Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers

Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers

TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Tuesday:

Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nihon Keizai:

-- Japan's major television network firm Fuji and the country'sleading Internet portal company Livedoor agreed to tie up over thecontrol of radio station Nippon Broadcasting System Inc..

Mainichi:

-- Japan is to subsidize unprofitable phone service in rural areafrom Fiscal Year 2006.

Yomiuri:

-- A wheelchair-bound man died in an accidental fall from a ridesimulating a sky dive at an indoor amusement park in Tokyo.

Nihon Keizai:

-- The Japanese government mulls a bill to outline companytakeover defense procedures.