt the snakes from the driver's seat of his truck. But it also means that the problems created in the local ecosystem by the non-venomous snakes are spreading. "It's a large predator, and they're eating basically everything in sight. That's the problem," Wasilewski said of the Burmese python. Volunteers like Wasilewski, happy to grasp the problem and the snakes with both hands, are not the only troops in Florida's war on the invading pythons. A "Python Patrol" was launched in the Florida Keys, south of the Everglades, by Alison Higgins of the Nature Conservancy. Her program uses utility workers, wildlife officials, park rangers and police to keep an eye out for snakes and trains them to capture any they find. "The Burmese pythons that are coming out of the Everglades are eating a lot of our endangered species and other creatures, and we want to make sure they don't breed here," said Higgins, the conservation manager for the Keys. It is believed that the problem originated when reptile-breeding facilities near the Everglades were destroyed during Hurricane Andrew. Compounding the problem is the release of these snakes by pet owners. "These pets were released by owners that do not understand the threat to the ecosystem," Everglades National Park spokeswoman Linda Friar said. She said the pets, which can grow to 200 pounds and live for 30 years, often get too big for owners to handle. The state has a pilot program with several volunteer snake hunters such as Wasilewski. Twenty years ago, no Burmese pythons were found in the Everglades, park statistics say. Now, there could be 100,000 snakes in the River of Grass, but no one knows for sure. What Wasilewski, an expert on reptiles, is sure of is that night is the best time for his hunting, as that is when the snakes tend to be on the move. When he finds his prey, he puts the snake in a bag, deposits it in a crate and delivers it to biologists for the Everglades National Park, where the snake can be studied and/or destroyed. On one recent evening, the pickings were slim, and after two hours of driving back and forth along the two-lane Tamiami Trail, Wasilewski's crate was empty. He saw a python on the road, but it was dead, and the other small snakes and a baby alligator in the area did not interest him. Finally, Wasilewski, an environmental and wildlife consultant, spotted something. "Yeah, baby! Hee ha! Look at the size of this one," he exclaimed from the front seat of his truck. He got out and picked up the brownish-green snake, which immediately coiled around his arm. "This isn't a big one," he said, but as he got a closer look, he did not deny that it was a good one: "At least 12 [feet.]" Wasilewski has a soft spot for these species, and one of the reasons he volunteers for the snake hunt is to learn more about them. He says it is not the snakes' fault that they ended up in the Everglades, but he

Question: Where is a perfect place for Burmese pythons to live and breed?

Question: Reptile experts patrols where?

Question: What kind of snakes live in Florida Everglades?

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Question: Where is a perfect place for Burmese pythons to live?

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Question: What does the reptile expert do?

Answer: The Everglades,

Answer: the Florida Keys, south of the Everglades,

Answer: Burmese python

Answer: Joe Wasilewski

Answer: eating basically everything in sight.

Answer: The Everglades,

Answer: holds a Burmese python he found in the Florida Everglades.

Answer: Florida Everglades.

Answer: 100,000

Answer: Burmese python.

Answer: the Florida Keys,

Answer: The Everglades,

Answer: Florida Everglades.

Answer: holds a Burmese python

Summary:
Florida Everglades are perfect place for Burmese pythons to live and breed .
Huge snakes breed quickly and travel quickly .
One reptile expert patrols the area for snakes to capture .


TILCARA, Argentina (CNN) -- Carmen Salva's mission may be ambitious, but her belief is simple: "It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in." Carmen Salva: "It's a great joy to know that I am preparing a new generation to respect the environment." That's why on Saturdays, Salva and a group of 60 to 100 students, parents and teachers can be found venturing into the high altitude of their northern Argentina mountains, trash bags in hand and llamas in tow. They're part of Esperanza de Vida (Hope for Life), Salva's youth environmental group that is out to clean up the surroundings, one plastic bottle at a time. Salva, 49, was born and raised in the Jujuy province of northern Argentina, an area known for its rich culture and spectacular vistas -- "the reason why most people fall in love with it," says Salva. But despite its beauty, Salva says there's no real environmental consciousness in her community. "We have a lot of issues to work on -- the problem of water contamination; there's so much trash," Salva says. "We can't just think that it will take care of itself." Salva, who has been a teacher in Jujuy for 20 years, says the environmental issues aren't recent ones. Ten years ago, she and her students noticed a lot of trash outside the school. "The parks surrounding the school were littered with plastic bottles and beer bottles," recalls Salva. They began volunteering with a government program, collecting and bagging waste in the area. But the program waned after a year, and students and teachers could no longer continue their environmental efforts. "Our city had no formal recycling program or even knowledge of why it was important to learn about fresh water, forestation, and the importance of recycling," says Salva. So Salva began Esperanza de Vida in 1997 to organize and lead young participants in "making our streets and our environment cleaner." "I believe that change begins with the youth," says Salva. "They will teach future generations how to care for nature and everything that surrounds us." At first, the group's activities were limited to cleaning parks near and around the school. But the organization's efforts have expanded well beyond the immediate area, and other Jujuy schools have joined in. About 150 people now take part, including about 80 children. Salva says her students are deeply impacted by the "Pachamama" concept, or caring for Mother Earth.  She and fellow teachers have noticed their students apply as much energy and commitment to the weekend environmental activities as they do to their general subjects. "Some even wait by my house on Saturday for the program to begin," beams Salva. The group convenes early in the morning to hike together into the mountains, where they work for hours, picking up trash and separating recyclables.  Watch Salva talk about her program's impact on the students and their environment » "We have long days and we accomplish a lot. It gets tiring because it's a lot of walking and sometimes there are cliffs," says Salva. "[But] the students enjoy it a lot. They're making changes while having fun." On an average Saturday cleanup, it's not unusual for the group to collect roughly 60 bags of trash for recycling, clearing thousands of bottles from the mountains. The llamas help carry the heavy load down from the mountains. "The children call them the little eco-llamas."  Watch Salva discuss another way the llamas help her group in the mountains » The local government has also pitched in, helping to provide transport of the collected recyclables to the drop-off center, located nearly 50 miles from Tilcara. Salva says the group is making strides, raising awareness throughout her community, continually adding new volunteers, and implementing new projects. Carmen says the children are even teaching their parents to care for the environment around

Question: what does llamas do

Question: what teacher are doing

Question: Who started a youth group in Argentina to clean up the environment?

Answer: help carry the heavy load down from the mountains.

Answer: can be found venturing into the high altitude of their northern Argentina mountains, trash bags in hand and llamas in tow.

Answer: Esperanza de Vida

Summary:
Teacher in Argentina started youth group to help clean up the environment .
About 150 people take part, including about 80 children .
On an average Saturday, they often collect about 60 bags of trash for recycling .
Llamas help carry the thousands of bottles down from the mountains .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN)  -- Had this custody drama played out in the United States, Christopher Savoie might be considered a hero -- snatching his two little children back from an ex-wife who defied the law and ran off with them. A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca. But this story unfolds 7,000 miles away in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, where the U.S. legal system holds no sway. And here, Savoie sits in jail, charged with the abduction of minors. And his Japanese ex-wife -- a fugitive in the United States for taking his children from Tennessee -- is considered the victim. "Japan is an important partner and friend of the U.S., but on this issue, our points of view differ," the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said Tuesday. "Our two nations approach divorce and child-rearing differently. Parental child abduction is not considered a crime in Japan." The story begins in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee, with the January divorce of Savoie from his first wife, Noriko, a Japanese native. The ex-wife had agreed to live in Franklin to be close to the children, taking them to Japan for summer vacations. Savoie in March requested a restraining order to prevent his ex-wife from taking the children to Japan, saying she had threatened to do so, according to court documents obtained by CNN affiliate WTVF and posted on the station's Web site. A temporary order was issued, but then lifted following a hearing. "If Mother fails to return to Tennessee [after summer vacation] with the children following her visitation period, she could lose her alimony, child support and education fund, which is added assurance to Father that she is going to return with the children," Circuit Court Judge James G. Martin III noted in his order on the matter. After that ruling, Christopher Savoie tried to have Martin recuse himself, as he was a mediator in the case prior to becoming a judge, said Marlene Eskind Moses, Noriko Savoie's attorney. But that request was denied, as Savoie earlier said he had no concerns about Martin hearing the matter. Following the summer trip, Noriko Savoie did return to the United States, and Christopher Savoie then took the children on a vacation, returning them to his ex-wife, his attorney, Paul Bruno, told CNN.  Watch latest report on Savoie's situation » But days later, on the first day of classes for 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca, the school called Savoie to say his children hadn't arrived, Bruno said. Police checked Noriko Savoie's home and did not find the children. Concerned, Savoie called his ex-wife's father in Japan, who told him not to worry. "I said, 'What do you mean -- don't worry? They weren't at school.' 'Oh, don't worry, they are here,' " Savoie recounted the conversation to CNN affiliate WTVF earlier this month. "I said, 'They are what, they are what, they are in Japan?' " The very thing that Savoie had predicted in court papers had happened -- his wife had taken their children to Japan and showed no signs of returning, Bruno said. After Noriko Savoie took the children to Japan, Savoie filed for and received full custody of the children, Bruno said. And Franklin police issued an arrest warrant for his ex-wife, the television station reported. But there was a major hitch: Japan is not a party to the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction. The international agreement standardizes laws, but only among participating countries. So while Japanese civil law stresses that courts resolve custody issues based on the best interest of the children without regard to either parent's nationality, foreign parents have had little success in regaining custody. Japanese family law follows a tradition of sole custody divorces. When a couple splits, one parent typically makes a complete and lifelong break from the children. In court documents filed

Question: Who tries to snatch children from his ex-wife?

