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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

Junko Mihara, Japanese minister for policies related to children, bows during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, after the Diet enacted a law to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

The Japanese House of Councillors approves legislation designed to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, during a plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

The Japanese House of Councillors approves legislation designed to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, during a plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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US: Airport Fire Expands In Southern California, Destroys Homes 3

Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside Counties, Southern California has grown to more than 23,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, September 11. The fire injured at least seven people and destroyed homes.

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Chugoku Electric Power Co. President to resign

Chugoku Electric President Natsuhiko Takimoto (C) announces his resignation in a press conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on March 30, 2023, to take responsibility for a cartel case over electricity sales. The Japan Fair Trade Commission ordered three major utilities, including Chugoku Electric, to pay a total of 101 billion yen ($763 million) in fines, the highest ever imposed by the antitrust watchdog.

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Chugoku Electric Power Co. president to resign

Chugoku Electric President Natsuhiko Takimoto announces his resignation in a press conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on March 30, 2023, to take responsibility for a cartel case over electricity sales. The Japan Fair Trade Commission ordered three major utilities, including Chugoku Electric, to pay a total of 101 billion yen ($763 million) in fines, the highest ever imposed by the antitrust watchdog.

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Chugoku Electric Power Co. President to resign

Chugoku Electric President Natsuhiko Takimoto announces his resignation in a press conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on March 30, 2023, to take responsibility for a cartel case over electricity sales. The Japan Fair Trade Commission ordered three major utilities, including Chugoku Electric, to pay a total of 101 billion yen ($763 million) in fines, the highest ever imposed by the antitrust watchdog.

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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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S. Korean court rejects damages suit by Korea workers

BUSAN, South Korea - Three of six South Korean plaintiffs come out of a court room after their damages suit was dismissed by the district court in Busan on Feb. 2. The Koreans who were affected by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while being forced to work as forced laborers in Japan during World War II, demanded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. pay them unpaid wages and compensation totaling 606 million won (about 78 million yen), or 101 million won to each. The court said the statute of limitations on their claims had already expired.

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Japanese parliament passes extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Councillors approves a 6.79 tril. yen extra budget on Dec. 9. Photo shows Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R front) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa bowing to the upper house's plenary session. The bill was passed by a vote of 136 to 101. The budget has already passed through the lower house.

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U.S. dollar loses ground against yen

A financial data screen shows the U.S. dollar's slide below 101 yen in Tokyo on July 6, 2016, its lowest level since June 24, amid lingering concerns over the global economy raised by Britain's decision to leave the European Union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean court rejects damages suit by Korea workers

BUSAN, South Korea - Three of six South Korean plaintiffs come out of a court room after their damages suit was dismissed by the district court in Busan on Feb. 2. The Koreans who were affected by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while being forced to work as forced laborers in Japan during World War II, demanded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. pay them unpaid wages and compensation totaling 606 million won (about 78 million yen), or 101 million won to each. The court said the statute of limitations on their claims had already expired. (Kyodo)

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Social security, defense costs push budget requests to 101 tril. yen

Officials check fiscal 2017 budget request documents at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2016. The requests by central government offices totaled more than 101 trillion yen due to increasing social security and defense costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese parliament passes extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Councillors approves a 6.79 tril. yen extra budget on Dec. 9. Photo shows Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R front) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa bowing to the upper house's plenary session. The bill was passed by a vote of 136 to 101. The budget has already passed through the lower house.