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High-grade cherries

Photo taken on June 18, 2024, shows high-grade Aomori Heartbeat cherries, which fetched 500,000 yen ($3,170) for a box of 15 at the season's first auction the same day at a wholesale market in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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High-grade cherries

Photo taken on June 18, 2024, shows high-grade Aomori Heartbeat cherries, which fetched 500,000 yen ($3,170) for a box of 15 at the season's first auction the same day at a wholesale market in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 500,000 LED lights, with about 2.4 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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High-grade cherries in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2023, shows high-grade Aomori Heartbeat cherries, which fetched 500,000 yen ($3,530) for a box of 15 at the season's first auction the same day at a wholesale market in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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High-grade cherries in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2023, shows high-grade Aomori Heartbeat cherries (front), which fetched 500,000 yen ($3,530) for a box of 15 at the season's first auction the same day at a wholesale market in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Sony to introduce 15 new LCD TVs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Aug. 29 it will soon introduce 15 new Bravia liquid crystal display televisions including a 70-inch one, the largest LCD TV for consumers in Japan. Of the 15 new TVs, 11 will be put on sale on Sept. 20, including the popular 46-inch model that is expected to sell for 400,000 to 500,000 yen.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose in scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2013. The governor said he borrowed 50 million yen ($500,000) from a hospital organization, which is at the center of an illegal campaigning scandal, but later returned the funds.

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Japan Olympic medalists parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Some 500,000 people fill the streets of the Ginza district of central Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2012, for a parade celebrating Japan's London 2012 Olympians, whose 38-medal haul was the country's largest total from a single Olympic Games. (Pool photo)

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Japan Olympic medalists parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a helicopter shows some 500,000 people filling the streets of the Ginza district of central Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2012, for a parade celebrating Japan's London 2012 Olympians, whose 38-medal haul was the country's largest total from a single Olympic Games. (Pool photo)

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Court rejects suit against Yasukuni enshrinement

NAHA, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (front) of a suit against their relatives' enshrinement at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo makes an appeal in front of the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture before the ruling on Sept. 6, 2011. The branch upheld the same day a lower court decision to reject the suit by five Okinawa Prefecture citizens, who asked the central government and the Shinto shrine to delist their 10 deceased relatives' enshrinement at the shrine and to pay a total of 500,000 yen in damages for mental pain they claim to have suffered from the enshrinement.

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Ghosn discusses electric vehicle strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the headquarters of the Japanese automaker in Yokohama on May 13, 2010. Nissan is aiming to produce 500,000 electric vehicles annually, Ghosn said.

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Ghosn discusses electric vehicle strategy

TOKYO, Japan - Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan Motor Co., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the headquarters of the Japanese automaker in Yokohama on May 13, 2010. Nissan is aiming to produce 500,000 electric vehicles annually, Ghosn said.

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Chile quake aftermath

DICHATO, Chile - People carry boxes of relief supplies in Dichato, Chile, on March 3, 2010. Some 300 people in the town gathered to receive water, rice and other supplies following the Feb. 27 earthquake which killed at least 800 people and destroyed 500,000 homes.

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Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - A woman prepares breakfast in front of her damaged home in Concepcion, Chile, on March 3, 2010. A magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27 killed at least 800 and destroyed 500,000 homes.

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Chile quake death toll rises to over 700

SANTIAGO, Chile - A destroyed pedestrian overpass is seen at a closed international airport in a suburb near Santiago on Feb. 28, 2010, a day after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the country. About 500,000 homes were reportedly seriously damaged with the death toll climbing over 700.

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Displaced family in quake-hit Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - People sit in the rubble of their home in Port-au-Prince, the quake-devastated Haitian capital, on Jan. 30, 2010. The government said an estimated 500,000 people, a quarter of the capital's population, have left the city after the quake.

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Pair of Yubari melons sold for 500,000 yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed variety of cantaloupe from Hokkaido, are displayed in a souvenir shop in Sapporo on May 15 after being sold for 500,000 yen in the first auction of this year's harvest season at Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. They sold for one-fifth of last year's price of 2.5 million yen per pair.

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Colorful shoes a hit with elderly people

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japanese shoemaker Tokutake Industry Co. President Takao Sogo shows shoes at the company's headquarters in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2008. Tokutake's shoes, with annual sales reaching some 500,000 pairs, include those with polka dots, unlike many traditional shoes for the elderly. They are also on sale in South Korea and China. Tokutake also tailors shoes so customers including those who have leg disabilities can wear them more comfortably.

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Police officer, girlfriend nabbed for fraud of 500,000 yen

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Saito, director of police administration at the Aichi Prefectural Police Department, bows in apology at a news conference in Nagoya on March 11 after an Aichi assistant police inspector and his girlfriend were arrested on suspicion of swindling a woman in Nagoya out of 500,000 yen under the guise of solving her personal troubles last year.

