61.   The police began interrogating the suspect in April, and he began to confess in about May that he had shot Kunimatsu, Japanese newspapers have all reported.

62.   The Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office is considering criminal charges against former Yamaichi Chairman Tsugio Yukihira and President Atsuo Miki for hiding the losses, Japanese newspapers have reported.

63.   Those expectations heightened in the wake of a Japanese newspaper report that the central bank would take such action as early as today.

64.   Three more Hitachi companies admitted the payments to Japanese newspapers.

65.   Thursday the agency declined to comment on its sweep of Lehman, first reported Thursday in Japanese newspapers.

66.   Two Japanese newspapers cited industry sources, but several executives at the two banks would not discuss the issue this morning when they were reached at home.

67.   When Fidelity ran color advertisements in Japanese newspapers last December, telephone inquiries came tumbling in, even though the first ads did not include a phone number.

68.   Preparations will begin soon on convening the forum later this summer, possibly in the city of Hiroshima, Japanese newspapers said.

69.   Preparations will begin soon on holding a non-proliferation forum later this summer, possibly in the city of Hiroshima, Japanese evening newspapers reported.

70.   People in Japan, Australia and New Zealand woke up Thursday to the news, carried live on both television and radio, and Japanese newspapers issued extras.