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Tokyo stocks surge

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surging more than 1,700 points in morning trading on March 25, 2026, following reports that the United States and Iran are making diplomatic efforts to end the war.

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Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters restored

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025, shows Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, recently restored by Japanese landscape designers following years of degradation. The 1,700-square-meter garden was created by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) in the 1950s.

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Summer Davos begins in China

Chinese Premier Li Qiang (on screen) makes a speech during the World Economic Forum's second largest annual meeting, known as the Summer Davos, in Tianjin, China, on June 25, 2025. About 1,700 people from political and business communities in about 90 countries took part in the three-day Meeting of the New Champions that started the previous day.

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Summer Davos begins in China

The World Economic Forum's second largest annual meeting, known as the Summer Davos, kicks off in Tianjin, China, on June 24, 2025. About 1,700 people from political and business communities in about 90 countries took part in the three-day Meeting of the New Champions.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial monitor in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2024, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average falling sharply by over 1,700 points.

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Tokyo stocks plunge

A financial monitor in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2024, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average falling sharply by over 1,700 points.

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Ship sunk by U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tsushima Maru, a ship that was sunk in 1944 following a U.S. submarine torpedo attack while transporting more than 1,700 people from the Pacific island of Okinawa to Nagasaki Prefecture on one of Japan's main islands.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (pictured from behind) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) talk with Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida during a party at Tokyo's Akasaka Imperial Garden on Oct. 25, 2012. Around 1,700 people, including lawmakers, top bureaucrats and a wide range of celebrities, attended the garden party hosted by the imperial couple.

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Foreign visitors shun Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A foreigner walks with a suitcase through a lobby of Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 6, 2011. Immigration officials said the same day the number of foreigners arriving at Kansai airport from March 18 to 23 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stood around 1,700 a day, less than half of the daily average before the disaster.

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Foreign visitors shun Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a duty free service counter at a department store in Osaka with no customers on April 5, 2011. Immigration officials said the same day the number of foreigners arriving at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture from March 18 to 23 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stood around 1,700 a day, less than half of the daily average before the disaster.

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New Year's swim event held in Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada - About 1,700 swimmers take part in the annual New Year's Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver on Jan. 1, 2010. The 90th event was held ahead of the Winter Olympics in February in the Canadian city.

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Sony to launch world's 1st OLED TV in Dec. on Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up Sony Corp.'s 11-inch television employing organic light emitting diode technology during an unveiling at Sony's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 1. Sony said it will begin selling the world's first OLED TV, featuring a 3-millimeter-thick display, from December in Japan with a suggested retail price of 200,000 yen, or around $1,700.

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Consumer lender Aiful ordered to halt operations at all outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 14 shows the head office building of Aiful Corp. in Kyoto. The Financial Services Agency ordered the major consumer finance firm to suspend part of its operations at all of its nearly 1,700 outlets nationwide for up to 25 days in May, saying it has carried out illegal lending practices.

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Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara visits Okinotori Island

OKINOTORI ISLAND, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a Japanese flag on Higashikojima islet of Okinotori Island on May 20. The uninhabited island is located some 1,700 kilometers south of Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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(1)Boat returns after fishing near disputed Okinotori Island

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese fishing boat heads home from waters near Okinotori Island, some 1,700 kilometers south of Tokyo, on April 19 after operating in the area to assert it is in Japan's exclusive economic zone, though China says otherwise. The fishing operations in the waters near the uninhabited island were in response to a request by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara.

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(2)Boat returns after fishing near disputed Okinotori Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a chartered Kyodo News plane on April 19 shows Okinotori Island, some 1,700 kilometers south of Tokyo, where a Japanese fishing boat conducted fishing operations in response to a request by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara to assert it is in Japan's exclusive economic zone, though China says otherwise.

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Clinton urges Japanese students to work for peace

MITO, Japan - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) is presented with flowers after speaking to 1,700 Japanese high school students in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture on international affairs and Japan-U.S. relations Nov. 19. Clinton urged the students to interact with people of different nationalities and religions to create a better world.

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900 ex-leprosy patients file another suit against state

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Former leprosy patients and their supporters hold a rally in front of the Kumamoto District Court building on May 21 before filing a lawsuit with the court against the state. About 900 former leprosy patients across the nation are filing the suit against the state, demanding 115 million yen each in compensation for being forced into isolation to undergo treatment for the disease. The suit brings the number of plaintiffs suing the state at district courts in Kumamoto, Okayama and Tokyo in connection with the case to about 1,700.

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World's largest Internet coffee shop opens in New York

NEW YORK, United States - The world's largest Internet coffee shop opens in New York, near Times Square. The shop has a floor space of roughly 1,700 square meters and is equipped with 800 personal computers. The shop is operated by a British venture company which is seeking to open 10 more shops in the United States by fall 2001.