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Gasoline prices surging in Japan

A price board at a gas station in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shows regular gasoline prices at 185 yen ($1.17) per liter on March 12, 2026, up sharply amid the Middle East crisis.

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Gasoline prices surging in Japan

A price board at a gas station in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shows regular gasoline prices at 185 yen ($1.17) per liter on March 12, 2026, up sharply amid the Middle East crisis.

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Gasoline prices surging in Japan

A price board at a gas station in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward shows regular gasoline prices at 185 yen ($1.17) per liter on March 12, 2026, up sharply amid the Middle East crisis.

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30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Paper lanterns are lit to form the date "1.17" on the bank of a river near the Atomic Bomb Dome (back) at the Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on Jan. 17, 2025, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Lanterns are placed to form the Japanese word "yorisou," which means being together, and the date "1.17" at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity. The disaster killed more than 6,400 people.

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30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Lanterns are placed to form the Japanese word "yorisou," which means being together, and the date "1.17" at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity. The disaster killed more than 6,400 people.

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China Installed Wind Power PV Capacity Exceeds Coal Power

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 31, 2024 - Blades of offshore wind turbines wait to be loaded at Penglai Port area of Yantai Port, east China's Shandong province, July 31, 2024. On July 31, 2024, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to release the energy situation and renewable energy grid-connected operation in the first half of the year: As of the end of June 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy generation in the country reached 1.653 billion kilowatts, an increase of 25%, accounting for about 53.8% of the total installed capacity of power generation in China. The total installed capacity of wind power photovoltaic power generation (1.18 billion kW) has exceeded the installed capacity of coal power (1.17 billion kW).

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China Installed Wind Power PV Capacity Exceeds Coal Power

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 31, 2024 - Blades of offshore wind turbines wait to be loaded at Penglai Port area of Yantai Port, east China's Shandong province, July 31, 2024. On July 31, 2024, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to release the energy situation and renewable energy grid-connected operation in the first half of the year: As of the end of June 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy generation in the country reached 1.653 billion kilowatts, an increase of 25%, accounting for about 53.8% of the total installed capacity of power generation in China. The total installed capacity of wind power photovoltaic power generation (1.18 billion kW) has exceeded the installed capacity of coal power (1.17 billion kW).

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China Installed Wind Power PV Capacity Exceeds Coal Power

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 31, 2024 - Blades of offshore wind turbines wait to be loaded at Penglai Port area of Yantai Port, east China's Shandong province, July 31, 2024. On July 31, 2024, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to release the energy situation and renewable energy grid-connected operation in the first half of the year: As of the end of June 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy generation in the country reached 1.653 billion kilowatts, an increase of 25%, accounting for about 53.8% of the total installed capacity of power generation in China. The total installed capacity of wind power photovoltaic power generation (1.18 billion kW) has exceeded the installed capacity of coal power (1.17 billion kW).

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China Installed Wind Power PV Capacity Exceeds Coal Power

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 31, 2024 - Blades of offshore wind turbines wait to be loaded at Penglai Port area of Yantai Port, east China's Shandong province, July 31, 2024. On July 31, 2024, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to release the energy situation and renewable energy grid-connected operation in the first half of the year: As of the end of June 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy generation in the country reached 1.653 billion kilowatts, an increase of 25%, accounting for about 53.8% of the total installed capacity of power generation in China. The total installed capacity of wind power photovoltaic power generation (1.18 billion kW) has exceeded the installed capacity of coal power (1.17 billion kW).

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China Installed Wind Power PV Capacity Exceeds Coal Power

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 31, 2024 - Blades of offshore wind turbines wait to be loaded at Penglai Port area of Yantai Port, east China's Shandong province, July 31, 2024. On July 31, 2024, the National Energy Administration held a press conference to release the energy situation and renewable energy grid-connected operation in the first half of the year: As of the end of June 2024, the installed capacity of renewable energy generation in the country reached 1.653 billion kilowatts, an increase of 25%, accounting for about 53.8% of the total installed capacity of power generation in China. The total installed capacity of wind power photovoltaic power generation (1.18 billion kW) has exceeded the installed capacity of coal power (1.17 billion kW).

