Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara pose for a photo with panels announcing rewards of 20 million yen ($130,000) each from their corporate sponsor Kinoshita Group Co. in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026. They won gold in the figure skating pairs and silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura (far R) and Ryuichi Kihara (2nd from R) receive panels announcing rewards of 20 million yen ($130,000) each from Naoya Kinoshita, president of Kinoshita Group Co., their company sponsor, in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026. They won gold in the figure skating pairs and silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Sony to launch new high-end Walkman music player next month

Sony to launch new high-end Walkman music player next month

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sony Corp.'s new high-end Walkman portable music player model featuring "high-resolution" sound. Sony said on Jan. 15, 2015, it will begin selling the NW-ZX2 model, which has a new frame using copper sheet and aluminum, and controls sound distortion owing to improved circuits, on Feb. 14 with a price tag of around 130,000 yen.

Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - A group of Japanese high school students serving as peace envoys pose for photos after delivering about 130,000 signatures, collected during a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 19, 2014.

Fuji Heavy president

Fuji Heavy president

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012. Yoshinaga said the Japanese automaker is planning to boost vehicle output in the United States by 130,000 units to around 300,000 as early as the business year starting April 2016.

E-money experiments starts

E-money experiments starts

Commercial banks and credit card companies in Japan will begin an experiment Thursday July 16 to introduce electric money, or ''e-money'' in one of Tokyo's busiest shopping areas in Shibuya. A 46-company consortium led by Visa International and Sumitomo Bank plans to issue 130,000 cards for use at some 700 shops. The photo shows a mother being advised how to use ''e-money'' in ademonstration at an ice cream shop in Shibuya on Wednesday July 15.