Question: What was the father charged with?

Question: Who has legal custody in the U.S?

Question: Ex-wife of who?

Question: Where is the wife living?

Answer: Christopher Savoie

Answer: the abduction of minors.

Answer: Christopher Savoie

Answer: Christopher Savoie

Answer: Fukuoka,

Summary:
Ex-wife's attorney says dad had other legal options besides grabbing kids .
American dad tries to snatch children from ex-wife who took them to Japan .
She is a fugitive in Tennessee, but has broken no law in Japan .
Father, who has legal custody in U.S., charged in Japan with abduction .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN)  -- The U.S. military in Japan has charged a Marine with rape and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the alleged sexual assault of 14-year old girl in Okinawa. A civic group member protests against Hadnott near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on February 13. Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, has been charged with the rape of a child under 16, abusive sexual contact with a child, making a false official statement, adultery and kidnapping, the Marines said Friday. No dates for the court-martial have been set. In February, Japanese authorities released Hadnott after the girl dropped the allegations against him, but the Marine Corps conducted its own investigation to see if Hadnott violated codes of military justice. It held him at a Marine facility. The rape accusation against Hadnott stirred memories of a brutal rape more than a decade ago and triggered outrage across Japan. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda deplored as "unforgivable" the allegations against Hadnott. The incident also led to tight restrictions, for a time, for American troops and their families at the U.S. base on Okinawa. The U.S. military in Japan also formed a sexual assault prevention task force after the incident. More than 40,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, most of them on Okinawa. The troops were placed there under a security alliance after Japan was defeated in World War II and was renounced its right to a military. The U.S. military presence has at times bred resentment among some Japanese, who have long complained about crime, noise and accidents. Anti-American sentiments boiled over in 1995 after three American servicemen kidnapped and gang-raped a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl. Two years ago, a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two women. E-mail to a friend

Question: When did the girl drop the charges?

Question: Where are most of the troops in Japan stationed?

Question: What month did the girl drop charges?

Question: Where are most of the US troops located?

Question: When is the court-martial set for?

Answer: February,

Answer: Okinawa.

Answer: February,

Answer: Okinawa.

Answer: have been

Summary:
No date set for the court-martial .
U.S. military charges Marine after girl dropped charges in February .
Most of U.S. troops in Japan are stationed in Okinawa .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN)  -- Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has approval ratings in the teens. The Liberal Democratic Party has been in nearly continuous control of Japan's parliament for more than five decades. But the country's worst economic crisis since World War II has led a normally sedate electorate to the polls, disgruntled with how slowly the country is emerging from the downturn. Polls show that the opposition, the Democratic Party of Japan, will snag more than 300 of the 480 seats up for grabs in the lower house of Japan's parliament. If the DPJ does win a majority, it will be the first time it will govern the world's second-largest economy. Leading the DPJ is Yukio Hatoyama, who has been mobbed at street rallies by supporters, the kind of support the opposition has never seen. Hatoyama is touting an Obama-style message of change, pledging to raise the minimum wage and discourage hiring through agencies or on temporary contracts. That message is gaining traction in a country that is witnessing historic highs in unemployment and experiencing ramifications like homelessness for the first time. Voters are looking for somebody to pay, and if the polls are right, that target is the current prime minister, Taro Aso. Aso's approval ratings dwell in the teens, and his stimulus packages, though credited for lifting the economy slightly out of recession, are not being credited with helping households feel more secure about a lasting economic recovery. The LDP, in political ads and stump speeches across Japan, says the DPJ is making empty promises and can't pay for its proposed programs. CNN's Kyung Lah contributed to this report.

Question: How long has the Liberal Democratic Party been on top?

Question: Which party had been on top for five decades

Question: Who has an Obama style message of change

Question: What are the voters disgruntled about?

Question: What party has been on top for almost five decades?

Question: Which party is set for it's first majority

Question: What are voters disgruntled with?

Question: What is the name of the party that is set for their first majority?

Question: Who has Obama-style message of change?

Answer: more than five decades.

Answer: The Liberal Democratic

Answer: Hatoyama

Answer: how slowly the country is emerging from the downturn.

Answer: Liberal Democratic

Answer: Democratic

Answer: how slowly the country is emerging from the downturn.

Answer: of Japan,

Answer: Hatoyama

Summary:
Liberal Democratic Party has been on top for almost five decades .
Voters disgruntled with slow progress on economic recovery .
Democratic Party of Japan set for its first majority .
DPJ's Yukio Hatoyama has Obama-style message of change .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) --  Police found three men dead in a car parked outside a spa Monday morning -- the latest in a string of suicides involving detergent, officials said. According to local media reports, more than 60 people have committed suicide across Japan in the last month by mixing detergent and other chemicals, and inhaling the hydrogen sulfide gas that results. A passerby discovered the bodies of the three men in Tamioka, north of Tokyo, police said. In western Japan, police found a 21-year-old man with a plastic bag over his head Monday. A police officer in Suma, where the body was found, said authorities found detergent containers by the foot of the man. They suspect the man may have inhaled the toxic gas after mixing them in the bag. Earlier this month, police in Japan had asked Internet service providers to take down the recipe for the detergent mix. Even before the spate of recent   suicides, Japan had one of the highest rates of suicide in the world. In early May, police evacuated about 350 people from their homes on the island of Hokkaido after a neighbor mixed detergent and chemicals to kill himself. The two most recent cases did not require the evacuation of the neighborhoods where they occurred. In some cases, officials had to order residents to leave because the resulting gas from the detergent mix can sicken people. CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki contributed to this report

Question: what did they find

Question: what amount of people have committed suicide across Japan in the last month?

Question: When did police find these?

Question: What did police find?

Question: what police found in a car parked outside a spa Monday morning?

Question: What does Japan have?

Answer: three men dead in a car

Answer: 60

Answer: Monday morning

Answer: three men dead in a car

Answer: three men dead

Answer: one of the highest rates of suicide in the world.

Summary:
Police found three men dead in a car parked outside a spa Monday morning .
More than 60 people have committed suicide across Japan in the last month .
Police say string of 'detergent suicides' encouraged by Internet sites .
Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A Japanese food corporation has recalled five products after determining they contained the chemical melamine that has been blamed for the deaths of four children and sickening thousands of others. Officials stresses though that there were no reports of anyone becoming ill from consuming the sweets, which were made with ingredients imported from China, according to a representative of Tokyo's Marudai Food. The recall was issued several days ago. Tests found a ratio of 37 milligrams of melamine per kilogram of the products, the company said Friday. Japan is the latest country to report products tainted with melamine after thousands of Chinese children fell ill. The illnesses were traced to infant formula to which the toxic chemical had been added in Chinese dairy plants. Nearly 53,000 children in China have been sickened by the formula or other products containing melamine. Four babies have died, and five Hong Kong children have suffered melamine-related illnesses. Dozens of countries have banned or recalled Chinese milk products.  Watch how the scandal has spread beyond milk » Hong Kong officials said Friday that a type of Heinz cereal and wasabi crackers were recalled after they were found to contain excessive melamine. Test results for another 40 samples of baby food are pending, said Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety. Earlier Friday, the maker of a widely distributed Chinese candy linked to the melamine scandal said it would stop selling the confection in China. The manufacturer, Guanshengyan, had already recalled exports of White Rabbit Creamy Candies, and food-safety authorities worldwide have pulled them from shelves. On Thursday, the European Union joined authorities worldwide in banning the import of Chinese milk products for children. Chinese authorities have arrested 18 people in a nationwide investigation. They include two brothers who face charges of selling contaminated milk; the brothers could face death if convicted, according to China Daily, a state-run newspaper.  Watch Chinese government reaction » The raw milk used to produce powdered baby formula had been watered down, and the chemical melamine was added so it would pass quality checks, the newspaper said. Adding melamine makes a product seem to have a higher protein level. Melamine is commonly used in coatings and laminates, wood adhesives, fabric coatings, ceiling tiles and flame retardants. It is the same industrial contaminant that was found last year in pet food produced in China that poisoned and killed thousands of U.S. dogs and cats.  Watch the fallout from the scandal » Health experts say ingesting melamine can lead to kidney stones, urinary tract ulcers, and eye and skin irritation. It also robs infants of much-needed nutrition.