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Fish-cake cooking oil converted to bio-diesel fuel in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - The city of Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan's largest fish-cake processing base, has been producing bio-diesel from cooking oil disposed by fish-cake makers in the city, selling the product at 105 yen per liter, substantially cheaper than ordinary diesel sold at gas filling stations. Each year, fish-cake makers in Shiogama dispose of more than 500,000 liters of used cooking oil, which had been sold to outside dealers for use as fat in pet food or as ink solvent. The city started converting used cooking oil to bio-diesel in November 2006 with subsidies from the Ministry of Environment. The photo shows an employee at the bio-diesel fuel station in Shiogama filling up a diesel truck.

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Yoko Ono's peace monument installed in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Ringo Starr (L), Yoko Ono (C) and Olivia Harrison, the widow of George Harrison, attend an unveiling ceremony for ''Imagine Peace Tower'' in Reykjavik on Oct. 9. The monument, designed by Ono, the widow of John Lennon, is engraved with the message ''Imagine Peace'' in 24 languages and is filled with about 500,000 capsules containing messages of hope sent by people around the world.

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World's largest floating bookshop opens at Hakata port

FUKUOKA, Japan - The world's largest floating bookshop on the 6,818-ton Doulos opened to the public at Hakata port in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on May 12 with about 500,000 books and 350 volunteers from more than 50 countries aboard. The Doulos, the world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service, will open for 10 days at Chuo pier following its arrival on May 11.

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Russian court imposes fine on Japanese fishing boat skipper

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Noboru Sakashita, the captain of the crab fishing boat Kisshin Maru No. 31, attends a hearing at the South Kuril District Court in Yuzhno-Kurilsk on the Russian-held Kunashiri Island on Sept. 21. The Russian court ordered him to pay about 500,000 rubles ($12,700, or 2.2 million yen) in fines and damages for intruding into and poaching in Russian-claimed territorial waters just off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in mid-August.

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Toyota releases all-new, higher-end minivan hybrid

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on June 12 marketed in Japan a completely redesigned, higher-end minivan hybrid (in photo), whose mileage has improved to 20 kilometers per liter of gasoline, a fuel economy comparable to that of a compact car, thanks to use of a smaller motor and battery. The seven-seater, four-wheel-drive Estima G with a 2.4-liter engine also boasts better acceleration and sells for 4.41 million yen, about 500,000 yen more expensive than comparable gasoline-powered vehicles, Toyota Motor said.

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Mets sign right-hander Iriki to 1-year deal

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese free agent pitcher Yusaku Iriki speaks with reporters in New York on Jan. 18 after signing a one-year contract with the New York Mets worth $750,000 that includes potential incentives for $500,000. ''There are many people I would like to throw against, but if any one player, maybe (New York Yankees outfielder Hideki) Matsui, since we used to be on the Giants together,'' said Iriki expressing his enthusiasm to play in the majors. (MLB)

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Asakusa Samba Carnival

TOKYO, Japan - Dancers in colorful costumes parade through Tokyo's Asakusa district on Aug. 27 for the Asakusa Samba Carnival. Some 4,500 dancers took part in the event which attracted around 500,000 people.

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(1)Nagashima items popular at Giants' charity event

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A cap from popular former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima fetches 500,000 yen in a charity auction aimed to help reconstruct earthquake-hit areas, at the site of the Giants' spring training in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 19. The cap features ''3'' handwritten by the 68-year-old Nagashima.

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Vietnam to issue new anti-counterfeit bills

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam's central bank is to issue new counterfeit-proof bills and coins Dec. 17, Vietnamese news media reported Nov. 28. The 500,000-dong bill (shown) will be the highest-denominated bill in the country.

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Yangon banks hit by rush of withdrawals

YANGON, Myanmar - People queue outside a Yangon bank Feb. 18 to withdraw their deposits after 20 private banks decided to limit withdrawals to 200,000 kyats ($32,200), down from a limit of 500,000 kyats the previous week. The rush on the banks began with the collapse of some private financial services groups operating outside government financial regulations, which triggered rumors the banks were at risk as well.

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Matsushita unveils cleaning robot

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. unveiled a prototype cleaning robot on March 25. The box-shaped robot, which weighs 9.8 kilograms, cleans rooms while avoiding furniture and other barriers. Matsushita will begin tests on the robot at homes in May so as to introduce a practical model in a few years for about 500,000 yen.

