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Pure gold Ebisu statuette displayed at Osaka jewelry shop

OSAKA, Japan - A 130-million-yen pure gold statuette of Ebisu, a Japanese deity known as the guardian of commerce, measuring around 40 centimeters in height and 32 centimeters in width, is displayed on Dec. 26, 2014, at jewelry shop Ginza Tanaka in Osaka's Shinsaibashi shopping district, western Japan. The display started the same day and will run until Jan. 12, 2015.

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Pure gold Ebisu statuette displayed at Osaka jewelry shop

OSAKA, Japan - A 130-million-yen pure gold statuette of Ebisu, a Japanese deity known as the guardian of commerce, measuring around 40 centimeters in height and 32 centimeters in width, is displayed on Dec. 26, 2014, at jewelry shop Ginza Tanaka in Osaka's Shinsaibashi shopping district, western Japan. The display started the same day and will run until Jan. 12, 2015.

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1st intact feathered dinosaur fossil discovered in China

NEW YORK, United States - Mark Norell, head of the American Museum of Natural History's Paleontology Division, shows off photos in New York on April 25 of a 130-million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered by a team of Chinese and American scientists in China. The fossil, which measures approximately 70 centimeters from its pointy head to the end of its bony tail, is believed to be the first complete feathered dinosaur ever found.

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Biggest ancient 'dotaku' bell restored

What is claimed to be the biggest ancient 'dotaku' bronze bell in Japan is put on display at a museum in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, neighboring Nara and Kyoto on Thursday Oct. 1. The bell, weighing 55 kilograms, with 135 centimeters in height, has been restored based on original bronze pieces unearthed in 1881. Dotaku, made in the Yayoi Period (300 BC- AD 300), are believed to be musical instruments or ceremonial implements. So far, more than 400 of these bells have been discovered in Japan. They usually range from 10 to 130 centimeters in height.

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Biggest ancient 'dotaku' bell restored

What is claimed to be the biggest ancient 'dotaku' bronze bell in Japan is put on display at a museum in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, neighboring Nara and Kyoto on Thursday Oct. 1. The bell, weighing 55 kilograms, with 135 centimeters in height, has been restored based on original bronze pieces unearthed in 1881. Dotaku, made in the Yayoi Period (300 BC- AD 300), are believed to be musical instruments or ceremonial implements. So far, more than 400 of these bells have been discovered in Japan. They usually range from 10 to 130 centimeters in height.

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Pure gold Ebisu statuette displayed at Osaka jewelry shop

OSAKA, Japan - A 130-million-yen pure gold statuette of Ebisu, a Japanese deity known as the guardian of commerce, measuring around 40 centimeters in height and 32 centimeters in width, is displayed on Dec. 26, 2014, at jewelry shop Ginza Tanaka in Osaka's Shinsaibashi shopping district, western Japan. The display started the same day and will run until Jan. 12, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Large umbrella to enable users to keep social distancing

Photo taken in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2020, shows a large umbrella developed by a local umbrella maker. The umbrella, 130 centimeters in diameter and about 30 centimeters longer than a regular-size umbrella, is meant to enable users to observe social distancing to prevent coronavirus infection.

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Large umbrella to enable users to keep social distancing

People stand under umbrellas in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2020. A local umbrella maker developed the umbrella 130 centimeters in diameter -- about 30 centimeters longer than a regular-size umbrella -- to enable users to observe social distancing to prevent coronavirus infection.

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1st intact feathered dinosaur fossil discovered in China

NEW YORK, United States - Mark Norell, head of the American Museum of Natural History's Paleontology Division, shows off photos in New York on April 25 of a 130-million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered by a team of Chinese and American scientists in China. The fossil, which measures approximately 70 centimeters from its pointy head to the end of its bony tail, is believed to be the first complete feathered dinosaur ever found.