Question: What did the EU announce?

Question: What chemical was blamed?

Question: What was blamed for the deaths of four children?

Question: What did EU announce a ban on?

Question: How many products did the Japanese company recall?

Question: How many products were recalled?

Question: What chemical was the culprit in deaths of kids in China?

Question: How many children died as a result of the chemical?

Question: What imports were banned by the EU?

Question: What procuts were banned from the EU?

Question: What did five recalled products contain?

Answer: banning the import of Chinese milk products

Answer: melamine

Answer: the chemical melamine

Answer: import of Chinese milk products for children.

Answer: five

Answer: five

Answer: melamine

Answer: four

Answer: Chinese milk products for children.

Answer: banning the import of Chinese milk products for children.

Answer: the chemical melamine

Summary:
Japanese company recalls 5 products after finding they contained melamine .
Chemical blamed for deaths of four children in China, thousands sickened .
Food safety authorities around the globe pull candies from shelves .
EU announces a ban on imports of baby food containing Chinese milk .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 19-year-old Japanese woman last year was found guilty Thursday of "committing wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts," the U.S. military said, but he was acquitted of rape. The sentencing hearing for Lance Cpl. Larry A. Dean, 20, is scheduled to begin on Friday. Dean is among four Marines under court-martial in the case. The others are Sgt. Lanaeus J. Braswell, 25; Gunnery Sgt. Carl M. Anderson, 39; and Gunnery Sgt. Jarvis D. Raynor, 34, the military said. Local media reported that the four men met the woman in a restaurant in Hiroshima on October 14, 2007, then allegedly attacked and raped her in a car in nearby parking lot. Japanese authorities investigated but decided in November not to file charges. Dean also was found guilty of conspiracy to commit indecent acts and two minor charges. He was acquitted of conspiracy to kidnap or rape. The case is similar to a recent alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl involving a U.S. Marine on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. That case sparked outrage and stirred memories of an earlier rape committed by U.S. servicemen. Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, was charged last month with the rape of a child under 16, abusive sexual contact with a child, making a false official statement, adultery and kidnapping, the military said. In February, Japanese authorities released Hadnott after the girl dropped the allegations, but the Marine Corps conducted its own investigation to see if Hadnott violated codes of military justice. The military is holding him at a Marine facility. More than 40,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, most of them on Okinawa, which accounts for less than 1 percent of Japan's total area. The U.S. military presence has at times bred resentment among locals, who have long complained about crime, noise and accidents. Anti-American sentiment boiled over in 1995, after three American servicemen were convicted in the kidnapping and gang rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl. Two years ago, a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two women.

Question: Who is among four U.S. Marines charged with assault?

Question: Who bred resentment?

Question: What to the locals think of the military?

Question: When will Dean be sentenced?

Question: When will sentencing begin?

Answer: Lance Cpl. Larry A. Dean,

Answer: U.S. military presence

Answer: resentment

Answer: Friday.

Answer: Friday.

Summary:
Sentencing to begin Friday for Lance Cpl. Larry A. Dean .
Dean is among four U.S. Marines charged in alleged gang assault of teenager .
Charged Marines range in age from 20 to 39 .
U.S. military has bred resentment among locals .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine based on Okinawa has been arrested in connection with the reported rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl, the island's police force said Monday. Police said the assault was reported Sunday night in the Chanton entertainment district on Okinawa, a major hub for U.S. forces in the Pacific. The 38-year-old American was arrested shortly after the report, police said. The Marine was not identified, and there was no immediate comment from the service on the allegation. Previous criminal cases against American troops have triggered widespread protests by Okinawans since 1995, when three American servicemen were found guilty of raping an Okinawan schoolgirl. Under U.S.-Japanese military agreements, the U.S. government has custody over service members suspected of crimes while on duty. In addition, the U.S. military is not required to turn over those accused of crimes until an indictment is issued. E-mail to a friend

Question: Who was arrested?

Question: What were the servicemen found guilty of?

Question: What was Marine arrested for?

Question: What has triggered protests by Okinawans?

Question: What were three servicemen found guilty of in 1995?

Question: What triggered protests?

Question: What was the marine arrested for?

Question: When did they commit crime?

Question: Did they arrest someone?

Answer: U.S. Marine

Answer: rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl,

Answer: in connection with the reported

Answer: Previous criminal cases against American troops

Answer: raping an Okinawan schoolgirl.

Answer: Previous criminal cases against American troops

Answer: rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl,

Answer: Sunday night

Answer: A U.S. Marine based on Okinawa

Summary:
Marine, 38, arrested after report of the rape .
Previous cases against U.S. troops have triggered protests by Okinawans .
In 1995, three servicemen were found guilty of raping an Okinawan schoolgirl .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty Friday to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16, bringing to a close a criminal case that stoked outrage in Japan, a Marine spokesman said. Protesters turned out in March after the rape allegations surfaced. The Marine pleaded guilty to charges Friday. Staff. Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott was sentenced to four years of confinement, said First Lt. Judd Wilson, a Marine spokesman in Okinawa, Japan. The Marine Corps withdrew several other charges, including rape of a child, kidnapping and making a false official statement, Wilson said. Japanese police arrested Hadnott in February on charges alleging that he raped a 14-year-old junior-high school student. He saw her while riding his motorcycle, offered to give her a ride and later assaulted her at a park, the police said then. The case stirred outrage at the highest levels of the Japanese government. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda deplored the incident as "unforgivable." The Japanese Foreign Ministry lodged an official protest with the U.S. government. And Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima said the offense "violates the rights of women" and that "this is a crime that we should not accept." The Japanese authorities released Hadnott after the girl withdrew her allegations, but the Marine Corps conducted its own investigation. The Marines charged Hadnott with rape of a child, abusive sexual contact, making a false official statement, adultery and kidnapping. More than 40,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, most of them on Okinawa. The U.S. military presence has at times bred resentment among locals, who have long complained about crime, noise and accidents. Anti-American sentiments boiled over in 1995, after three American servicemen kidnapped and gang-raped a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl. Two years ago, a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two women. The Marine Corps said in a statement on Friday that it does not tolerate sexual assault. "We remain committed to maintaining an environment that rejects sexual assault and attitudes that promote such behaviors," the statement said.

Question: What was his sentence?

Question: What did Marine Corps withdrew?

Question: where was he confined?

Question: What did the Marine plead guilty to?

Question: The Marine Corps withdrew several other charges, including rape of a child

Question: Who was sentenced?

Question: Who was sentence to four years confinement?

Question: who was the child?

Question: What does U.S. Marine plead guilty to?

Answer: four years of confinement,

Answer: several other charges, including rape of a child, kidnapping and making a false official statement,

Answer: Okinawa, Japan.

Answer: 16,

Answer: kidnapping and making a false official statement,

Answer: Staff. Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott

Answer: Staff. Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott

Answer: 14-year-old junior-high school student.

Answer: 16,

Summary:
U.S. Marine pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16 .
Staff. Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott is sentenced to four years confinement .
The Marine Corps withdrew several other charges, including rape of a child .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Anti-whaling protesters hurled containers of butyric acid at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters, injuring four crew members, a Japanese official said Monday.

Activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society hurl objects on to the Japanese ship Nisshin Maru.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society acknowledged the Sunday incident, saying it had lobbed more than two dozen bottles of rotten butter at the Nisshin Maru, "sending a stench throughout the whale killing ship that will remain for days."

Butyric acid is found in rotten butter.

The Sea Shepherd boat had to move a half-mile away from the whaling ship because "it stinks too bad to remain any closer," activist Todd Emko of New York said in a statement from the group.  Watch protesters toss objects at the ship »

The conservation group said it also threw packets of a slippery chemical on to the deck of the ship, making it difficult to cut up whales.

The unnamed substance becomes more slippery when mixed with water so it will be difficult to wash off the deck, a Sea Shepherd statement said.

"I guess we can call this nonviolent chemical warfare," said Capt. Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd boat, the Steve Irwin. "We only use organic, nontoxic materials designed to harass and obstruct ... whaling operations."

Itsunori Onodera, Japan's senior vice minister for foreign affairs, described the incident at an international seminar for African and Asian delegates to the International Whaling Commission.

He said the Sea Shepherd group threw bags of acid, rather than bottles of rancid butter.

