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Lighting of Olympic torch for Rio Games

OLYMPIA, Greece, April 21 Kyodo - Greek actress Katerina Lehou (C), playing the role of high priestess, walks with the Olympic flame during the torch lighting ceremony for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Olympia, Greece, on April 21, 2016. About 12,000 torch bearers will run with the flame in a relay through Greece and Brazil, culminating at the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5.

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Emperor Showa's annals completed in 24 years

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews troops at a military parade in Tokyo on April 29, 1944. The Imperial Household Agency is due to publish the 12,000-page annals of the emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa (1901-1989), in mid-September after some 24 years of work.

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Emperor Showa's annals completed in 24 years

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Japanese Emperor Hirohito (R) meets Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sep. 27, 1945. The Imperial Household Agency is due to publish the 12,000-page annals of the emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa (1901-1989), in mid-September after some 24 years of work.

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Imperial Household Agency's Archives dept.

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency's Archives and Mausolea Department located in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo is seen in this undated photo. The annals of Emperor Showa (1901-1989), around 12,000 pages in length, will be opened to the public in mid-September. Compiled by the department, they took about 24 years to complete.

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AKB48 tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui (L) of the pop idol groups SKE48 and AKB48 reacts after winning a rock-paper-scissors tournament before some 12,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013. She won the right to sing in the center for the AKB48's next single CD song. (Internet use permitted only until a week after release)

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AKB48 tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui of the pop idol groups SKE48 and AKB48 holds the trophy after winning a rock-paper-scissors tournament before some 12,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013. She won the right to sing in the center for the AKB48's next single CD song. (Internet use permitted only until a week after release)

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AKB48 tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui of the pop idol groups SKE48 and AKB48 holds the trophy after winning a rock-paper-scissors tournament before some 12,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013. She won the right to sing in the center for the AKB48's next single CD song. (Internet use permitted only until a week after release)

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12,000-year-old human bones, tools found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Shinji Yamasaki, senior researcher of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, speaks on Oct. 19, 2012, near the site in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, where the museum discovered human and animal bones as well as stone tools made of quartz, which are estimated to be about 12,000 years old.

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12,000-year-old human bones, tools found in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 19, 2012, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a child's fossilized canine tooth, estimated to be about 12,000 years old using radiocarbon dating, that has been found in a cave in the city of Nanjo in the prefecture. The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum said the same day it has discovered human and animal bones as well as stone tools made of quartz, all from the Old Stone Age, in the cave.

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Antinuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize in literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe speaks as about 12,000 people joined a rally calling for abandoning nuclear power in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Former Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life imprisonment

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav is shown on a monitor in the press room of a court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 3, 2012. The U.N-backed Supreme Chamber of the Khmer Rouge tribunal sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes, deeming him responsible for the deaths of more than 12,000 people at the torture center he ran between 1976 and 1979.

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Former Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life imprisonment

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Monks line up in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 3, 2012, to enter court and hear the decision handed down in the trial of Kaing Guek Eav. The Supreme Chamber of the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal sentenced the former prison chief to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes, deeming him responsible for the deaths of more than 12,000 people at the torture center he ran between 1976 and 1979.

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Former Khmer Rouge chief jailer gets life imprisonment

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - People head for the court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 3, 2012, to hear the decision in the trial of Kaing Guek Eav. The Supreme Chamber of the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal sentenced the former prison chief to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity and war crimes, deeming him responsible for the deaths of more than 12,000 people at the torture center he ran between 1976 and 1979.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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Christmas comes early in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 10-meter-tall Christmas tree adorned with 12,000 crystal decorations glistens after it is lit up at the Landmark Plaza in Yokohama on Nov. 8. The tree will be on display until Christmas Day, as is customary with most commercial Christmas decorations in Japan.

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8,000 chickens culled at Miyazaki farm hit by bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective wear work at a poultry farm hit by avian influenza to cull 12,000 chickens there. About 8,000 chickens were culled on Jan. 14.

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Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing enter a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture on Jan. 14 to prepare the culling of 12,000 chickens after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide.

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Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing getting ready Jan. 14 to cull 12,000 chickens at a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide.

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12,000 people take part in quake drill in Miyagi

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters rescue a man trapped in a damaged house during a drill held in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 4 to test people's preparedness for rescue operations in the event of a major earthquake. About 12,000 people participated in the one-day drill.

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Stocks rise, Nikkei hits 32-month closing high above 12,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electric sign board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district shows the Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange jumping to close above 12,000 for the first time in 32 months on April 6.

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Sapporo seeks registration for record number of snowmen

SAPPORO, Japan - People view on Feb. 12 some of the 12,379 snowmen made by citizens and tourists in Sapporo, Hokkaido, over a 19-day period that ended the same date. A committee that organized the making of the snowmen for the just-ended Sapporo Snow Festival said Feb. 13 it will seek registration in the Guinness Book of Records as the number of snowmen in the city topped 12,000 the previous day.

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Nihon Univ. holds job seminar

TOKYO, Japan - Nihon University opens a job seminar in Tokyo on Feb. 12 for some 12,000 students who will graduate two-year colleges, four-year universities and graduate schools in spring 2004, with about 190 manufacturers, banks and other firms taking part.

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Nikkei briefly hits 12,000 line for 1st time in 7 months

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho displays the Nikkei Stock Average closing sharply higher at 11,885.79 on March 8, up 237.45 points over the previous day. The key index briefly touched the 12,000 line for the first time in seven months, boosted by optimism over the Japanese economy.

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Christmas tree set up at Tokyo hotel

TOKYO, Japan - A big Christmas tree is installed at the New Otani hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 9. The 15-meter tree is lit up by 12,000 electric bulbs, with a bell on the top ringing every hour.

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Japan conducts major mock drill for nuclear

KASHIMA, Japan - The central and local governments stage a large-scale nuclear accident drill Oct. 28 at a nuclear power plant in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, involving around 12,000 local residents and mobilizing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Photo shows nurses treating a nuclear power plant worker on the assumption that the worker was exposed to higher-than-normal levels of radiation.

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Labor Ministry opens PC-based job info center

Job seekers use personal computers to look for jobs at a placement office the Labor Ministry opened in front of JR Kinshicho Station in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on April 26. The office, called Hello Work Information Plaza, has 50 PCs linked to a database with over 12,000 pieces of job information.