81.   Only Japanese citizens are allowed to open stables to train their own proteges, usually the next career move for retired sumo stars.

82.   Other security ministry officials contacted by The Associated Press have refused to confirm the detention of the Japanese citizen.

83.   One factor contributing to the declining trend is a continued widening of the service deficit, caused by a rise in the number of Japanese citizens traveling abroad.

84.   Police said that although Fujiu had been born in Japan they were not sure whether she remained a Japanese citizen.

85.   Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday he will keep up pressure on North Korea regarding the issue of its alleged kidnapping of Japanese citizens.

86.   Saitoh, a Japanese citizen with permanent residency status in the United States, was an associate professor of neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego.

87.   Separately, police said they arrested a Japanese citizen in Tokyo on Thursday for trying to scalp a World Cup ticket.

88.   She is now a Japanese citizen.

89.   Six Japanese military transport planes and two patrol ships returned home Wednesday after a weeklong wait to evacuate Japanese citizens from Indonesia, the embassy said.

90.   Spontaneous contact with ordinary Japanese citizens is rare for the imperial couple, who spend most of their time presiding at ceremonial events or cloistered at the palace.