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Pro-Constitution rally in Japan

People in support of keeping the pacifist Constitution intact gather in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on April 8, 2026, in protest over recent moves to revise it by some forces. Nearly 50,000 people rallied at over 160 places in Japan's 47 prefectures the same day in response to a social media call for action three days earlier by a woman in her 20s in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Pro-Constitution rally in Japan

People in support of keeping the pacifist Constitution intact gather in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on April 8, 2026, in protest over recent moves to revise it by some forces. Nearly 50,000 people rallied at over 160 places in Japan's 47 prefectures the same day in response to a social media call for action three days earlier by a woman in her 20s in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Pro-Constitution rally in Japan

People in support of keeping the pacifist Constitution intact gather in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on April 8, 2026, in protest over recent moves to revise it by some forces. Nearly 50,000 people rallied at over 160 places in Japan's 47 prefectures the same day in response to a social media call for action three days earlier by a woman in her 20s in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

A 23-meter-tall Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center in New York is illuminated with more than 50,000 LED lights on Dec. 3, 2025

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Nikkei stock index tops 50,000 for 1st time

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surpassing the 50,000 mark for the first time on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Nikkei stock index tops 50,000 for 1st time

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surpassing the 50,000 mark for the first time on Oct. 27, 2025.

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Nikkei stock index tops 50,000 for 1st time

Monitors at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping the 50,000 mark for the first time on Oct. 27, 2025.

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International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the new Tamagotchi Paradise virtual pet, in which users can raise over 50,000 variations of Tamagotchi characters, exhibited by Japanese toy maker Bandai Co. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

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International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the new Tamagotchi Paradise virtual pet, in which users can raise over 50,000 variations of Tamagotchi characters, exhibited by Japanese toy maker Bandai Co. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

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International toy show in Tokyo

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2025, shows the new Tamagotchi Paradise virtual pet, in which users can raise over 50,000 variations of Tamagotchi characters, exhibited by Japanese toy maker Bandai Co. at the International Tokyo Toy Show at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company:(Kyodo)

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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company(Kyodo)

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2nd anniv. of devasting earthquake in Turkey and Syria

People gather in central Adiyaman, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2025, to commemorate the second anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that left over 50,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria.

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2nd anniv. of devasting earthquake in Turkey and Syria

People gather in central Adiyaman, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2025, to commemorate the second anniversary of a catastrophic earthquake that left over 50,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria.

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Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

NEW YORK, United States, Dec. 5 Kyodo - A 22-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with more than 50,000 LED lights on Dec. 4, 2024, as a tree-lighting ceremony is held the same day at the Rockefeller Center in New York. (Kyodo)

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Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

A 22-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with more than 50,000 LED lights on Dec. 4, 2024, as a tree-lighting ceremony is held the same day at the Rockefeller Center in New York.

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Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

A 22-meter-tall Christmas tree is illuminated with more than 50,000 LED lights on Dec. 4, 2024, as a tree-lighting ceremony is held the same day at the Rockefeller Center in New York.

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Japanese cypripediums blooming in northeastern Japan

Japanese cypripediums are in full bloom in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2023. Local elderly people take care of the around 50,000 plants, classified as endangered.

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Japanese cypripediums blooming in northeastern Japan

Japanese cypripediums are in full bloom in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2023. Local elderly people take care of the around 50,000 plants, classified as endangered.

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Sony launches 4K home projector in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken in New York on Sept. 30, 2014, shows an image projected on a wall by a family-use "4k" projector (bottom) launched in the United States the same day by Japan's Sony Corp. Priced at $50,000, the 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector is capable of casting images up to 147 inches wide onto a wall.

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Festival using LEDs takes place on Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - "The Legend of Heisei Osaka Amanogawa" (Milky Way) festival takes place on July 7, 2014, with some 50,000 light-emitting diodes floating on the surface of the Okawa River running through the central part of Osaka City.

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China corruption

BEIJING, China - China's top prosecutor Cao Jianming reports to an annual session of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2014. He said more than 50,000 Chinese public servants were charged with embezzlement or bribery in 2013, up 8.4 percent from the year before.

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China corruption

BEIJING, China - China's top prosecutor Cao Jianming (bottom) reports to an annual session of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2014. He said more than 50,000 Chinese public servants were charged with embezzlement or bribery in 2013, up 8.4 percent from the year before. At left in the top row is Chinese President Xi Jinping and 2nd from left in the top row is Premier Li Keqiang.

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Inose got 50 mil. yen from scandal-hit hospital group

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government offices in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2013. Inose received 50 million yen ($50,000) shortly before the gubernatorial election in December 2012 from a hospital organization embroiled in a fraud scandal, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Inose got 50 mil. yen from scandal-hit hospital group

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government offices in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2013. Inose received 50 million yen ($50,000) shortly before the gubernatorial election in December 2012 from a hospital organization embroiled in a fraud scandal, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Suu Kyi at refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves as she boards an airplane after visiting Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 2, 2012. The camp houses about 50,000 ethnic Karen and other Myanmar refugees. Suu Kyi is in Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi at refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers reporters' questions after visiting Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 2, 2012. The camp houses about 50,000 ethnic Karen and other Myanmar refugees. Suu Kyi is in Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Tohoku Electric launches mega-solar power plant

AOMORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. launches commercial operation of a mega-solar power plant in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2011. The utility's first commercial solar power plant with a capacity of 1,500 kilowatts can produce about 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually to cover 500 households. It consists of some 10,000 solar cell panels installed on a 50,000-square-meter site.

