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Bill with autographs of WW2 Japanese war criminals

Photo taken in DeKalb, Illinois, in November 2024 shows a 100-yen bill with autographs believed to be those of Japanese war criminals, including Class-A war criminals executed for war crimes after World War II, such as Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). The bill belonged to the late Donald Faivre, an Illinois farmer who served as a guard at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, where such war criminals were held during the Allied occupation.

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Euro tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the euro trading at the 100 yen level on the morning of Dec. 29, 2011. The euro briefly fell to 100.35 yen in Tokyo the same day, the lowest since June 2001.

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Dollar surges vs. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 101 yen line and the Nikkei stock index above 14,500 on May 10, 2013. Stocks soared that day in Tokyo, with the Nikkei hitting its highest intraday level since January 2008, as the U.S. dollar broke through and traded well above the 100 yen mark.

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Dollar surges vs. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese traveler checks foreign exchange levels at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 10, 2013, as the U.S. currency broke the psychological threshold of 100 yen for the first time in roughly four years in New York the previous day. The dollar continued to rise in Tokyo on May 10, briefly topping the 101 yen line.

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Dollar surges vs. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A display at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 100 yen line on May 10, 2013. The U.S. currency broke the psychological threshold of 100 yen for the first time in roughly four years in New York the previous day, and continued to rise in Tokyo on May 10, briefly topping the 101 yen line. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)

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Yoshinoya to cut "gyudon" prices

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yoshinoya's regular "gyudon" beef and rice bowl in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. Yoshinoya Holdings Co. said the same day it will cut gyudon prices on April 18 in response to the relaxation in February of restrictions on beef imports from the United States. The regular gyudon bowl price will be lowered by 100 yen to 280 yen.

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Aeon, Suntory to launch 100-yen beer-like drink in July

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Hisaki, an executive of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., shows off cans of private brand beer-like drinks, which were co-developed with Suntory Liquors Ltd., during a press conference in Tokyo on June 29. Aeon, the operator of Jusco and MaxValu supermarket stores, will sell the drink for 100 yen, about 20 percent lower than similar drinks produced by major brewers.

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Success Brocken wins February Stakes

FUCHU, Japan - Sixth pick Success Brocken (15) upstages top favorite Kane Hekili at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo on Feb. 22 to win the February Stakes, the first Grade One event of the year in Japanese horse racing. Victory for Success Brocken was worth 94 million yen in prize money and returned 2,060 yen on a 100 yen bet.

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U.S. dollar drops to 99 yen level in London

TOKYO, Japan - A board at Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow, a foreign exchange broker, shows the U.S. dollar dropping to the 99 yen level in London on March 13. After falling to as low as 100.02 yen during Tokyo trading, the dollar weakened further and hit 99.77 yen at one point in London. The U.S. currency last traded below 100 yen on Nov. 10, 1995, in London.

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Shuttered shopping street revives as 100-yen mall

SHINJO, Japan - Customers enjoy 100-yen bowls of duck soup on March 10, the 15th ''100-yen mall'' event since July 2004 on the Minami-Hommachi shopping street in the city of Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture.

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Luxury paid public toilet at Akihabara draws crowds

TOKYO, Japan - A luxury paid public toilet built at the new Akihabara shopping district in Tokyo is doing good business, drawing more than 30,000 customers in just half a year. The toilet, which has 160 square meters of floor space and features changing rooms and a computer corner with access to the Internet , is said to be popular with both tourists and trendy youths. Officials of Chiyoda Ward, which built the toilet adjacent to the JR Akihabara Station, say the changing rooms inside the toilet are particularly popular with ''costume play'' teenage girls who use the facility to change into maid uniforms or other trendy costumes for play. The fee is 100 yen per person, and free of charge for people with physical disabilities and pre-high school students.

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In search of up-and-coming merchandise

SHANGHAI, China - A female worker stuffs a cushion at a Shanghai factory, which received order from a Japanese operator of 100 yen shops, Seria Co. in April.

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Livedoor share price sinks below 100 yen for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at a securities company in Tokyo shows the price of Livedoor Co. closing at 94 yen on Feb. 1 after briefly dropping to 93 yen.

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Horse racing betting produces highest return

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at Nakayama Racecourse shows a return of 10,149,930 yen on a 100-yen wager paid out at Fukushima Racecourse in Fukushima Prefecture on April 9. It is the highest return in the history of legal gambling in sports in Japan.

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JRA pays highest cash prize

NIIGATA, Japan - In the 11th race at Niigata Racecourse on May 15, the Japan Racing Association paid out the highest-ever cash prize of 1,555,450 yen for a 100 yen slip betting game for the three horses likely to come in first, second and third. A total of 158 100 yen slips for the right three-horse combination had been sold, and one player cashed in the winning slip. The winner's identity is unknown.

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(1)JRA horse race reaps record betting return

FUNABASHI, Japan - The signboard at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, shows a record 1,498,110 yen return on a 100-yen wager March 23. All combinations of 10-14-16, the horses that finished 1-2-3 respectively in the day's sixth race, broke the previous record of 1,449,660 yen set at the same racecourse Jan 6.

