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Haruki Murakami's latest novel hits 1 mil. circulation

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's newest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said the same day that 1 million copies of the book are now in circulation since its release on April 12.

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Haruki Murakami's latest novel hits 1 mil. circulation

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's newest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said the same day that 1 million copies of the book are now in circulation since its release on April 12.

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AKB48's "general election"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an official guidebook (R) for the "AKB48 general election 2012," an annual popularity poll in which fans of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 choose their favorite member, and the jacket of their 26th single CD "Manatsu no Sounds good!," (Sounds good in midsummer!) which was released on May 23, 2012. A ballot for the popularity vote is attached to the CD, which sold a record-breaking 1.17 million copies on its first day of release. The votes will be counted June 6.

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Japanese hooked on blood-type books for self-analysis

TOKYO, Japan - The image made Feb. 6 shows the number of copies sold of best-selling books on four blood types; type O (from L) 1.45 million, type AB 900,000, type B 1.62 million and type A 1.33 million.

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2 Brazilians pirate Disney DVDs, net 250 million yen since 2000

NAGOYA, Japan - Pirated DVDs and computer equipment on display at the Konan police station in Aichi Prefecture on April 22. Police say 300 pirated DVDs had been confiscated from two Brazilians in Nagano Prefecture who allegedly made DVD copies of Disney TV programs for sale in Japan. The suspects, Isawa Hevio Yukishigue and Alves Valter Teles, allegedly have netted 250 million yen since March 2000, selling pirated DVDs on the Internet and through Brazilian stores in Japan.

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Police to distribute booklets to save human trafficking victims

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a six-language booklet which Japan's National Police Agency plans to distribute to human trafficking victims. Agency officials said May 25 that the booklet urges them to go to Japanese authorities to seek shelter and help. The agency has produced 1 million copies of the palm-size booklet written in Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Thai.

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Popular Russian singing duo 't.A.T.u.' arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Popular Russian singing duo ''t.A.T.u.'' arrives June 25 at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, with about 300 fans welcoming them. More than 1.5 million copies of their debut album has been sold in Japan.

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Confidential documents of Okinawa reversion on Web site

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of official documents that confirm a secret pact between Washington and Tokyo concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japanese rule have been disclosed on the Web site of Japanese Diet member Kinya Narazaki of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Under the secret pact, Japan assumed the $4 million cost the U.S. was supposed to pay to restore Okinawa land to its original state. The Japanese government has denied the existence of the pact.

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Document shows secret U.S.-Japan pact on Okinawa reversion

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows copies of a recently declassified U.S. government document that confirmed the existence of a secret pact between Washington and Tokyo concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japanese rule. Under the secret pact, Japan assumed the $4 million cost the U.S. was supposed to pay to restore Okinawa land to its original state as ''the classified U.S.-GOJ (the government of Japan) understanding'' and Japan has asked the U.S. to flatly deny the existence of such a pact to press inquiries.

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Philippine Senate turns documents over to Ombudsman

MANILA, Philippines - Senate President Aquilino Pimentel opens bank records from ousted President Joseph Estrada in Manila on Feb. 14 before media, bank officials, prosecution lawyers and Ombudsman Aniano Desierto. Local media reports, citing previously obtained copies of the document, said the account contained up to 3.2 billion pesos (about $66 million).

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

People buy the final edition of Apple Daily newspapers on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

People buy the final edition of Apple Daily newspapers on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

People buy the final edition of Apple Daily newspapers at newsstand on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

Final edition of the Apple Daily newspapers arrive at newsstand on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

Final edition of the Apple Daily newspapers arrive at newsstand on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

People buy the final edition of Apple Daily newspapers on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

People buy the final edition of Apple Daily newspapers at newsstand on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

Final edition of the Apple Daily newspapers arrive at newsstand on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily Shutdown - Hong Kong

Final edition of the Apple Daily newspapers arrive at newsstand on June 24, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy newspaper announced it would stop publishing online at midnight, printing 1 million copies for its final edition on Thursday. Under a controversial national security law, Apple Daily shutdown after 26 years of its tabloid-style newspaper. Photo by Keith Tsuji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Police to distribute booklets to save human trafficking victims

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a six-language booklet which Japan's National Police Agency plans to distribute to human trafficking victims. Agency officials said May 25 that the booklet urges them to go to Japanese authorities to seek shelter and help. The agency has produced 1 million copies of the palm-size booklet written in Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Thai. (Kyodo)

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LDP branch reports spending without copies of receipts

CHIBA, Japan - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Chiba prefectural branch has reported about 99 million yen in spending for 2006 based on its own system without attaching copies of some 140 receipts for the sum, Kyodo News found Oct. 3. The political funds report is attached to a list of the chapter's expenses showing dates and amounts spent as well as the companies or organizations that received the money, but lacks seals or revenue stamps confirming the recipients (shown in photo), Kyodo found after examining the report. (Kyodo)

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Document shows secret U.S.-Japan pact on Okinawa reversion

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows copies of a recently declassified U.S. government document that confirmed the existence of a secret pact between Washington and Tokyo concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japanese rule. Under the secret pact, Japan assumed the $4 million cost the U.S. was supposed to pay to restore Okinawa land to its original state as ''the classified U.S.-GOJ (the government of Japan) understanding'' and Japan has asked the U.S. to flatly deny the existence of such a pact to press inquiries.