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Tohoku Electric launches mega-solar power plant

AOMORI, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. launches commercial operation of a mega-solar power plant in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2011. The utility's first commercial solar power plant with a capacity of 1,500 kilowatts can produce about 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually to cover 500 households. It consists of some 10,000 solar cell panels installed on a 50,000-square-meter site.

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AirAsia X offers bargain prices

OSAKA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (far L), chief executive officer of Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia X, unveils a bargain price of 30,000 yen for premium-class seats on one-way trips between Osaka and Kuala Lumpur during a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 1, 2011. The bargain price compares with normal prices ranging from 50,000 yen to 92,000 yen.

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata holds a poster of an antinuclear rally scheduled at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people. Kamata is among writers and musicians who have been promoting the rally as well as collecting 10 million signatures on a petition calling for ending nuclear power in Japan in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Writers, musicians call for farewell to nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe (L) and writer Keiko Ochiai attend a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 6, 2011. They released a statement calling on Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to bid farewell to nuclear power. Writers and musicians, including Oe and Ochiai as well as popular musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, will hold an antinuclear rally at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, aiming to mobilize 50,000 people while collecting 10 million signatures for denuclearization, in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Museum for Doraemon cartoonist in Kawasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the inside of Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, dedicated to the legacy of the creator of the ''Doraemon'' cartoon series, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2011. The three-story museum, featuring around 50,000 of Fujiko F. Fujio's original drawings, is scheduled to open to the general public on Sept. 3.

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Dodgers' Kuroda donates $50,000 for cancer research

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda attends a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 26, 2011, speaking about his donation of $50,000 to ThinkCure, a nonprofit organization which raises funds for cancer research projects. Kuroda lost both his parents to cancer.

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A's collect $50,000 for quake relief

OAKLAND, United States - The Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui (C) responds to the fans together with personnel associated with a charity drive for the recent quake and tsunami disaster in Japan at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, prior to a game against the Seattle Mariners on April 3, 2011. The A's have collected $50,000 for the quake relief.

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A's Matsui calls on support for quake-hit Japan

OAKLAND, United States - The Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui (L) and Japanese Consul General in San Francisco Hiroshi Inomata (R) shake hands in front of Michael Crowley, president of the ball club, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland on March 29, 2011. The A's have raised over $50,000 for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan.

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Braves' Kawakami to donate $50,000 for quake victims

ORLANDO, United States - Atlanta Braves pitcher Kenshin Kawakami (L) talks with a teammate during spring training in Orlando, Florida, on March 20, 2011. Kawakami decided to donate $50,000 to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.

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Job fair for college students

TOKYO, Japan - College students who will graduate in 2012 head to Tokyo Big Sight as some 500 companies held a job fair on Nov. 6, 2010. More than 50,000 students gathered for the event.

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Job fair for college students

TOKYO, Japan - More than 50,000 college students who will graduate in 2012 gather at Tokyo Big Sight as some 500 companies held a job fair on Nov. 6, 2010.

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Refugees gather ahead of World Refugee Day

MAE LA, Thailand - Refugees gather for an event at Mae La Camp in northwestern Thailand on June 18, 2010, ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20. About 50,000 refugees from Myanmar live in the camp.

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Refugees gather ahead of World Refugee Day

MAE LA, Thailand - Children of a Myanmarese minority group dance during an event at Mae La Camp in northwestern Thailand on June 18, 2010, ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20. About 50,000 refugees from Myanmar live in the camp.

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Japan MF Honda's boots prove hit

OSAKA, Japan - This photo shows Mizuno Corp.'s Ignitus soccer boots, the same model as that used by Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda at CSKA Moscow. More than 50,000 pairs have been sold since the Japanese sporting-goods maker put them on the market in December 2009.

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help.

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Wooden charms burned at Narita event

NARITA, Japan - Priests toss wooden charms onto a fire during the annual Osamefuda Otakiage event at Naritasan Shinshoji Temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2009. A total of 50,000 talismans, dedicated to the temple this year, were burned in the event to thank the temple's Buddhist icon for help.

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Emperor, empress lay wreath at cemetery for American soldiers

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer silent prayers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu on July 15 after laying a wreath. More than 50,000 U.S. solders, including victims of the Pearl Harbor attack and Japanese-American servicemen who died during World War II, are buried there.

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Nissan kicks off car production in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an opening ceremony on June 2 for a car plant Nissan Motor Co. has built in suburban St. Petersburg. The plant will produce up to 50,000 Teana luxury sedan and X-Trail sport utility vehicles annually.

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JAL to discontinue popular calendar due to economic slump

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows Japan Airlines' popular calendars featuring photographs of cabin attendants. JAL plans to discontinue its 20-year-long production of the calendars, company sources said Jan. 31. Around 100,000 copies were printed in 1993, when they were in peak demand, but demand has since fallen gradually to around 50,000 for the 2009 version.

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Afghan NATO chief says no guarantee of non-combat regions

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Gen. David McKiernan, who took command of around 50,000 troops in NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in June, speaks at a press conference in Kabul July 16. KcKiernan said he could not guarantee a region in the country free of combat, a key condition for Japan sending troops there.

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Mitsui Engineering unveils biomass-run power facility

CHIBA, Japan - The biomass power station of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, in a photo taken May 29. The power plant, with a capacity to generate 50,000 kilowatts of power an hour, was opened to the press on May 29.

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New Year holidaymakers' departure rush begins -- Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - The check-in lobby at Narita International Airport is crowded with holidaymakers on Dec. 29 leaving Japan for New Year's holidays overseas. Narita, serving the greater Tokyo area, is expecting 50,000 people to depart Japan on Dec. 29 and a record 1.4 million passengers leaving and arriving Dec. 21 through Jan. 7.