Onodera told the audience that the crew complained of injuries afterward, but he didn't elaborate.

Sea Shepherd's U.S. office said it did not know of any injuries.

Sea Shepherd interferes with Japanese hunts in an attempt to reduce the number of whales taken. In January, two activists from the group were seized when they boarded another Japanese whaling ship.

Japan is lobbying a dozen members of the International Whaling Commission in Tokyo to support its much-criticized Antarctic whaling program. The effort comes before all 78 members of the panel this week in London, England. The commission is meeting to discuss reaching an agreement on whale conservation rules.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Fisheries Agency are making their case to officials from Angola, Eritrea, the Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Palau, Micronesia, Cambodia, Laos and Vanuatu.

Japan has said it is conducting the hunt as research, calling the practice environmentally and scientifically sound.  Watch why Tokyo is furious over the stink between whalers, protesters »

The country's annual hunt kills up to 1,000 whales a year; the Fisheries Agency insists it wants "sustainable whaling."

However, many in the international community -- particularly Australia -- say such hunts amount to needless slaughter. Critics have said calling these hunts research is a pretext for retrieving whale meat to be sold in markets and restaurants. E-mail to a friend

Question:
What did the captain say?
What is butyric acid found in?
what said capitan
what is butyrid acid
What did the anti-whaling group throw?

Answer: "I guess we can call this nonviolent chemical warfare,"

Answer: rotten butter.

Answer: "I guess we can call this nonviolent chemical warfare,"

Answer: is found in rotten butter.

Answer: containers of butyric acid

Summary:
Captain of activist ship: "We can call this nonviolent chemical warfare"
Japan: Anti-whaling group threw butyric acid on board whaling vessel .
Japan: The crew complained of injuries after the butyric acid hit the ship .
Butyric acid is found in rancid butter .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a U.S. sailor on suspicion of robbery and murder in the death of a Japanese taxi driver. The U.S. military handed him over Thursday at Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo. A Yokosuka police spokesman identified the sailor as Olatunbosun Ogbogu, a 22-year-old Nigerian national. Taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi, 61, was found dead March 19 of stab wounds to the neck about a mile from the base in Yokosuka. The presence of U.S. in Japan has sparked controversy this year amid reports linking service members to crimes. In March, the U.S. military said it plans to court martial four Marines accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in Hiroshima last year. Authorities are also investigating allegations that a member of the U.S. military raped a Philippine woman on the island of Okinawa. And a U.S. Marine was detained in the rape of a 14-year-old girl until the girl dropped the allegations. As Ogbogu was arrested, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Thomas Schieffer, met with Japan's foreign minister. "We're dealing with human beings that do criminal acts from time to time," Schieffer told reporters afterward. "And I think justice is going to be done in this matter because we've been able to work so closely together."  Watch the U.S. ambassador to Japan discuss the case » The U.S. military presence in Japan has at times bred resentment among locals, who have long complained about crime, noise and accidents. Anti-American sentiments boiled over in 1995 after three American servicemen kidnapped and gang-raped a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl. Two years ago, a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two women. E-mail to a friend

Question: will there be something done?

Question: What do the reports say?

Question: what has been marred by reports of rape and crime?

Question: Who was arrested for allegedly killing a Japanese taxi driver?

Question: What has U.S. Navy presence in Japan been marred by?

Question: what is the punishment?

Question: what us civilian military staffer was jailed for?

Question: who japanese police arrest?

Answer: the death of a Japanese taxi driver.

Answer: linking service members to crimes.

Answer: The U.S. military presence in Japan

Answer: Olatunbosun Ogbogu, a 22-year-old Nigerian national.

Answer: the death of a Japanese taxi driver.

Answer: jailed for nine years

Answer: suspicion of robbery and murder

Answer: U.S. sailor

Summary:
Japanese police arrest U.S. sailor for allegedly killing a Japanese taxi driver .
U.S. Navy presence in Japan has been marred by reports of rape and crime .
In 2006, U.S. civilian military staffer jailed for nine years for raping two women .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Eleven-year-old Hiroki Ando will likely die if he does not get a new heart. Hiroki in an ambulance on the way to catch his flight to New York, where he will wait for a heart. Hiroki suffers from cardiomyopathy, which inflames and impairs the heart. The same disease killed his sister five years ago. "We have two children in our family who got a disease that happens one out of every 100,000 people. I am sorry for my children. We are having my daughter and Hiroki going through this harsh experience," said father Ryuki Ando. "We were told by his doctor at the end of last year that the heart transplant operation was the only way for him to survive," Ando said. But the law in Japan prohibits anyone under the age of 15 from donating organs -- meaning Hiroki can't get a new heart in his home country. According to the web site for Japan Transplant Network, a non-governmental group that supports changing Japan's transplant law, "this stipulation has greatly reduced the possibility of transplants to small children; heart transplants to small children have become impossible."  Watch Hiroki's trip to the United States » Lawmaker Taro Kono is spearheading efforts to change the law, which was enacted in 1997. Japan's parliament is now debating four proposed amendments-- including one that would scrap the age limit. But, beyond the age matter, the issue of organ transplantation in general, has been a difficult one for the country because of perceptions of brain death. Some refuse to accept it if their loved ones' hearts are still beating. "For a long time, it's the heart that mattered in Japan. Some religions ask us not to declare being brain dead as death. But that is not the majority," Kono said. "So it is simply that we have been doing things this way and a lot of people are very skeptical about it." Kono, who gave a kidney to his father, said a total of 81 organ transplants have been conducted in Japan since the transplant law was enacted in 1997, whereas nearly thousands of transplants occur in the United States each year. "A lot of people in Japan waiting for a transplant, waiting for a liver, a heart, other organs, most of them just die simply because they couldn't get any organs," he said. Kono said he believes the public supports changing the law to allow organ donation from children, noting that "when the parents of the child are going on the street asking for donations, they can actually raise more than a million dollars." Incredibly, that's just what Hiroki's family has done. They started a group called "helping Hiroki" and raised $1.7 million in donations. "It was very tough to get the donations, but so many people from all over Japan donated the money," he said. "It was not only the money, but so many letters and messages to energize us, sent to the group. We realized there are so many people supporting us, and they are the reason that we made it this far and will be able to continue after going to the U.S." Hiroki is now at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, awaiting a new heart. His father says he knows that the transplant issue is a difficult one for families. "The honest wish from the recipient's side is to have a donor show up as soon as possible," he said, pausing. "I still do not know whether I can make a decision to give my child's heart to someone else if I am faced with such a situation. But unless the people face the issue and think about it seriously, I do not think the time will come soon to see more people volunteering to donate organs." Ando said he hopes that one day he will be able to play baseball with his son, who is an avid sports fan. "I would like to have a fun time again with Hiroki. I would

Question: What reason why can't he get heart in Japan?

Question: How much money did Hiroki's family raise?

Question: What does Hiroki Ando suffer from?

Question: What did Hiroki's family raise?

Question: What is Hiroki Ando suffering from?

Question: What is Hiroki Ando's age?

Answer: prohibits anyone under the age of 15 from donating organs

Answer: raised $1.7 million in donations.

Answer: cardiomyopathy,

Answer: raised $1.7 million in donations.

Answer: cardiomyopathy,

Answer: Eleven-year-old

Summary:
Hiroki Ando, 11, suffers from cardiomyopathy, which inflames and impairs the heart .
He can't get heart in Japan because people under 15 not allowed to donate organs .
Hiroki's family raised $1.7 million in donations to send Hiroki to New York for surgery .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Even before one reaches the front door of Canon's headquarters in Tokyo, one can sense the virtual stampede of employees pouring out of the building exactly at 5:30 p.m. Japan's birth rate of 1.34 is below the level needed to maintain the country's population. In a country where 12-hour workdays are common, the electronics giant has taken to letting its employees leave early twice a week for a rather unusual reason: to encourage them to have more babies. Japan is in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country's low birthrate. Tell us what you think At 1.34, the birthrate is well below the 2.0 needed to maintain Japan's population, according to the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Keidanren, Japan's largest business group, with 1,300 major international corporations as members, has issued a plea to its members to let workers go home early to spend time with their families and help Japan with its pressing social problem. Watch more on this story One reason for the low birth rate is the 12-hour workday. But there are several other factors compounding the problem -- among them, the high cost of living, and social rigidity toward women and parenting. In addition, Japan's population is aging at a faster pace than any other country in the world. Analysts say the world's second-largest economy faces its greatest threat from its own social problems, rather than outside forces. And the country desperately needs to make some fixes to its current social and work structures, sociologists say. The 5:30 p.m. lights-out program is one simple step toward helping address the population problem. It also has an added benefit: Amid the global economic downturn the company can slash overtime across the board twice a week. "It's great that we can go home early and not feel ashamed," said employee Miwa Iwasaki.

