31.   Three servicemen were handed over to the Japanese police after they were formally indicted by the Japanese prosecutor.

32.   Three US servicemen were handed over to Japanese police last Friday after they were formally indicted by the Japanese prosecutor.

33.   Under the rules, American commanders do not have to hand over their servicemen suspected of crimes until they are indicted by Japanese prosecutors.

34.   Under the agreement, the US military holds suspects until they are charged by Japanese prosecutors.

35.   Japanese prosecutors arrested a former president of herbal medicine maker Tsumura and Co. and four others on Thursday on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust.

36.   Japanese prosecutors formally arrested former labour minister Toshio Yamaguchi Wednesday, news reports said.

37.   Japanese prosecutors on Thursday arrested an Osaka oil wholesaler and launched an investigation into allegedly illegal oil deals involving Mitsubishi Oil Co. Ltd., news reports said.

38.   Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday charged the former head of a government-led task force on AIDS with professional negligence, Japanese television and news agencies reported.

39.   Japanese prosecutors raided the office of a lower house legislator in central Japan on Friday on suspicion that he helped supporters evade taxes, officials said.

40.   Japanese prosecutors are to set up a special task force to step up investigations into a copper trading scandal at Sumitomo Corp., the Mainichi Shimbun reported Saturday.