2003.10.04

Mt. Fuji Eruption? (Asahi)   While locals are concerned about what belching steam could do to the tourism industry, some of the weekly magazines are speculating about an imminent eruption of  Mt. Fuji. These sort of articles and books pop up every few years. However, the low-level quakes in 2000 and the recent activity merit closer scrutiny. 2003.10.04

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TSE Computer Glitch   There has been another incident damaging the credibility of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The TSE has admitted that it executed sell orders Friday without a buyer. It blames a mysterious computer glitch for selling shares of the Mizuho Financial Group (Japan's largest bank). MFG closed Friday at 330,000 yen, up 5,000 yen. The TSE says it ended up buying the shares with its own money and says the glitch had "little impact" on the stock's price. The exchange is promising a full investigation. This is the second major incident involving the TSE's current trading system, which was unveiled in May, 2000. This past July the exchange was plauged with a delay in market information and trade confirmations. 2003.10.04

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Japan-Iraq (Kyodo)   Govt. sources quoted as saying SDF advance team will go to Iraq in December, at the earliest.   2003.10.04

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Tohoku Quake 2003/10/04 08:11:29.26  JST LAT. 38.716N LONG. 141.704E DEPTH 73.7km MAGNITUDE 4.7 2003.10.04

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Pyongyang as Modern Sphinx. [World Press Review] Andrei Kirillov, writing for the Russian weekly Moskovskie Novosti, finds something 'mystical' about the negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program. 2003.10.04

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Lawyers advising victims of gas leak [The Japan Times] 2003.10.04

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