・ Corrected a misprint in the second sentence of Theorem 1.1 ("global
　multiplcative" --> "global multiplicative")

・ Corrected a slight omission in the third sentence of Theorem 1.1 
　("nontrivial 2-torsion point" ---> "nontrivial F-rational 2-torsion point")

・ Corrected a misprint in the discussion preceding "(*_{KEY})" in \S 1
　( "may summarized" ---> "may be summarized")

・ Corrected two instances of a misprint in the discussion following Fig. 2.5 
　("point of view of the theory of the theory" ---> "point of view of the theory")  

・ Slightly modified the notation in the discussion following Fig. 2.5
　for the result of base-changing from Z_p to Q_p

・ Slightly modified the phrasing in the discussion following Fig. 2.5
　("[a certain portion of] the function theory on the given positive
　characteristic hyperbolic curve" --->
　"[a certain portion of] the structure sheaf of the given positive
　characteristic hyperbolic curve")

・ Corrected a misprint in the discussion preceding Fig. 2.6
　("From the point of local class field theory" --->
　"From the point of view of local class field theory")

・ Slightly modified the phrasing in the discussion following Fig. 2.6
　("field, satisfies highly nontrivial rigidity properties, which
　are the topic of" ---> "field satisfies highly nontrivial rigidity 
　properties, which are an important theme in")

・ Slightly modified the phrasing in the discussion at the beginning of 
　\S 3 ("determined by the l-torsion points" ---> "generated by the 
　fields of definition of the l-torsion points")

・ Corrected a misprint in the discussion preceding Fig. 3.2 
　("so as enable one to construct" ---> "so as to enable one to construct")

・ Slightly modified the references referred to in the discussion following 
　Fig. 3.4 ("developed in [AbsTopIII]" ---> "developed in [AbsTopIII] 
　[cf. also [AbsTopI], [AbsTopII]]" and added [AbsTopI] to the bibliography

・ In the discussion preceding Fig. 3.5 in slightly modified the 
　explanation immediately following the displays "\Pi_v ---> \Pi_v", 
　"G_v ---> G_v" (i.e., where the v's are underlyined, and the arrow 
　"--->" denotes an isomorphism)

・ Corrected a misprint in the discussion following Fig. 3.5
　("reminiscent of theory of the crystalline theta object" --->
　"reminiscent of the theory of the crystalline theta object")

・ Corrected a misprint in the discussion preceding Theorem 4.1 
　("on the the other hand" ---> "on the other hand")

・ Updated the Acknowledgements