Question: Who encourages workers to have more babies?

Question: What is also aging faster than any other in the world?

Question: What is Canon encouraging?

Question: What is Japan's birthrate?

Question: What is Japan's brithrate?

Question: What are the workers encouraged to do?

Question: What is the country doing faster than any other in the world?

Question: What is the country's population doing?

Answer: Canon's headquarters in Tokyo,

Answer: Japan's population

Answer: to encourage them to have more babies.

Answer: 1.34

Answer: 1.34

Answer: have more babies.

Answer: population is aging

Answer: is aging at a faster pace than any other

Summary:
Japanese electronics maker Canon encourages workers to have more babies .
Japan's birthrate of 1.34 is below 2.0 needed to maintain its population .
Country's population is also aging faster than any other in the world .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Even in the midst of Japan's deepest economic recession since World War II, the country's love hotel industry is thriving. The Style A hotel in Tokyo offers amenities. "I'd hate to use the term "recession-proof," but it's certainly proven very resilient over the last six to nine months," said Steve Mansfield, CEO of New Perspectives, which operates six love, or "leisure," hotels in Japan. One of them, the Bonita Hotel in Isawa, boasts a 257 percent occupancy rate. Rooms can be rented for three to 24 hours. Mansfield's company estimates the industry in Japan pulls in $40 billion a year in revenue. "It's a natural human desire. Even these days, on the weekend, every love hotel is full of people -- it's hard to get in. You can never stop sexual desire," said a woman with her boyfriend in Tokyo, who laughed in embarrassment when asked for her name. Love hotels fill a need for privacy in a country where high population density often means couples have little time alone. Rooms offer a broad assortment of features, including karaoke machines, PlayStation game consoles, DVD players, a variety of cosmetics, customized condoms and indoor-outdoor Jacuzzis.  Watch Morgan Neill's report from inside a love hotel » Though required by law to have a front desk, most can be rented and entered without talking to a clerk. The days of Japanese being ashamed to enter love hotels are coming to an end, though, Mansfield said. "Seventy-five percent of our guests are members of our points program," he said. "They carry our points cards, they collect points and they receive gifts. That's something people are very comfortable with, and I think that reflects the customers that we attract." Takashi Yamamoto, who designs love hotels in Tokyo, agreed. "The bad image that love hotels had has faded over time. Also, customers started to raise their voices and became more selective about choosing hotels. In response, management has improved." The flashiest love hotels are found in Osaka, including a Hello Kitty-themed hotel and one with a room featuring a merry-go-round. Tokyo hotels tend to be tamer, focused on winning customers with amenities. The Style A Hotel, for example, offers a suite for $190 that includes a full-size Jacuzzi and a private sauna. Though young couples make up the majority of customers, they are not the only ones. One man, who declined to be named, said: "I go to love hotels when I'm drunk and don't feel like going home." Whatever the reasons, the hotels have been doing well enough that Mansfield recently went to London, seeking investors to expand. "The industry has 25,000 hotels, and through our research we've worked out that 90 percent of owners have five or fewer hotels," he said. That fragmentation is a structural inefficiency in the market, he said, one he would like to help correct.

Question: Who are most customers?

Question: What do the venues include?

Question: Where are the flashiest hotels found?

Question: How many hotels does the industry have?

Question: How much does the industry pull in a year?

Question: How much money does the industry pull in?

Answer: Though young couples make up the majority of

Answer: karaoke machines, PlayStation game consoles, DVD players, a variety of cosmetics, customized condoms and indoor-outdoor Jacuzzis.

Answer: Osaka,

Answer: 25,000

Answer: $40 billion

Answer: $40 billion a year in revenue.

Summary:
Industry has 25,000 hotels, says Steve Mansfield, CEO of a love hotel operator .
Venues include a Hello Kitty-themed hotel; another has a merry-go-round in a room .
Mansfield: the industry pulls in some $40 billion dollars a year in overall revenues .
Most customers are young people; flashiest hotels found in Osaka .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan's GDP fell 4 percent last quarter, the fastest pace on record, the government said on Wednesday. A homeless man pulls his cart filled with possessions and goods for recycling on March 18 in Osaka, Japan. The January-March quarter for Japan was 15.4 percent lower than the same time period last year, according to figures released by the Cabinet Office. Exports fell 26 percent on quarter, while imports were down 15 percent. The GDP slide in the world's second-largest economy is the greatest drop among the world's leading economies. By comparison, GDP in the United States fell 6.1 percent on an annual basis. This was the fourth straight quarter the Japanese economy contracted. Analysts say the drop reflects cuts in domestic spending with job cuts, factory closings and less capital spending as a result of spiraling sales abroad. The news punctuates a month of poor economic news out of Japan in recent weeks. Panasonic, one of the world's largest makers of electronic devices, announced it lost nearly $4 billion in the fiscal year ending March 31. Hitachi lost $8 billion in the fiscal year, with consolidated revenues down 11 percent from last year, the largest loss ever recorded by a Japanese manufacturer. NEC Corporation lost $3 billion in the past fiscal year, down nearly 11.5 percent from last year. Meanwhile, Nissan lost $2.3 billion for the year.Sony Corp. announced net losses of $1 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, finishing a year in the red for the first time in 14 years.

Question: What is the capital of Japan?

Question: Is the Japanese economy suffering?

Question: What factors are affecting it?

Question: Is Japan in a recession?

Question: What percentage did Japan's GDP fall last quarter?

Question: The first quarter GDP was how much lower compared to the previous year?

Question: What was the reason for the 4% decline?

Question: how many percent fell?

Question: How much did Japan's GDP fall last quarter?

Question: How many quarters has the Japanese economy contracted?

Question: How much lower was the first quarter GDP than the year before?

Question: how much straight are?

Question: What  was 15.4 percent lower than the same time period last year?

Answer: TOKYO,

Answer: Japan's GDP fell 4 percent last quarter,

Answer: cuts in domestic spending with job cuts, factory closings and less capital spending

Answer: GDP fell 4 percent last quarter, the fastest pace on record,

Answer: 4 percent

Answer: 15.4 percent

Answer: cuts in domestic spending with job cuts, factory closings and less capital spending as a result of spiraling sales abroad.

Answer: 4

Answer: 4 percent

Answer: fourth straight

Answer: 15.4 percent

Answer: fourth

Answer: GDP

Summary:
Japan's GDP fell 4 percent last quarter, the fastest pace on record.
First quarter GDP was 15.4 percent lower than the same time period last year .
This was the fourth straight quarter the Japanese economy contracted .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso announced a historic ¥15 trillion ($150 billion) stimulus package Friday aimed to turn around the recession in the world's second largest economy.

Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has announced a $150 billion stimulus package.

Steeped in a recession, with a surge in bankruptcies and sentiment among its largest manufacturers at a record low, Japan has seen unemployment reach a three-year high. The stimulus plan is meant to keep Japan's economy from cracking open, coalition party officials told CNN. It is the biggest-ever supplemental budget to boost the ailing economy.

Japan has been hit hard by the global financial slump. Although Japanese banks were spared the brunt of the credit crisis, the drop in exports to the United States has sent the country into its worst recession since World War II.

Aso needs the package to boost Japan's economy and his government's popularity.

"This could help save his life as prime minister," said Satoru Ogasawara, a Tokyo-based economist for Credit Suisse. The Aso administration's approval rating fell below 10 percent two months ago, but has been buoyed by the stimulus package and the recent North Korea rocket launch, Ogasawara said.

If approved, the package could add two points to the country's gross domestic product, Ogasawara said. But its long-term impact remains an open question.

"It will help the economy from collapsing from this point ... [but] unless the package improves productivity or increases demand, it will be a short-term fix," Ogasawara said.

Jesper Koll, president and chief executive of TRJ Tantallon Research Japan, said the stimulus package was unlike the ¥12 trillion injections into the economy in the past eight months.

"This is the first designed with real business input, and that's reflected in the package," he said, referring to a series of meetings Aso held with business leaders last month. "That's outside the normal technocratic, bureaucratic fix. ... It isn't just pork-barrel money for the boys."

Koll cites details of the plan -- such as tax breaks for gift-giving, environmentally friendly cars, or measures to increase employment in health care -- as a step forward.

"This goes way beyond grand-standing fiscal policy. It's very specific. For Japan, that's something," he said.

Still, Japan now has one of the highest amounts of public debt in the world - a rate which could approach 200 percent of GDP next year, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

"The government has since spent billions and billions of dollars to support the economy," Kirby Daley, a strategist for brokerage Newedge, said. "Japan has been trying this and has now gone into almost two lost decades and will likely enter a third lost decade if they continue down this policy path. It has not worked in Japan. It will not work again."

