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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company:(Kyodo)

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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Dollar drops below 140 yen line

TOKYO, Japan, April 22 Kyodo - A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows on April 22, 2025, the U.S. dollar sinking below 140 yen for the first time since September 2024. (Kyodo)

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Dollar drops below 140 yen line

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows on April 22, 2025, the U.S. dollar sinking below 140 yen for the first time since September 2024.

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Dollar drops below 140 yen line

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows on April 22, 2025, the U.S. dollar sinking below 140 yen for the first time since September 2024.

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Dollar slips into 140 yen range in Tokyo

Monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar sinking to a seven-month low in the upper 140 yen range on the morning of April 21, 2025.

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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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Dollar rises to lower 140 yen

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar rising in the lower 140 yen range, its highest level in about six months, on May 26, 2023.

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JAL President Ueki at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co.'s new President Yoshiharu Ueki gives a press conference at the airline's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing rehabilitation after filing for bankruptcy in 2010, said it aims to raise its operating profit to 140 billion yen in fiscal 2013 in a five-year management plan announced the same day.

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Average gasoline price tops 140 yen in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A sign board at a gas station in Osaka shows the price of regular and high-octane gasoline climbed at 152 yen and 162 yen per liter, respectively, on March 9, 2011. The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan has topped 140 yen for the first time since November 2008 amid the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Average gasoline price tops 140 yen in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A sign board shows the price of gasoline and light oil at a gas station in Tokyo on March 9, 2011. The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan has topped 140 yen for the first time since November 2008 amid the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Japan's latest Aegis-class destroyer delivered to MSDF

NAGASAKI, Japan - Members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force embark on Japan's latest Aegis-class destroyer Ashigara at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard on March 13. The warship, built at a cost of 140 billion yen, was delivered to the MSDF in a ceremony at the Mitsubishi dockyard. The 7,750-ton Ashigara is Japan's sixth and largest Aegis-class destroyer.

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Aide to LDP's Eto raised 140 mil. yen in suspicious way

OITA, Japan - Former Defense Agency Director General Seishiro Eto speaks to reporters in Saiki, Oita Prefecture, er one of his secretaries was found to have collected at least 140 million yen in questionable funds over a nine-year period from 1996. His aide allegedly gathered 50,000-200,000 yen per month each from 17-18 companies as fees for information gathering by a company he set up in 1996.

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - The Nagano District Court dismissed on March 10 a damages suit filed by a group of former Chinese laborers, and family members of those already deceased, who were forced to work under harsh conditions at a construction site in Nagano Prefecture during World War II. After rejecting the plaintiffs' demand for 140 million yen in compensation, Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.'' (Pool photo)

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Plaintiff Cang Xinshu, 79, speaks at a meeting of his supporters held in Nagano on March 10 prior to a court ruling on his damages suit. The Nagano District Court later dismissed the suit filed by Cang, three other former Chinese laborers, and the family members of four deceased laborers who demanded that the state pay 140 million yen in compensation.

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140 mil. yen in cash stolen in Saitama Pref.

HAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows the home of Fujio Aioi, a golf course manager, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, where eight men broke into and stole some 140 million yen in cash and 30 million yen worth of jewelry on Dec. 15.

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Toyota launches pickup plant in Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Aug. 25 it has begun producing and selling a new pickup truck in Thailand, the first step in the automaker's plan to build a global supply network. The new pickup, the Hilux VIGO (photo), is the first of five newly developed models to be produced in four countries -- Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina -- in an investment worth about 150 billion yen. The five models -- three pickup trucks, a minivan and a sport-utility vehicle -- will be sold in more than 140 countries outside Japan and North America.

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Walter sees need of weaker yen

TOKYO, Japan - Norbert Walter, chief economist of Deutsche Bank Group, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on July 2. Walter said the yen should be substantially weakened to 140 to the U.S. dollar to help Japan overcome economic stagnation and deflation as its structural reforms will not help support the economy in the immediate future.

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Miyazawa cabinet spent 140 mil. yen in secret funds: JCP

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), hold up documents he claims are cabinet secret funds accounting records at a news conference April 12 in Tokyo. Shii said a concerned party furnished the records.

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Seibu's Matsuzaka re-signs for 140 mil. yen

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka beams at a news conference Dec. 25 after agreeing to a one-year deal carrying a 140 million yen salary, up 40 million yen from this year. ''It was a little off from my ideal amount, but I think I was rewarded for a lot of the good aspects of my pitching,'' Matsuzaka said.

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Wilson takes Ube Kosan Open

UBE, Japan - American Dean Wilson celebrates after winning the 140 million yen Ube Kosan golf tournament at Ube 72 Country Club in Yamaguchi on Nov. 4.

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Hitachi to cut 14,700 jobs, projects 140 bil. yen loss

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama (L) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 31 after announcing the company's restructuring plan to cut 14,700 jobs, or 4.5% of its group workforce of 324,000, by the end of next March.

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U.S. dollar hits 7-year high against Japanese yen

The U.S. dollar surges against the Japanese yen in foreign exchange trading in Tokyo on June 8, topping 140 yen for the first time since June 20, 1991. The board at Tokyo Forex Co. shows the dollar trading at 140.62 yen.

