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Gold price tops 30,000 yen

An electronic board at the flagship shop of Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co. in Tokyo's Ginza district shows the benchmark retail gold price set by the Tokyo company (lower L) topping 30,000 yen ($196) per gram for the first time on Jan. 29, 2026.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 3

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-CLASHES-DAMAGE

(231114) -- NABLUS, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is seen inside a building damaged after clashes in a village near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Nov. 14, 2023. At least 196 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank since a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on Oct. 7, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-CLASHES-DAMAGE

(231114) -- NABLUS, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is seen inside a building damaged after clashes in a village near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Nov. 14, 2023. At least 196 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank since a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on Oct. 7, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-CLASHES-DAMAGE

(231114) -- NABLUS, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is seen inside a building damaged after clashes in a village near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Nov. 14, 2023. At least 196 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank since a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on Oct. 7, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-CLASHES-DAMAGE

(231114) -- NABLUS, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is seen inside a building damaged after clashes in a village near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Nov. 14, 2023. At least 196 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank since a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on Oct. 7, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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US Warship Intercepts Missiles Fired From Yemen 'Potentially Towards Israel'

Handout photo dated Novembrr 17, 2019 shows sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) secure gear following a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) in the atlantic Ocean. USS Carney has intercepted missiles and drones launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, US officials say. A Pentagon spokesman said the missiles had been launched "potentially towards targets in Israel". The USS Carney, a guided-missile destroyer, was operating in the northern Red Sea on Thursday. U.S. Navy photo

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Darvish life-size poster

ARLINGTON, United States - The Texas Rangers give away life-size posters of pitcher Yu Darvish, who is 196-centimeter tall, to the first 10,000 children aged 13 and younger, at a game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 17, 2014.

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CEATEC electronic shows open in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Information technology and electronics fair CEATEC Japan 2010 opens at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2010. A total of 616 companies and groups, including 196 from overseas, have registered to exhibit their products and technologies in 2,255 booths at the five-day show.

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CEATEC electronic shows open in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. exhibits the robot car ''EPORO,'' which is equipped with a collision-avoiding system and remote-controlling battery charger, at the information technology and electronics fair CEATEC Japan 2010 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2010. A total of 616 companies and groups, including 196 from overseas, have registered to exhibit their products and technologies in 2,255 booths at the five-day show.

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CEATEC electronic shows open in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Information technology and electronics fair CEATEC Japan 2010 opens at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2010. A total of 616 companies and groups, including 196 from overseas, have registered to exhibit their products and technologies in 2,255 booths at the five-day show.

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Prince to take helm at Aozora Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Aozora Bank Deputy President Brian Prince (2nd from L), who has become acting president of the bank, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10. Prince will assume the bank's top post after his appointment is approved at a general shareholders meeting in June, succeeding Federico Sacasa. Sacasa stepped down to take responsibility after the bank said it expects its group net loss for the year through March to expand to 196 billion yen due to its exposure to the global financial turmoil.

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Police arrest 5 ex-Snow Brand Foods execs over fraud

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Snow Brand Foods Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 10 to search for evidence in connection with the arrest of five former executives of the company. Police arrested them on suspicion of defrauding an industry body out of 196 million yen by falsely labeling beef.

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Meiji Life, Yasuda Mutual Life announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co. announce Jan. 24 in Tokyo that the two life insurers will merge around April 2004 to boost competitiveness. The merger will create a company with outstanding insurance contracts worth 196 trillion yen, nearly as much as the 203 trillion yen held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan's third-largest life insurer.

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GERMANY-ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND-ENERGY CRISIS

(220930) -- BERLIN, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wind turbines are pictured in Brandenburg, Germany, Sept. 15, 2022. Germany is putting up a "defensive umbrella" of up to 200 billion euros (196 billion U.S. dollars) to stabilize the country's economy during the energy crisis, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sept. 29. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND-ENERGY CRISIS

(220930) -- BERLIN, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wind turbines are pictured in Brandenburg, Germany, Sept. 15, 2022. Germany is putting up a "defensive umbrella" of up to 200 billion euros (196 billion U.S. dollars) to stabilize the country's economy during the energy crisis, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sept. 29. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND-ENERGY CRISIS

(220930) -- BERLIN, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- High-voltage grid facilities are pictured in suburban Berlin, Germany, Sept. 15, 2022. Germany is putting up a "defensive umbrella" of up to 200 billion euros (196 billion U.S. dollars) to stabilize the country's economy during the energy crisis, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sept. 29. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-ECONOMIC STABILIZATION FUND-ENERGY CRISIS

(220930) -- BERLIN, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wind turbines are pictured in Brandenburg, Germany, Sept. 15, 2022. Germany is putting up a "defensive umbrella" of up to 200 billion euros (196 billion U.S. dollars) to stabilize the country's economy during the energy crisis, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sept. 29. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Spanish expert optimistic about China-Europe freight train services

STORY: Spanish expert optimistic about China-Europe freight train services DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight trains 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DANIEL ALBALATE, Expert in transport economics at the University of Barcelona STORYLINE: A Spanish expert has said that people "will no doubt see" an increase in the volume of freight transported by the China-Europe freight trains. With 82 routes reaching Europe, the China-Europe freight trains now reach 196 cities in 24 European countries, transporting more than 50,000 types of goods. By the end of July, the total number of train trips had surpassed 57,000, with shipments of 5.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units of goods worth nearly 300 billion U.S. dollars. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DANIEL ALBALATE, Expert in transport economics at the University of Barcelona "Rail freight transport between China and Spain has grown a great deal in a short period of time. In Spain's trade wit

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Prince to take helm at Aozora Bank

TOKYO, Japan - Aozora Bank Deputy President Brian Prince (2nd from L), who has become acting president of the bank, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10. Prince will assume the bank's top post after his appointment is approved at a general shareholders meeting in June, succeeding Federico Sacasa. Sacasa stepped down to take responsibility after the bank said it expects its group net loss for the year through March to expand to 196 billion yen due to its exposure to the global financial turmoil. (Kyodo)

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Meiji Life, Yasuda Mutual Life announce merger

TOKYO, Japan - Mikihiko Miyamoto (L), president of Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ryotaro Kaneko, president of Meiji Life Insurance Co. announce Jan. 24 in Tokyo that the two life insurers will merge around April 2004 to boost competitiveness. The merger will create a company with outstanding insurance contracts worth 196 trillion yen, nearly as much as the 203 trillion yen held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan's third-largest life insurer.