Among the package's highlights:

-- ¥1.9 trillion for unemployment benefits and the promotion of job sharing.

-- ¥3 trillion to boost struggling companies.

-- ¥1.6 trillion to promote green initiatives, such as the purchase of environmentally friendly cars and energy-efficient electronics.

-- ¥2.6 trillion for infrastructure, such as airport runways, train networks and road extensions.

-- ¥1.7 trillion for health and welfare.

The proposed stimulus package helped a rally in Japanese stocks this week, with the Nikkei 225 Average briefly breaking the 9000-point level for the first time in three months on Friday morning trading. The Nikkei hit a 26-year record low last month.

Question: Where will the 1.9 trillion allocated be spent?

Question: What is the stimulus plan about?

Question: What is the 1.9 trillion allocated for?

Question: What is the stimulus plan meant to do?

Question: When did Japan announce extra spending

Question: What did Japan announce Friday?

Question: When was the announcement made?

Question: What is the plan to do?

Question: What did Japan announce?

Answer: unemployment benefits and the promotion of job sharing.

Answer: aimed to turn around the recession in the world's second largest economy.

Answer: unemployment benefits and the promotion of job sharing.

Answer: turn around the recession in the world's second largest economy.

Answer: Friday

Answer: a $150 billion stimulus package.

Answer: Friday

Answer: keep Japan's economy from cracking open,

Answer: stimulus package

Summary:
Japan announces ¥15 trillion ($150 billion) in extra spending Friday .
The stimulus plan is meant to keep Japan's economy from cracking open .
¥1.9 trillion allocated for unemployment benefits and the promotion of job-sharing .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years -- a feat that could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth.

Dolly was cloned using cells from live animals. Now scientists believe they can resurrect extinct species.

Until now, scientists have only been able to produce clones using cells from live animals. This is how researchers created Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult animal.

Researchers had thought that frozen cells were unusable because ice crystals would have damaged the DNA. That belief would rule out the possibility of resurrecting extinct animals from their frozen remains.

But the latest research -- published in the journal, Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences -- shows that scientists may have overcome the obstacle.

Researchers at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, used cells from mice that had been frozen for 16 years at -20 Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit).

They extracted the nucleus and injected it into eggs whose DNA had been removed. Several steps later, the scientists were able to clone the mice.

"This is the first time a mammal has been cloned from a sample stored at conditions reasonably close to what might be expected in permafrost," Teruhiko Wakayama, who led the study, said in a statement.

"(It) gives some hope for those who might seek to clone extinct species from frozen carcasses."

Question: Number of years the cells were frozen for?

Question: What did researchers use?

Question: What can the research lead to?

Question: Scientists produced clones of what?

Question: Who produced clones of mice?

Question: Who was able to produce clones of mice dead and frozen for 16 years?

Question: What did they use from the frozen mice?

Question: What could be resurrected by researchers?

Question: What could this feat lead to?

Question: What did researchers use from mice?

Question: What did Japanese scientist produce?

Answer: 16

Answer: cells from live animals.

Answer: could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth.

Answer: mice

Answer: Japanese scientists

Answer: Japanese scientists

Answer: cells

Answer: long-extinct species,

Answer: one day resurrect long-extinct species,

Answer: frozen cells

Answer: clones of mice

Summary:
Japanese scientists produce clones of mice dead and frozen for 16 years .
Feat could lead researchers to resurrect long-extinct species, like mammoth .
Researchers used cells from mice that were frozen for 16 years at -20 Celsius .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Puzzled zookeepers in northern Japan have discovered the reason why their attempts to mate two polar bears kept failing: Both are female. A 4-year-old polar bear sent to impregnate a female polar bear at a zoo in Kushiro was found to be female as well. The municipal zoo in the city of Kushiro in Hokkaido brought in a polar bear cub three years ago. They named it Tsuyoshi, after the popular baseball outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo, and waited until it reached reproductive age. In June, the zoo introduced Tsuyoshi to its resident bear, an 11-year-old female named Kurumi, and waited for sparks to fly. But much to the disappointment of zookeepers, Tsuyoshi never made any amorous advances toward Kurumi. Earlier this month, zookeepers put Tsuyoshi under anesthesia to get to the bottom of the matter. That's when they made their discovery: Tsuyoshi is a female. Still, the Kushiro zoo plans to keep Tsuyoshi because he -- or rather, she -- has become immensely popular with visitors. "I have rather mixed feelings, given the need for breeding, but Tsuyoshi is an idol for Kushiro," Yoshio Yamaguchi, head of the Kushiro zoo, told Japan's Kyodo news agency. Tsuyoshi will even keep her name. "We will not be changing it to 'Tsuyoko' since it is loved by citizens (by the current name)," Yamaguchi said. "Ko" is a common suffix for a Japanese female name. Meanwhile, Tsuyoshi's "brother," who was adopted by another zoo, has also turned out to be female, Kyodo reported. -- CNN's Chie Kobayashi contributed to this report

Question: where is the zoo located

Question: What was the cub's name?

Question: What did the zoo do with the polar bear cub?

Question: what was the discovery made by the zoo

Question: What was the resident bear's name?

Answer: Kushiro

Answer: Tsuyoshi,

Answer: They named it Tsuyoshi,

Answer: to mate two polar bears kept failing: Both are female.

Answer: Kurumi,

Summary:
Zoo introduced polar bear cub to its resident bear and waited for sparks to fly .
And it waited and waited: Tsuyoshi never made amorous advances toward Kurumi .
Months later, the zoo makes key discovery: both bears are female .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- The clicking of dozens of news cameras drowned out the sobs of the 13-year-old girl, but her face explained what was happening in the departure hall of Japan's Narita International Airport.

Arlan and Sarah Calderon hug their daughter Noriko farewell.

Noriko Calderon, wearing her school uniform, was being forced to make one of the most wrenching choices of her young life: To stay in the country of her birth rather than join her parents being deported to the Philippines.

The scene was the emotional climax to a story a decade and a half in the making -- one that has tugged at heartstrings in Japan, but ultimately failed to sway to an unyielding bureaucracy that activists say violates human rights.

Sound off: Do you think Japanese authorities are doing the right thing?

Filipinos Arlan and Sarah Calderon illegally entered Japan in the early 1990s on fake passports. They married and had a daughter, Noriko.

Arlan found a stable job working for a construction company. Noriko grew up Japanese, attending school and never learning her parents' native language.

Noriko, like many Tokyo girls her age, loves hip-hop and hopes to be a dancer or a teacher at a dance school someday.

But her future in the only country she's ever known went into limbo when Japanese immigration authorities arrested her mother in 2006.

Her parents decided to fight Japan's notoriously rigid immigration laws and for three years under a harsh media spotlight, they argued their case all the way to the country's High Court, saying Arlan is gainfully employed and their daughter only speaks Japanese.

The family lost their case in the High Court, and Japan ordered Arlan and Sarah Calderon be deported back to the Philippines.  Watch CNN interview with family »

Activists claim Japan's notoriously rigid immigration laws violate human rights. An estimated 500 families are in the same situation according to lawyers, who accuse Japan of not respecting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Japan's Immigration Bureau in a statement to CNN said the couple's illegal presence in the country as an "extremely malicious" violation that "shakes the foundation of Japan's immigration control."

But when it came to 13 year old Noriko, the government gave the girl a choice: Her country or her parents.

"Japan is my homeland," says Noriko, when asked why she is choosing to stay behind. She will move in with an aunt, allowed to stay in Japan under a visa that the government will reassess yearly.

Her life, say her parents, will be better in Japan. She'll have schooling and the dreams a big city like Tokyo can offer her, versus the impoverished farm community her parents will move back to in the Philippines.

But as the Calderons packed up their small apartment in the days leading up to the deportation, the reality of what would soon happen to the family became more and more harsh.

"Until I'm an adult, I need my parents," Noriko said, her pink cheeks stained with tears.

"We won't be there when she needs us the most," said Arlan Calderon. "She has to protect herself on her own. I'm so sorry about that."

Shogo Watanabe, the Calderons' attorney, collected more than 20,000 signatures in Japan to try and keep the family together in the country.

"Children should be protected when their parents are punished. It's the child's right. But there's no consideration for that at all. I do not think the government is being flexible," said Watanabe.

Under Japanese immigration laws, the Calderons won't be allowed back into Japan for five years.

They've asked for a special waiver to visit their daughter after a year, but it hasn't been granted yet. So their last, public hug could be the last time they see their daughter until she's 18.

Question:
What is Calderon's age?
Where was Noriko Calderon born?
What nationality were her parents?
what country is this
where did his parents go

Answer: 13-year-old

Answer: Japan

Answer: Filipinos

Answer: Japan

Answer: the Philippines.

