Celebration for Eagles' 1st baseball title

Celebration for Eagles' 1st baseball title

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a ring with a star ruby surrounded by diamonds with a price tag of 10.01 million yen on Nov. 4, 2013, displayed as an eye-catcher item at department store Fujisaki Co.'s Sendai flagship in Miyagi Prefecture, where sales were held to celebrate the Sendai-based Rakuten Eagles' clinching of their first Japan Series championship in professional baseball the previous day. The number "1,001" in the price tag can be read in the same way as the first name of Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino.

1,001 Kannon statues

1,001 Kannon statues

Photo shows 1,001 standing statues of Kannon at Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, on Oct. 2, 2018, the first time in 26 years the full array of all the wooden statues has been exhibited. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

The last nine of 1,001 Kannon statues are brought back to Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Dec. 22, 2017, after about 45 years of restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

The last nine of 1,001 Kannon statues are brought back to Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Dec. 22, 2017, after about 45 years of restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

The last nine of 1,001 Kannon statues are brought back to Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Dec. 22, 2017, after about 45 years of restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

All statues back at Kyoto temple after decades of restoration work

The last nine of 1,001 Kannon statues are brought back to Sanjusangendo, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Dec. 22, 2017, after about 45 years of restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sumo: Hakuho retains share of lead with win No. 1,001

Sumo: Hakuho retains share of lead with win No. 1,001

Grand champion Hakuho (L) defeats komusubi Tamawashi on the fourth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 16, 2016. A day after securing his 1,000th victory, Hakuho had little time to sweat en route to keeping him among four wrestlers with perfect records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo