51.   Japanese prosecutors on Monday sought life imprisonment for a former soldier who killed a man on the orders of Aum Supreme Truth guru Shoko Asahara.

52.   Japanese prosecutors Thursday arrested a former vice transport minister for allegdly accepting bribes while he served as president of Kansai International Airport Co. in western Japan.

53.   Japanese prosecutors Tuesday arrested Yasuo Hamanaka, former chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corp., in connection with billions of dollars in losses through allegedly unauthorised copper trades.

54.   Japanese prosecutors Tuesday arrested Yasuo Hamanaka, former chief copper trader at Sumitomo Corp., in connection with billions of dollars in losses through allegedly unauthorised copper trading.

55.   Japanese prosecutors Tuesday arrested Yasuo Hamanaka, former Sumitomo Corp. chief copper trader, in connection with billions of dollars in losses through allegedly unauthorised copper trades.

56.   Last month Japanese prosecutors demanded the death penalty for his fellow-defendant Niimi.