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Oil Industry Had Its Best Month In More Than 2 Years - North Dakota

File photo of a North Dakota oil field pictured in 2015. North Dakota's petroleum industry had its best month in 21⁄2 years in June as oil production climbed 3%. The state's natural gas output also rose 3%, according to data released Tuesday. "All of the numbers are really good news,' said Lynn Helms, head of North Dakota's Mineral Resources Department. North Dakota, the nation's third-largest petroleum producer after Texas and New Mexico, pumped 1.17 million barrels of oil a day in June, its highest monthly output since December 2020, state data shows. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Candles form "Bond" on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - Candles are placed in the shape of "1.17," "Kizuna" (Bond) and "3.11" at Mano Elementary School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The disaster devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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10th anniv. of Chuetsu Earthquake in northwestern Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Two residents of Ojiya in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, put their hands around a gas lamp burning a flame shared from the "1.17 Kibo no Hikari" (Light of Hope) in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake that killed 68 people.

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19th anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at Higashi Yuenchi park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on the early morning of Jan. 17, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people.

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a downtown area of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2013, the 18th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people. Lights forming 1.17 can be seen at Higashi Yuenchi park (lower R), where a memorial event was held from the early morning.

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AKB48's "general election"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an official guidebook (R) for the "AKB48 general election 2012," an annual popularity poll in which fans of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 choose their favorite member, and the jacket of their 26th single CD "Manatsu no Sounds good!," (Sounds good in midsummer!) which was released on May 23, 2012. A ballot for the popularity vote is attached to the CD, which sold a record-breaking 1.17 million copies on its first day of release. The votes will be counted June 6.

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is held at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, early in the morning on Jan. 17, 2012. The shape of 1.17 was created by lining up bamboo lanterns near a cenotaph engraved with the victims' names at the park.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns form ''1.17'' and ''1995'' in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, with lights in a nearby building also forming ''1.17.'' The western Japan port city and neighboring cities marked the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which took the lives of 6,434 people.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns are lit in the shape of ''1995'' and ''1.17'' at a park located at the center of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, before dawn as the Japanese western port city and its neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that took the lives of 6,434.

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Mazda eyeing global car sales of over 1.6 mil. units in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. Hisakazu Imaki speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 22. He said the company will aim to achieve vehicle sales of more than 1.6 million units worldwide in fiscal 2010, up from its estimated sales of 1.17 million units in the current business year, working closer with its largest shareholder, Ford Motor Co.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Building lights are lit up in the form of ''1.17'' on the side of a building near Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17 to mark the 12 anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Nikkei hits new 20-yr low

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks by the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo on March 19, as stocks fell during the morning session, sending the key Nikkei index to a new 20-year low ahead of a looming U.S.-led war on Iraq. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 92.77 points, or 1.17%, to end the morning at 7,861.69, dipping below the March 11 close of 7,862.43 and hitting the lowest level since the 7,803.18 close registered Jan. 25, 1983.

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(7)People pray for 1995 Kobe quake victims

OSAKA, Japan - Memorial candles forming ''1.17 KOBE,'' referring to the date of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity, light up a park in the city's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17, the seventh anniversary of the quake. Over 6,400 people were killed by the temblor.

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(4)People pray for 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Candles making the shape 1.17 (for Jan. 17) are lit in Kobe's Chuo Ward on the seventh anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan city. The quake struck Hyogo Prefecture and other areas at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17.

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Egypt's tea imports increase significantly: CAPMAS

STORY: Egypt's tea imports increase significantly: CAPMAS DATELINE: Nov. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) 2. various of tea in supermarkets 3. various of ships carrying containers in the Suez Canal waterway STORYLINE: Egyptian imports of tea increased significantly in the first eight months this year compared to the same period last year, showed data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). According to the data, total tea imports of Egypt reached about 217.37 million U.S. dollars in 2022, compared to 175.19 million dollars in the same period in 2021. The data also showed the value of tea imports in August alone amounted to about 16.37 million dollars, compared to 14.89 million dollars in the same month last year. Tea became one of the most important Egyptian imports of non-durable consumer goods last August, whose total value amounted to nearly 1.17 billi

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Indonesia records highest inflation since 2014

STORY: Indonesia records highest inflation since 2014 DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference of Statistics Indonesia 2. various of gas station 3. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): MARGO YUWONO, Head of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) STORYLINE: Indonesia's inflation in September reached 1.17 percent, the highest since December 2014, as a result of fuel price hikes in the country, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) said on Monday. The annual inflation rate rose to 5.95 percent year on year. "The surge in inflation was mainly caused by the increase in fuel prices, which then created higher tariffs for public transportation, the rates of online taxis, and the rice prices," BPS head Margo Yuwono told a press conference. Since September, Indonesia has increased its domestic fuel prices by 30 percent following fiscal pressures. The price of Pertalite gasoline, the country's most consumed type, has been raised to 10,000 rupiahs (0.65 dollar) a l

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Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

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(4)People pray for 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Candles making the shape 1.17 (for Jan. 17) are lit in Kobe's Chuo Ward on the seventh anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan city. The quake struck Hyogo Prefecture and other areas at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17.