Summary:
Noriko Calderon born and raised in Japan by Filipino parents .
Parents deported after years of living in country .
Schoolgirl says she will stay, meaning she may not see parents until she's 18 .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Three people were killed and at least 84 were injured Saturday morning when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, Japanese officials said. The quake struck at about 8:43 a.m. north of Sendai, Japan. Another five people were missing, national police said. Officials said the earthquake led to the buckling of highways and caused some bridges to collapse. Bullet trains were also stopped in the affected areas. Two nuclear power plants in the region were not affected, officials said. Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said one man was killed when he was buried in a landslide in Fukushima Prefecture and the other was struck by a truck as he rushed out of his house in Iwate Prefecture. Officials have not yet released details of the third death. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda sent priority orders for rescue operations, Machimura said. The quake, which struck at about 8:43 a.m. (11:43 p.m. GMT Friday), was centered 100 km (60 miles) north of Sendai in southern Iwate prefecture. The Japanese Meteorological Agency said several strong aftershocks followed the initial quake. The Iwate government office said it had received reports that eight children and a teacher were injured by breaking windows at a preschool and that the earthquake produced landslides in some areas. The Miyagi fire department said there had been some injuries caused by falling furniture, and some bus passengers were injured when the vehicle bounced on a bridge. Two houses collapsed, the fire department said. East Japan Railway suspended Shinkansen bullet trains in the Tohoku region, and many other train lines in the region suspended operation as well. Expressways in Miyagi were also closed. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that operations at nuclear power plants in Fukushima prefecture were not affected, Kyodo said. There were no tsunami warnings issued after the quake. Local governments, fire departments and police were working to gather damage reports. CNN's Junko Ogura and Yoko Wakatsuki contributed to this report.

Question:
What number of people are dead?
When did the quake strike?
when the quake struck at?
what's the amount of people dead?

Answer: Three

Answer: Saturday morning

Answer: 8:43 a.m.

Answer: Three

Summary:
Three people dead, at least 84 injured after earthquake hits Japan .
U.S. Geological Survey reports 7.0 magnitude quake on Japanese island of Honshu .
Quake struck at around 8:43 a.m. Saturday .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer manufacture HD DVDs, effectively ending the long-running battle with the rival Blu-ray for a dominant high-definition format.

People watch a demonstration of HD DVD at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Toshiba said it made the decision to cease developing, manufacturing, and marketing HD DVDs after "recent major changes in the market." It promised to continue offering support and service for all existing Toshiba HD DVD products.

"We carefully assessed the long-term impact of continuing the so-called 'next-generation format war' and concluded that a swift decision will best help the market develop," Toshiba President and Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida said in a news release.

Toshiba's HD DVD business has been suffering recently with a string of major retailers and rental companies announcing their preference for Blu-ray, developed by Sony.  Watch video on the battle of the formats »

Last week alone, Wal-Mart and online rental company Netflix said they would abandon HD in favor of Blu-ray. Last month, Warner Brothers Home Entertainment -- which had been the largest media company releasing videos in both formats -- announced it would offer DVDs solely in Blu-ray.

The DVD battle has been reminiscent of the VHS vs. Beta fight in the early 1980s. It has left many consumers confused and waiting to see which technology will emerge as the industry standard.

Sony's Blu-ray is backed by Disney, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Dell, Panasonic, and Philips. Toshiba's HD DVD is backed by Paramount, Universal Pictures, Microsoft, Sanyo, and NEC.

Toshiba said it would continue to work with those companies and study ways to collaborate with them in the future.

Tens of billions of dollars have been at stake as major movie studios battled for a dominant format. But rival game consoles have been part of the struggle, too -- Sony's Playstation 3 plays Blu-ray discs, while the Microsoft Xbox will play HD DVDs if users install an add-on component.

Both Blu-ray and HD are high-definition DVDs, the successor to ordinary DVDs which show pictures only in standard definition. But Blu-ray and HD involve different hardware and are not compatible with each other, meaning consumers have had to decide which system to invest in.

Both formats have an excellent picture quality with a large storage space. But Toshiba has lost the battle because it lacks a retail presence in many markets, said Carl Gressum, a senior analyst at Ovum, a London technology consultancy.

"They didn't manage to bring on board some of the China vendors, they didn't bring (on board) the retailers, they've failed to develop in the European and Asian markets," Gressum told CNN.

Warner Brothers announced its decision to drop HD DVD right before last month's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a significant event for corporate buyers. Gressum said that led to an immediate drop in retail support for Toshiba's format.

Gressum said manufacturers of both formats have made things more difficult for retailers by forcing consumers to make a choice between the gradually-dominant Blu-ray and the much-cheaper HD.

"They're losing money in many cases because of the price war between the two formats as Toshiba -- and also Microsoft, to a certain extent -- has been playing the price card for HD DVD players," he said.

Toshiba said the company would continue to market standard DVD players and recorders. E-mail to a friend

Question: What did the analysts say is the reason Toshiba lost?

Question: What will they make instead?

Question: What will they no longer make?

Question: Who is Toshiba's rival?

Question: What does Toshiba say it will no longer make?

Question: What is the winner for next gen technology?

Question: What did Toshiba say?

Question: What will Toshiba no longer make?

Answer: it lacks a retail presence in many markets,

Answer: standard DVD players and recorders.

Answer: HD DVDs,

Answer: Blu-ray

Answer: HD DVDs,

Answer: Blu-ray

Answer: it will no longer manufacture HD DVDs,

Answer: HD DVDs,

Summary:
Toshiba says it will no longer make or market HD DVD players and recorders .
Move delivers victory to rival Sony's Blu-ray disc technology for next-generation video .
Toshiba lost because it lacks retail presence in many key markets, analysts say .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Two hundred thousand boats sat idle in Japan, as fishermen across the nation took to the streets on Tuesday to protest skyrocketing fuel prices. Fishermen rallied in Tokyo on Tuesday against skyrocketing fuel prices. The strike -- the first ever by the country's fishermen -- hopes to convince the government that without its intervention, rising fuel costs will kill the fishermen's businesses. Across Japan's fishing ports, fishermen simultaneously blew their whistles in a symbol of solidarity, and operations ground to a halt. Thousands of others rallied in downtown Tokyo, marching in circles around the fisheries ministry and chanting, "We're dying," through bullhorns. The protesting fishing unions say fuel once accounted for 10 percent of a business' operating cost. It now accounts for 30 to 50 percent.  Watch the unions protest in the streets » They want the government to provide subsidies to make up for the price hike. The demonstration was the latest in a wave of protests around the world over fuel prices. Masatoshi Wakabayashi, the minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, told reporters Tuesday morning that he "understands the frustration of the fishermen." He urged reforms within the fishing industry to decrease its reliance on oil, adding it would be "difficult to compensate them for the hike in the price of oil." The deep-sea tuna fishermen's association told CNN it might suspend operations for two to three months later this year, due to fuel price hike. Marine life has long been a staple food source in Japan. Last week, nearly 400 taxis brought traffic to a halt in Berlin, Germany, as drivers drove through the city in a protest over high fuel prices. Truckers in Vienna, Austria, also staged a protest last week. And earlier this month, hundreds of British truckers drove past Parliament to voice their anger about the high cost of fuel. India, France, Spain and South Korea have had similar protests.

Question: What was the minister's response to the fishing unions?

Question: These demonstrations are against what?

Question: Where did they march?

Question: What city did the fishing ministry demonstration take place?

Question: What do the fishing unions want the government to provide subsidies for?

Answer: he "understands the frustration of the fishermen."

Answer: skyrocketing fuel prices.

Answer: downtown Tokyo,

Answer: Tokyo

Answer: fuel prices.

Summary:
Thousands in Tokyo marched in circles around the fisheries ministry .
Fishing unions want the government to provide subsidies to make up for price hike .
Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries says he "understands the frustration"
Demonstration is the latest against fuel prices around the world .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Typhoon Melor roared into central Japan on Thursday, leaving two people dead and lashing the region with heavy rain and gusty winds. Utility poles lie buckled in the wake of Typhoon Melor. The storm stayed west of Tokyo, but still caused enough trouble to shut down trains for a time and snarl commuter traffic. Numerous flights were canceled and delayed at the city's two major airports. In western and northern  Japan, Melor tore roofs off homes, downed power lines and flooded roads. The storm contributed to the deaths of a 54-year-old newspaper delivery man in Wakayama, who ran into a fallen tree, and a 69-year-old man from Saitama, who was crushed by a tree. By late Thursday, Melor had weakened to a tropical storm and was heading out to sea. -- CNN's Kyung Lah contributed to this report.

Question: What did the storm avoid?