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Confidential documents of Okinawa reversion on Web site

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of official documents that confirm a secret pact between Washington and Tokyo concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japanese rule have been disclosed on the Web site of Japanese Diet member Kinya Narazaki of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Under the secret pact, Japan assumed the $4 million cost the U.S. was supposed to pay to restore Okinawa land to its original state. The Japanese government has denied the existence of the pact. (Kyodo)

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Total sales of AKB48 singles hit 36 million copies, a Japan record

Songwriter Yasushi Akimoto (C) is surrounded by members of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 in Tokyo in this file photo taken in May 2013. Total sales of CDs with just one song by AKB48 have reached 36,158,000 copies, the most ever by a recording artist or group in Japan, music information provider Oricon Inc. said Dec. 9, 2015. Combined sales of single CDs written by Yasushi Akimoto surpassed 100 million copies, another first in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prize- winning novel by comedian Matayoshi to top 1 million copies

The novel "Hibana" (Spark) is piled up at a bookstore in Tokyo on July 17, 2015, as the author, Naoki Matayoshi, won the prestigious Akutagawa literary prize the previous day. His publisher has decided to reprint the novel to take the total publication to more than one million copies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan marks 4th anniv. of deadly disaster

A man receives a newspaper issued by three local newspaper publishers in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in front of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo on March 11, 2015. The three papers printed around 1 million copies to report the current situation in the three prefectures, most severely damaged by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, on its fourth anniversary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Poop" popularizing the study of kanji among Japanese children

Creators of a workbook series for Japanese elementary school students who learn kanji characters show their workbooks in Tokyo on May 9, 2017. The series featuring a heavy dose of the word "unko," the Japanese word for "poop," has quickly sold over a million copies since its release in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Poop" popularizing the study of kanji among Japanese children

Photo taken April 27, 2017, shows a woman posing for a photo with a workbook series for Japanese elementary school students who learn kanji characters. The series featuring a heavy dose of the word "unko," the Japanese word for "poop," has quickly sold over a million copies since its release in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Advocate of "meaningful life" sells over 2 mil. copies of books

Photo taken in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2015, shows Fumihiko Iida, a 53-year-old former Fukushima University professor who has provided people with hints over the past 20 years for them to find something worth living for. His books on theory associated with meaningful life have sold more than two million copies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Brazilians pirate Disney DVDs, net 250 million yen since 2000

NAGOYA, Japan - Pirated DVDs and computer equipment on display at the Konan police station in Aichi Prefecture on April 22. Police say 300 pirated DVDs had been confiscated from two Brazilians in Nagano Prefecture who allegedly made DVD copies of Disney TV programs for sale in Japan. The suspects, Isawa Hevio Yukishigue and Alves Valter Teles, allegedly have netted 250 million yen since March 2000, selling pirated DVDs on the Internet and through Brazilian stores in Japan. (Kyodo)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

A woman stands in front of the sounded Slav Epic, one of the art works of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha at the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

A visitor walks through the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

A visitor walks through the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

Princess Hyacinta, one of the art works of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha, at the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

A photographer takes pictures one of the art works of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha at the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

The art works of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha at the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

Pantheon of Czech Music, one of the art works of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha, at the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

A visitor walks through the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion, Alfons Mucha

Self-portrait, one of the art works of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha, at the exhibition iMucha - Famous Collection In Motion in Prague's Municipal House, Czech Republic, August 20, 2020. The collection of Czech-born Art Nouveau master Alfons Mucha's posters, gathered by tennis star Ivan Lendl, is returning on display in Prague after its success seven years ago, complemented not only by some 70 new posters but also by the original works' digital copies, which enable to set some of them in motion. Mucha's posters are part of the collections of many institutions, but the one gathered by Lendl, a Czech native, is exceptionally comprehensive. It toured the world in recent years, attracting over a half million people. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Japanese manga "Demon Slayer"

A woman buys the 21st and latest volume of popular Japanese manga "Demon Slayer" (Kimetsu no Yaiba) by Koyoharu Gotoge at a Tsutaya CD/DVD/book store in Tokyo's Shibuya area on July 3, 2020. The manga's accumulated number of copies printed topped 80 million in July.

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Copies of prize-winning novel "Hibana" to top 2 mil.

Photo shows Japanese comedian Naoki Matayoshi. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said Aug. 4, 2015, it will print 400,000 more copies of Matayoshi's novel "Hibana" (Spark), bringing the total number of copies above the 2 million mark amid robust sales after it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular Russian singing duo 'Tatu' arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Popular Russian singing duo ''Tatu'' arrives June 25 at Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, with about 300 fans welcoming them. More than 1.5 million copies of their debut album has been sold in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Philippine Senate turns documents over to Ombudsman

MANILA, Philippines - Senate President Aquilino Pimentel opens bank records from ousted President Joseph Estrada in Manila on Feb. 14 before media, bank officials, prosecution lawyers and Ombudsman Aniano Desierto. Local media reports, citing previously obtained copies of the document, said the account contained up to 3.2 billion pesos (about $66 million).

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Disabled best-selling author graduates from university

TOKYO, Japan, - Hirotada Ototake (L) graduates ON March 25 at Waseda University in Tokyo. Born in 1976 virtually without arms and legs, Ototake published 'Gotai Fumanzoku' (No One's Perfect), about his life, in 1998. The book has sold some 4.5 million copies since its publication.

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Christian art book partly made from pure gold to go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Feb. 18 it will put on sale copies of a book about Christian history and art partly made from pure gold, in commemoration of the new millennium. The ''Seinen Jubileum Gold Book'' has 87 pages, of which 40 are made from pure gold. It will be sold in two sizes, with one priced at 950,000 yen and the other at 3 million yen.

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Pop sensation Utada performs in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Sixteen-year-old pop sensation Hikaru Utada performs at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Aug. 24. Utada, born and raised in New York and the daughter of Japanese singer Keiko Fuji, broke Japan's album sales record with her debut album ''First Love.'' The album, released March 10, sold 5.24 million copies.