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All-cast cast to solidify - Ikeda's new cabinet

Mr.Hayato Ikeda, who had been greatly enriched by the John F Kennedy meeting, embarked on a cabinet reshuffle in order to create a big-name cabinet suitable for Japan in the world. Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda getting out of a car, Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda talking with politicians, Kakuei Tanaka, Chairman of the Diet, wiping away sweat, politicians entering the Prime Minister's official residence lined with tent cities, commemorative photo shoot for the inauguration of the Cabinet, shooting date unknown, release date: July 21, 196.

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Golf: Lydia Ko wins NW Arkansas Championship

Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, on June 26, 2016. Ko finished with a 17-under 196 total to claim her third U.S. LPGA Tour win of the year and 13th overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to provide 21 bil. yen in loans to Vietnam

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh shake hands during a press conference in Hanoi on May 6, 2016. Japan signed the same day an exchange of notes to provide low-interest loans totaling about 21 billion yen ($196 million) to help Vietnam improve its infrastructure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Model wearing Russia-themed kimono

A Russian model wearing a Russia-themed kimono poses for photos during a presentation to the press at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on April 18, 2018. The kimono was produced as part of a project led by a kimono shop to make kimonos representing each of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Model wearing Russia-themed kimono

A Russian model wearing a Russia-themed kimono shows its reverse during a presentation to the press at the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on April 18, 2018. The kimono was produced as part of a project led by a kimono shop to make kimonos representing each of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Kimono shop owner seeks to use Olympics to revive industry

Yoshimasa Takakura, the third-generation owner of kimono shop Choya Co. in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows during an interview on July 22, 2015, one of the kimonos his project "Imagine Oneworld" has produced to represent the diversity of history and culture from each of the 196 nations expected to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Takakura launched the project to produce a unique kimono for each country and also hopes it will help revitalize the dwindling kimono industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish life-size poster

ARLINGTON, United States - The Texas Rangers give away life-size posters of pitcher Yu Darvish, who is 196-centimeter tall, to the first 10,000 children aged 13 and younger, at a game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 17, 2014. (Kyodo)

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CEATEC electronic shows open in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. exhibits the robot car ''EPORO,'' which is equipped with a collision-avoiding system and remote-controlling battery charger, at the information technology and electronics fair CEATEC Japan 2010 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2010. A total of 616 companies and groups, including 196 from overseas, have registered to exhibit their products and technologies in 2,255 booths at the five-day show. (Kyodo)

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CEATEC electronic shows open in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Information technology and electronics fair CEATEC Japan 2010 opens at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2010. A total of 616 companies and groups, including 196 from overseas, have registered to exhibit their products and technologies in 2,255 booths at the five-day show. (Kyodo)

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CEATEC electronic shows open in Chiba

CHIBA, Japan - Information technology and electronics fair CEATEC Japan 2010 opens at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 5, 2010. A total of 616 companies and groups, including 196 from overseas, have registered to exhibit their products and technologies in 2,255 booths at the five-day show. (Kyodo)

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Kimono representing 100 countries

High school students in kimono bearing designs representing 100 of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics join hands at an event in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2018. The kimono were produced as part of a project by a Kurume-based entity to use kimono to send a message that the world is united. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono representing 100 countries

A high school student in a kimono with a Cambodian theme poses at an event in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2018. Kimono designs representing 100 of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were shown at the event, part of a project by a Kurume-based entity to use kimono to send a message that the world is united. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono representing 100 countries

A high school student (C) in a kimono with a Chinese theme poses at an event in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2018. Kimono designs representing 100 of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were shown at the event, part of a project by a Kurume-based entity to use kimono to send a message that the world is united. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono representing 100 countries

A high school student (C) in a kimono with a Kenyan theme poses at an event in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2018. Kimono designs representing 100 of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were shown at the event, part of a project by a Kurume-based entity to use kimono to send a message that the world is united. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono representing 100 countries

High school students are attired in kimono bearing designs representing 100 of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics at an event in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2018. The kimono were produced as part of a project by a Kurume-based entity to use kimono to send a message that the world is united. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono representing 100 countries

High school students pose in kimono bearing designs representing 100 of the 196 countries expected to join the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics at an event in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 29, 2018. The kimono were produced as part of a project by a Kurume-based entity to use kimono to send a message that the world is united. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest 5 ex-Snow Brand Foods execs over fraud

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Snow Brand Foods Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on May 10 to search for evidence in connection with the arrest of five former executives of the company. Police arrested them on suspicion of defrauding an industry body out of 196 million yen by falsely labeling beef.

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Archives show U.S. proposed storage of N-weapons in Japan in 196

WASHINGTON, the United States - The U.S. military proposed in 1962 that nuclear weapons be stored in Japan and readied for deployment, two years after Tokyo and Washington revised the bilateral security treaty, according to U.S. State Department archives declassified Feb. 18.