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Safe vehicle devised for physically handicapped

TOKYO, Japan - An official of InfoCom Research Inc., an independent administrative entity, drives a new vehicle for physically handicapped and elderly people in a public road test March 13. The four-wheeled, electric vehicle, dubbed the Intelligent City Walker (ICW), is equipped with various IT features, such as infrared and ultrasonic sensors, which allow it to receive traffic information from cameras fixed to electric poles and other sites and then automatically avoid barriers. InfoCom will continue studies in a bid to make the whole ICW system available for less than 500,000 yen by 2005.

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Komiyama joins New York Mets spring training

PORT ST. LUCIE, United States - Japanese right-hander Satoru Komiyama practices pitching at the New York Mets' spring training in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Feb. 16. Komiyama signed with the Mets for the minimum major-league salary of $200,000 for the 2002 season in addition to a $300,000 signing bonus and performance incentives of up to $500,000. (MLB)

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500,000 women from ex-Soviet Union coerced into sex industry

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian newspapers are full of classified ads inviting young women to work abroad. Many of them offer ''a dancer's job for $40 per diem.'' Mariana Solomatova of the Angel Coalition, a federation of 43 human rights groups in Russia, said Jan. 8 that more than 500,000 women from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union are being forced to work in the sex industry in Japan and Western nations.

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Japan begins loading rice for shipment to N. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - The first batch of 500,000 tons of rice is being loaded into the 16,104-ton North Korean-registered freighter Dok Chon at the port of Osaka on Jan. 18 for shipment in aid to North Korea to help alleviate food shortages there.

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Tsuyoshi Shinjo inks contract with New York Mets

NEW YORK, U.S. - Tsuyoshi Shinjo, wearing his new team uniform, smiles to reporters in New York on Dec. 18 after signing a one-year, $500,000 contract with the New York Mets. Shinjo is the second position player from Japan to play in the North American major leagues.

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Families of missing protest LDP decision on food aid

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the families of Japanese nationals allegedly abducted by North Korean agents stage a demonstration near the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Oct. 4 to protest a decision by an LDP panel to approve a government plan to send 500,000 tons of rice in food aid to the country.

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LDP panel approves 500,000 tons of rice for N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Foreign Affairs Division of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in a meeting Oct. 4, endorse a government plan to send 500,000 tons of rice to North Korea to alleviate the country's food shortage. Seated 2nd from right is Foreign Minister Yohei Kono.

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Dispute over dumped waste on Teshima Island settled

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Kagawa Gov. Takeki Manabe (2nd from R) signs an agreement with residents of Teshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture on June 6 to settle a long-standing dispute over 500,000 tons of industrial waste that had been illegally dumped on the island. The group of people on the left represented the residents. Under the accord, proposed by a central government arbitration commission, the prefecture will set up a disposal facility on a nearby island by early 2003 and remove all the waste by the end of March 2017.

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Man speaks about hardships after being wrongly detained

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A 51-year-old man speaks to reporters April 21 at a welfare center in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, after prosecutors apologized for wrongly accusing him of stealing 500,000 yen from a bank account and keeping him in detention for more than a year. Prosecutors asked the Matsuyama District Court to acquit the man now that authorities have found another suspect in the case.

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Thailand to issue highest denominated bank notes

BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai central bank official shows April 20 a specimen of a 500,000 baht ($13,157) bank note to be issued in commemoration of the golden wedding anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit on April 28. The bill may be the highest denomination note in the world, the bank said. The United States issued $10,000 notes from 1945 to 1969.

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Asakusa Samba Carnival held

Brazilian dancers perform during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo on Aug. 21 which drew as many as 500,000 spectators, and 3,000 dancers and musicians. The carnival, held annually in the past 18 years, has become one of the most popular events in Asakusa, an amusement district in eastern Tokyo.

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Asakusa Samba Carnival held

Brazilian dancers perform during the Asakusa Samba Carnival in Tokyo on Aug. 21 which drew as many as 500,000 spectators, and 3,000 dancers and musicians. The carnival, held annually in the past 18 years, has become one of the most popular events in Asakusa, an amusement district in eastern Tokyo.

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Arrested ex-Tokyo Olympic exec may have been asked to favor Kadokawa

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive arrested in a bribery case involving a sponsorship contract for a clothes retailer, may also have been asked to favor publishing company Kadokawa Corp., a source familiar with the matter said Saturday. The publishing company gave 70 million yen ($500,000) to an entity run by his acquaintance and prosecutors are looking into why the money was paid and whether all or part of the amount was transferred to anyone, the source said. The sum given to the entity was described as a consulting fee after the publisher became a sponsor for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in April 2019, which enabled it to publish the Summer Games' official guidebooks and records. According to the source, the acquaintance may have asked Takahashi to help Kadokawa be chosen as a sponsor.