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(1)JRA horse race reaps record betting return

FUNABASHI, Japan - The top three long shots paid out 1,498,110 yen on a 100-yen wager at a horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, east of Tokyo on March 23, the highest-ever return on a race organized by the Japan Racing Association (JRA).

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Long-shot No Reason storms to victory in Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Long-shot No Reason, with English jockey Brett Doyle aboard, storms to an easy victory in the 62nd running of the Satsuki-sho, the first leg of Japan's triple crown series for 3-year-old colts, at Nakayama Racecourse on April 14. No Reason paid out 11,590 yen to win on a 100 yen wager.

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Kansai Electric Power creates coin-op electric vehicle charger

OSAKA, Japan - A handout photo shows a coin-operated battery charger for motorized bicycles and ultra-small electric vehicles jointly developed by Kansai Electric Power Co., Tohoku Electric Power Co., Hokuriku Electric Power Co. and Kyushu Electric Power Co. Using the charger, operated with 100 yen coins, a four-wheel motorized car can move an average of 10 kilometers per charge of one hour, Kansai Electric Power said.

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(8)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - A restaurant owner in Meguro, Tokyo, puts up a notice May 15 offering congratulations on Crown Princess Masako's pregnancy. The notice reads 100 yen for first drink, 300 yen for all others.

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Can Do 100 yen store in Japan

File photo taken in October 2021 shows a Can Do store in Tokyo, which sells inexpensive items priced mostly at 100 yen.

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Image of Receipt for Reduced Tax Rate

Groceries are calculated separately even at 100 yen stores. A 100-yen store in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on October 1, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Image of Receipt for Reduced Tax Rate

Groceries are calculated separately even at 100 yen stores. A 100-yen store in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on October 1, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Image of Receipt for Reduced Tax Rate

Groceries are calculated separately even at 100 yen stores. A 100-yen store in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on October 1, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Image of Receipt for Reduced Tax Rate

Groceries are calculated separately even at 100 yen stores. A 100-yen store in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on October 1, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Kansai Electric Power creates coin-op electric vehicle charger

OSAKA, Japan - A handout photo shows a coin-operated battery charger for motorized bicycles and ultra-small electric vehicles jointly developed by Kansai Electric Power Co., Tohoku Electric Power Co., Hokuriku Electric Power Co. and Kyushu Electric Power Co. Using the charger, operated with 100 yen coins, a four-wheel motorized car can move an average of 10 kilometers per charge of one hour, Kansai Electric Power said.

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Horse racing betting produces highest return

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at Nakayama Racecourse shows a return of 10,149,930 yen on a 100-yen wager paid out at Fukushima Racecourse in Fukushima Prefecture on April 9. It is the highest return in the history of legal gambling in sports in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Horse racing betting produces record return

TOKYO, Japan - A horse race organized by the Japan Racing Association paid out 18,469,120 yen on a 100-yen wager on Oct. 22, the highest return in the history of legal sports gambling in Japan. Zenno Express, Kanesu Benefit and Keiai Carlton finished 1-2-3 at Tokyo Racecourse and the trifecta bet on them surpassed the previous record of 13,000,390 yen set in a race at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo in May 2005. (Kyodo)

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Livedoor share price sinks below 100 yen for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at a securities company in Tokyo shows the price of Livedoor Co. closing at 94 yen on Feb. 1 after briefly dropping to 93 yen. (Kyodo)

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U.S. dollar drops to 99 yen level in London

TOKYO, Japan - A board at Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow, a foreign exchange broker, shows the U.S. dollar dropping to the 99 yen level in London on March 13. After falling to as low as 100.02 yen during Tokyo trading, the dollar weakened further and hit 99.77 yen at one point in London. The U.S. currency last traded below 100 yen on Nov. 10, 1995, in London. (Kyodo)

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Success Brocken wins February Stakes

FUCHU, Japan - Sixth pick Success Brocken (15) upstages top favorite Kane Hekili on Feb. 22 to win the February Stakes, the first Grade One event of the year in Japanese horse racing. Victory for Success Brocken was worth 94 million yen in prize money and returned 2,060 yen on a 100 yen bet. (Kyodo)

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Long-shot No Reason storms to victory in Satsuki-sho

FUNABASHI, Japan - Long-shot No Reason, with English jockey Brett Doyle aboard, storms to an easy victory in the 62nd running of the Satsuki-sho, the first leg of Japan's triple crown series for 3-year-old colts, at Nakayama Racecourse on April 14. No Reason paid out 11,590 yen to win on a 100 yen wager.

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(1)JRA horse race reaps record betting return

FUNABASHI, Japan - The top three long shots paid out 1,498,110 yen on a 100-yen wager at a horse race at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, east of Tokyo on March 23, the highest-ever return on a race organized by the Japan Racing Association (JRA).

