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Premium watermelons in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows "Densuke" watermelons, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that were put up for sale in the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island. The one in the center fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800.)

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Premium watermelon in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows a "Densuke" watermelon, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800) at the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island.

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Workers at Mabuchi Motor plant in Vietnam

OSAKA, Japan - Factory workers inspect product parts at a Mabuchi Motor Co. plant in Danang, Vietnam, in November 2011. The Japanese small motor maker, based in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, built the plant in the central Vietnam city in 2005, with its workforce growing to around 4,800.

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Narita airport opens large shopping mall

NARITA, Japan - Narita 5th Avenue, a new shopping mall that opened for business April 9 at Narita airport's No. 2 terminal. The mall, which hosts 32 shops with a floor space of 4,800 square meters, is larger than the Narita Nakamise shopping mall, which opened at the No. 1 terminal last June.

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Memorial ceremonies mark 2nd anniversary of Niigata quake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Local people light candles and offer silent prayers in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, at 5:56 p.m. on Oct. 23, the time the magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit the prefecture two years ago. The quake killed 67 people, leaving some 4,800 people injured and 17,000 houses destroyed or damaged.

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Survivors commemorate victims of Niigata earthquake

OJIYA, Japan - Bereaved family members are moved to tears during a memorial ceremony held in the central Niigata city of Ojiya on Oct. 23 for the victims of the devastating quake that struck the prefecture a year ago and left 51 people killed and 4,800 others injured.

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Survivors commemorate victims of Niigata earthquake

OJIYA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida pays tribute to the memories of those who were killed in the devastating quake that struck the prefecture a year ago during a memorial ceremony held in the central Niigata city of Ojiya on Oct. 23. The quake left 51 people killed and 4,800 others injured.

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Sales of Universal Studios tickets kick off

OSAKA, Japan - A woman holds up a coupon ticket as opening tickets for Universal Studios Japan, a U.S. movie theme park set to open in Osaka on March 31, went on sale nationwide Feb. 7. The tickets for entry to the park between the opening day and April 14 were sold in the form of coupons, exchangeable for a one-day pass, at major travel agencies and major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. The tickets are priced at 5,500 yen for an adult, 3,700 yen for a child and 4,800 yen for those aged 65 or older.