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(7)People pray for 1995 Kobe quake victims

OSAKA, Japan - Memorial candles forming ''1.17 KOBE,'' referring to the date of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity, light up a park in the city's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17, the seventh anniversary of the quake. Over 6,400 people were killed by the temblor.

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Mazda eyeing global car sales of over 1.6 mil. units in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. Hisakazu Imaki speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 22. He said the company will aim to achieve vehicle sales of more than 1.6 million units worldwide in fiscal 2010, up from its estimated sales of 1.17 million units in the current business year, working closer with its largest shareholder, Ford Motor Co. (Kyodo)

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Love On The Dole - film (1960)

Billie Whitelaw Television: Twentieth Century Theatre: Love On The Dole; Bbc Sunday-Night Play (1965) Tv-Reihe 'Bbc Sunday-Night Play' (Tv Antholoy Series), Episode 1.17: 'Love On The Dole' (1960) 24 April 1960 Date: 24-Apr-60

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Kobe marks 21 years since Great Hanshin Earthquake

Candles in thousands of bamboo lanterns are placed to form "1.17" and "mirai" (future) in kanji characters at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2016, the 21th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The quake devastated the port city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe marks 21 years since Great Hanshin Earthquake

Candles in thousands of bamboo lanterns are placed to form "1.17" and "mirai" (future) in kanji characters at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2016, the 21th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The quake devastated the port city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Building lights are lit up in the form of ''1.17'' on the side of a building near Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17 to mark the 12 anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo)

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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo)

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10th anniv. of Chuetsu Earthquake in northwestern Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - Two residents of Ojiya in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, put their hands around a gas lamp burning a flame shared from the "1.17 Kibo no Hikari" (Light of Hope) in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 23, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake that killed 68 people. (Kyodo)

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns form ''1.17'' and ''1995'' in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, with lights in a nearby building also forming ''1.17.'' The western Japan port city and neighboring cities marked the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which took the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo)

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns are lit in the shape of ''1995'' and ''1.17'' at a park located at the center of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, before dawn as the Japanese western port city and its neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that took the lives of 6,434. (Kyodo)

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is held at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, early in the morning on Jan. 17, 2012. The shape of 1.17 was created by lining up bamboo lanterns near a cenotaph engraved with the victims' names at the park. (Kyodo)

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24th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People light candles to form (from top) "1995", "Tsunagu" (connect in Japanese) and "1.17" at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2019, the 24th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed more than 6,000 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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22nd anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake marked

Bamboo lanterns form the numerals "1.17" at a park in the western Japan city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2017, the 22nd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which hit the port city and surrounding areas and killed 6,434 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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22nd anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake marked

Bamboo lanterns form the numerals "1.17" at a park in the western Japan city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2017, the 22nd anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which hit the port city and surrounding areas and killed 6,434 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei hits new 20-yr low

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks by the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo on March 19, as stocks fell during the morning session, sending the key Nikkei index to a new 20-year low ahead of a looming U.S.-led war on Iraq. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 92.77 points, or 1.17%, to end the morning at 7,861.69, dipping below the March 11 close of 7,862.43 and hitting the lowest level since the 7,803.18 close registered Jan. 25, 1983. (Kyodo)

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Candles mark Kobe's 5th anniversary of quake

KOBE, Japan - People in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, mark the 5th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake by writing ''1.17 KOBE'' with candles on the evening of Jan. 17. The quake, hitting Kobe and its vicinity on Jan. 17, 1995, killed 6,432 people. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter.

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People mourn Kobe quake victims in candlelight

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows ''1.17'' outlined by candles lit by mourners in Kobe in the early morning of Jan. 17, the fifth anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The massive quake struck at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, devastating the port city of Kobe and its vicinity and killing more than 6,000 people. The photo was taken from a helicopter.