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(8)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - A restaurant owner in Meguro, Tokyo, puts up a notice May 15 offering congratulations on Crown Princess Masako's pregnancy. The notice reads 100 yen for first drink, 300 yen for all others.

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(2)JRA horse race reaps record betting return

FUNABASHI, Japan - The signboard at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, shows a record 1,498,110 yen return on a 100-yen wager March 23. All combinations of 10-14-16, the horses that finished 1-2-3 respectively in the day's sixth race, broke the previous record of 1,449,660 yen set at the same racecourse Jan 6. (Kyodo)

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0.85-inch hard disk drive

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said Jan. 8 it has developed a 0.85-inch hard disk drive (L) which will bring multi-gigabyte capacities to small and powerful digital products. The new drive, placed next to a 100-yen coin, is only a quarter the size of the current mainstream 1.8-inch drive. (Kyodo)

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Dollar falls below 100 yen line on Brexit fears

Bank dealers closely watch monitors on exchange rates at the Tokyo headquarters of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. on June 24, 2016, as the U.S. dollar slipped below the 100 yen line for the first time since November 2013 on reports that the Leave vote is leading in the British referendum on its European Union membership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dollar falls below 100 yen line on Brexit fears

Bank dealers closely watch monitors on exchange rates at the Tokyo headquarters of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. on June 24, 2016, as the U.S. dollar slipped below the 100 yen line for the first time since November 2013 on reports that the Leave vote is leading in the British referendum on its European Union membership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dollar falls below 100 yen line on Brexit fears

An electric board in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar slipping below the 100 yen line on June 24, 2016, for the first time since November 2013 on reports that the Leave vote is leading in the British referendum on its European Union membership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dollar falls below 100 yen line on Brexit fears

Bank dealers closely watch monitors on exchange rates at the Tokyo headquarters of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. on June 24, 2016, as the U.S. dollar slipped below the 100 yen line for the first time since November 2013 on reports that the Leave vote is leading in the British referendum on its European Union membership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony to start minting coins for 50th anniv. of Shinkansen

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance Toshiko Takeya (C) attends a ceremony at the Japan Mint in Osaka on Jan. 30, 2015, to start minting commemorative coins for the 50th anniversary of Japan's Shinkansen bullet train operation. The coins will be exchangeable with 100-yen coins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Mint displays 50th anniv. of Shinkansen coins

The Japan Mint displays commemorative coins for the 50th anniversary of the Shinkansen bullet train operation on Jan. 30, 2015, in Osaka. The coins will be exchangeable with 100-yen coins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Luxury paid public toilet at Akihabara draws crowds

TOKYO, Japan - A luxury paid public toilet built at the new Akihabara shopping district in Tokyo is doing good business, drawing more than 30,000 customers in just half a year. The toilet, which has 160 square meters of floor space and features changing rooms and a computer corner with access to the Internet , is said to be popular with both tourists and trendy youths. Officials of Chiyoda Ward, which built the toilet adjacent to the JR Akihabara Station, say the changing rooms inside the toilet are particularly popular with ''costume play'' teenage girls who use the facility to change into maid uniforms or other trendy costumes for play. The fee is 100 yen per person, and free of charge for people with physical disabilities and pre-high school students. (Kyodo)

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Euro tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the euro trading at the 100 yen level on the morning of Dec. 29, 2011. The euro briefly fell to 100.35 yen in Tokyo the same day, the lowest since June 2001. (Kyodo)

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Protest over copied animal figure

Photo taken July 16, 2019, shows a soft squeeze animal figure called a "monimal" (R) hand made by designer Manabu Watabe, and a similar-shaped figure mass produced by Hiroshima Prefecture-based 100-yen shop operator Daiso Industries Co. Watabe and the distributor of the monimals sent a letter of protest to Daiso earlier in July, seeking to end the sale of its products and dispose of the stocks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan mints first coins featuring new Reiwa Era

Photo taken at the Japan Mint in Osaka on July 11, 2019, shows (from L) 10,000 yen gold coins and 500 yen coins, both produced to commemorate Emperor Naruhito's enthronement, and the first 500 yen and 100 yen coins featuring Japan's new Reiwa imperial era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan mints first coins featuring new Reiwa Era

Photo taken at the Japan Mint in Osaka on July 11, 2019, shows the first 500 yen and 100 yen coins featuring Japan's new Reiwa imperial era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan mints first coins featuring new Reiwa Era

Photo taken at the Japan Mint in Osaka on July 11, 2019, shows the first 500 yen and 100 yen coins featuring Japan's new Reiwa imperial era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan mints first coins featuring new Reiwa Era

Photo taken at the Japan Mint in Osaka on July 11, 2019, shows the first 500 yen and 100 yen coins featuring Japan's new Reiwa imperial era. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan mints first coins featuring new Reiwa Era

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (2nd from L) attends a ceremony marking the first 500 yen and 100 yen coins featuring Japan's new Reiwa imperial era, held at the Japan Mint in Osaka on July 11, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo