41.   Prospects for normalization talks have also suffered on Japanese suspicions that Pyongyang has withheld information about alleged kidnappings of Japanese nationals by the reclusive, Stalinist state.

42.   Sixty-four people, most of them Japanese nationals, have been arrested for alleged crimes related to the World Cup finals, police said Monday.

43.   The Antara news agency said that two Americans and six Japanese nationals were on board.

44.   The Japanese government said Friday it will charter a flight to evacuate Japanese nationals unable to get seats on commercial aircraft from India.

45.   The Japanese military said Monday it is preparing to use cargo planes to evacuate Japanese nationals from Indonesia if political violence there worsens.

46.   The loss of documents has made it difficult to become recognized as Japanese nationals, said Kenshi Nishida, a Japanese lawyer supporting the Japanese-Filipinos.

47.   The law will apply to crimes committed by anyone in Japan or abroad by Japanese nationals.

48.   The men are Japanese nationals.

49.   The other company officials, including another Japanese national, were arrested on Saturday.

50.   They said two infants and some foreigners, including two Japanese nationals, were among the passengers.