Question: What roars into central Japan leaving two people dead?

Question: The storm's victims were killed how?

Question: What did typhoon Melor do?

Question: What typhoon left 2 dead?

Question: What happened to the storm's victims?

Question: Where did the storm avoid?

Answer: Tokyo,

Answer: Typhoon Melor

Answer: crushed by a tree.

Answer: Typhoon Melor roared into central Japan on Thursday, leaving two people dead and

Answer: Melor

Answer: crushed by a tree.

Answer: Tokyo,

Summary:
Typhoon Melor roars into central Japan leaving two people dead .
Storm avoided Tokyo but caused major disruption to transport networks .
Storm's victims were killed by falling trees .


TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves across a country that links its national identity to the sport. Sumo stablemaster Junichi Yamamoto following the young wrestler's death in October. In scenes unprecedented in Japan's history, where wrestlers are seen as national heroes, the sumo stars were shown handcuffed and with jackets over their heads surrounded by cameras and reporters. Police arrested sumo wrestlers Masakazu Kimura, 24, Yuichiro Izuka, 25, Masanori Fujii, 22, and their stablemaster, Junichi Yamamoto, 57, who is also known as Tokitsukaze. Aichi prefectural police allege Yamamoto ordered the three wrestlers to beat a 17 year old junior wrestler so brutally that he died. Takashi Saito, 17, collapsed at his sumo stable and was rushed to the hospital. Initially, the boy's death was listed as "ischemic heart failure", until his family viewed his body. They say his body was covered in bruises, cuts and burns. They begged police to open an investigation, believing he'd been punished for trying to flee the stable. "He said he'd be a good boy, I just need to come get him (from the stable)," his father told reporters last summer, through choked tears. "I should have listened and trusted him." Police say on June 25, Yamamoto instructed the wrestlers to beat the boy using sticks and a metal bat. Yamamoto publicly denied striking Saito inappropriately, though he did admit to striking him on the head with a beer bottle during dinner that day. He told reporters shortly after Saito's death, "This was an ordinary practice. How could you think I would do anything to hurt someone I consider my child?" The results of an autopsy conducted last year by Niigata University concluded that Saito died of shock caused by multiple injuries. In a separate autopsy, specialists at Nagoya University confirmed earlier this month that shock caused by multiple external injuries contributed to Saito's death. The arrests have shaken Japan's national sport to its core. The Prime Minister, on the floor of the Parliament, urged the nation to carefully examine its sport. The Sumo Association says it will look at how young sumo are hazed, a process that often batters them to toughen them up. "There will be some change in the short-term, but in the long-run, nothing will change," says sumo analyst and Japan Times sumo columnist Mark Buckton. "These are bad apples who took it too far." E-mail to a friend

Question: For what reason did police make the arrests?

Question: What was the age of the wrestlers?

Question: What have police alleged?

Question: Who was arrested?

Question: Did the crime occur in Japan?

Question: How many people did police arrest?

Question: What was the name of the trainer?

Answer: Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves across a country that links its national identity to the sport.

Answer: 22,

Answer: allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death,

Answer: three sumo wrestlers and their stable master

Answer: TOKYO,

Answer: three sumo wrestlers and their stable master

Answer: Junichi Yamamoto,

Summary:
Police arrest three sumo wrestlers and their stablemaster over wrestler's death .
Police allege the trainer ordered the wrestlers to beat the 17-year-old wrestler .
The case has shocked Japan where sumo is regarded as near-sacred sport .


TOKYO, Japan -- Three-time grand prix winner Norifumi Abe of Japan has been killed in a street crash when his 500cc scooter collided with a truck making an illegal U-turn, police have revealed on Monday.

Abe won two grand prix in Japan and another in Brazil during the 1990s.

The 32-year-old ploughed into the truck while it was turning in the Tokyo suburb of Kawasaki.

In 1994, while racing in his home championship, Abe had a chance to race at the 1994 Japanese Grand Prix as a 'wild card'.

He was challenging strongly for a remarkable victory until three corners from the finish when he fell off.

His impressed Kenny Roberts' Yamaha team sufficiently to be offered two more rides in the 500cc championship that year.

Abe finished sixth in both and was given a full-time 500cc ride for the 1995 season.

He took his first podium finish in 1995, and his first win and fifth overall a year later. He moved to the D'Antin team in 1999, won at Rio that year, and won again at Suzuka a year later, amidst two seasons on less competitive machinery, in which his solid finishing ensured that his 100 per cent record of top 10 championship finishes continued.

Abe was less happy under MotoGP regulations but when he was moved to Yamaha's returning World Superbike squad for 2005, despite having less support than Noriyuki Haga and Andrew Pitt, he finished in the championship top 10.

In 2006 he did not make a podium and this year he competed in the All-Japan Superbike Championship, again on a Yamaha. E-mail to a friend

Question:
What age is Norifumi Abe?
Where is Norifumi Abe from?
What was the name of the victim?
Where did the accident take place?

Answer: 32-year-old

Answer: Japan

Answer: Norifumi Abe

Answer: the Tokyo suburb of Kawasaki.

Summary:
Three-time 500cc winner Norifumi Abe has been killed in a road accident .
The 32-year-old's scooter was in collision with a truck in Kawasaki, Japan .
Abe won two grand prix races in his native Japan and another one in Brazil .


TOYAKO, Japan (CNN) -- President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese people." President Bush speaks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at a Sunday news conference in Toyako, Japan. Speaking to reporters ahead of this week's summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations in Japan, Bush said he did not need to skip the ceremony to show his position on religious freedom and human rights in China. He said if he failed to attend the Games it would "make it more difficult to be able to speak more frankly with the Chinese leadership." Bush said he would raise concerns when he meets Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Olympics, but he was also "looking forward to cheering the U.S. athletes." He said it was good for them "to see their president waving that flag." Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda also said he would attend the opening ceremony despite concerns about human rights in China that prompted some other European leaders to boycott the event. Bush and Fukuda took questions from reporters at the picturesque lakeside resort of Toyako on the northern island of Hokkaido, where the G-8 summit will begin Monday.  Watch Bush, first lady arrive in Japan » Bush said he and Fukuda discussed the United States' recent decision to lift some sanctions against North Korea and remove the communist nation from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terror. Bush assured Japan that the issue of North Korea's past kidnappings of Japanese citizens will not be ignored by the United States. He told Fukuda that he was "fully aware of the sensitivity of the issue in your country" and that "the United States will not abandon you on this issue." North Korea has admitted to abducting 11 Japanese citizens -- to teach its spies Japanese language and culture -- but had insisted the abduction issue was resolved. Holding a book about a young Japanese girl abducted by North Korea, Bush said as the father of two girls he "can't imagine what it would be like to have a daughter disappear." Bush said North Korea's recent destruction of a water-cooling tower at its now-defunct nuclear facility and its declaration outlining its plutonium program are positive steps, but there are "more to be taken." Lifting sanctions would not weaken the pressure on North Korea to be forthcoming on the abduction issue or in nuclear negotiations, the U.S. president said. Bush said North Korea remains the most sanctioned nation in the world and that "delisting did not get rid of their sanctions." Fukuda, who is chairing the G-8 meetings, said global warming would be high on the agenda but that he could not predict what might result from this week's talks. Fukuda said he believes the United States "has not lost its sense of direction" on the issue. "Our views are gradually converging," he said. Bush said the United States "will be constructive" in the global warming talks "but if China and India do not share that same aspiration, we're not going to solve the problem." Bush said the United States and Japan leads the world in research on clean technologies. He said Japan's advances in battery technology will some day mean that Americans "will use batteries in cars that look like cars, not golf carts." As world leaders began arriving for the summit, more than 1,000 people protested in northern Japan against the event. Demonstrators urged leaders to take urgent measures to stop global warming, grant indigenous people greater rights, combat world poverty and battle discrimination.  Watch police tangle with protesters » Soaring oil and food prices and possible steps against Zimbabwe were also likely to be high on the agenda at the summit. With fewer than 200 days left in his term, Bush says he will press other G-8 leaders to follow through on their commitments from earlier summits, but has warned there is nothing he or anyone else can do in the short term about oil prices. Bush's main economic goal

Question: what did bush say

Question: What is expected to be the focus of the G-8 summit?

Question: Where are the Olympics being held?

Question: What decision does Bush defend?

Answer: defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics

Answer: Soaring oil and food prices and possible steps against Zimbabwe

Answer: Beijing,

Answer: to attend next month's Olympics

Summary:
Bush defends decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony .
Bush spoke as G-8 leaders arrived in Japan ahead of summit starting Monday .
Climate change expected to be focus of three-day summit .
G-8 leaders also expected to discuss global economy, Zimbabwe .