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Dollar plunges after Japan's intervention

A currency monitor at a foreign exchange house in Tokyo shows the dollar plunging to the 140 yen level in an initial response to Japan's first yen-buying intervention since 1998 to stem the Japanese currency's further fall as it sank to a fresh 24-year low in the 145 range against the dollar.

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Yen weakest in 24 years vs. dollar

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading in the 140 yen range on Sept. 2, 2022, a fresh 24-year low for the Japanese currency.

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Yen weakest in 24 years vs. dollar

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading in the 140 yen range on Sept. 2, 2022, a fresh 24-year low for the Japanese currency.

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Yen weakest in 24 years vs. dollar

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading in the 140 yen range on Sept. 2, 2022, a fresh 24-year low for the Japanese currency.

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Yen weakest in 24 years vs. dollar

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading in the 140 yen range on Sept. 2, 2022, a fresh 24-year low for the Japanese currency.

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Yen falls to 24-year low vs. dollar in 140 zone

A monitor screen in Tokyo shows the Japanese yen trading in the 140 level against the U.S. dollar, its lowest level in 24 years, on Sept. 2, 2022.

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Yen falls to 24-year low vs. dollar in 140 zone

A monitor screen in Tokyo shows the Japanese yen trading in the 140 level against the U.S. dollar, its lowest level in 24 years, on Sept. 2, 2022.

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Wilson takes Ube Kosan Open

UBE, Japan - American Dean Wilson celebrates after winning the 140 million yen Ube Kosan golf tournament at Ube 72 Country Club in Yamaguchi on Nov. 4.

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Seibu's Matsuzaka re-signs for 140 mil. yen

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka beams at a news conference Dec. 25 after agreeing to a one-year deal carrying a 140 million yen salary, up 40 million yen from this year. ''It was a little off from my ideal amount, but I think I was rewarded for a lot of the good aspects of my pitching,'' Matsuzaka said.

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Miyazawa cabinet spent 140 mil. yen in secret funds: JCP

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, leader of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), hold up documents he claims are cabinet secret funds accounting records at a news conference April 12 in Tokyo. Shii said a concerned party furnished the records.

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Toyota launches pickup plant in Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Aug. 25 it has begun producing and selling a new pickup truck in Thailand, the first step in the automaker's plan to build a global supply network. The new pickup, the Hilux VIGO (photo), is the first of five newly developed models to be produced in four countries -- Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina -- in an investment worth about 150 billion yen. The five models -- three pickup trucks, a minivan and a sport-utility vehicle -- will be sold in more than 140 countries outside Japan and North America. (Kyodo)

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140 mil. yen in cash stolen in Saitama Pref.

HAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows the home of Fujio Aioi, a golf course manager, in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, where eight men broke into and stole some 140 million yen in cash and 30 million yen worth of jewelry on Dec. 15. (Kyodo)

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TOKYO, Japan - A gas station in Tokyo on Aug. 1 shows the price of gas at 140 yen per liter level as Nippon Oil Corp. and other major oil companies in Japan raised their wholesale prices of gasoline and other petroleum products the same day mainly because of higher oil costs. (Kyodo)

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Aide to LDP's Eto raised 140 mil. yen in suspicious way

OITA, Japan - Former Defense Agency Director General Seishiro Eto speaks to reporters in Saiki, Oita Prefecture, er one of his secretaries was found to have collected at least 140 million yen in questionable funds over a nine-year period from 1996. His aide allegedly gathered 50,000-200,000 yen per month each from 17-18 companies as fees for information gathering by a company he set up in 1996. (Kyodo)

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LDP branch reports spending without copies of receipts

CHIBA, Japan - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Chiba prefectural branch has reported about 99 million yen in spending for 2006 based on its own system without attaching copies of some 140 receipts for the sum, Kyodo News found Oct. 3. The political funds report is attached to a list of the chapter's expenses showing dates and amounts spent as well as the companies or organizations that received the money, but lacks seals or revenue stamps confirming the recipients (shown in photo), Kyodo found after examining the report. (Kyodo)

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Japan's latest Aegis-class destroyer delivered to MSDF

NAGASAKI, Japan - Members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force embark on Japan's latest Aegis-class destroyer Ashigara at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagasaki shipyard on March 13. The warship, built at a cost of 140 billion yen, was delivered to the MSDF in a ceremony at the Mitsubishi dockyard. The 7,750-ton Ashigara is Japan's sixth and largest Aegis-class destroyer. (Kyodo)

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Dollar jumps against yen in Toky

The U.S. dollar shoots against the Japanese yen in early foreign exchange trading in Tokyo on June 8, hitting a seven-year high over the 140 yen. ==Kyodo

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Man gets death for killing 6 in robbery-arson

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - The Utsunomiya District Court sentenced Kazuo Shinozawa (photo) to death on March 19 for murdering six female employees at a Tsutsumi Jewelry Co. shop in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, on June 11, 2000 by setting fire to the store and stealing jewels worth 140 million yen.

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - The Nagano District Court dismissed on March 10 a damages suit filed by a group of former Chinese laborers, and family members of those already deceased, who were forced to work under harsh conditions at a construction site in Nagano Prefecture during World War II. After rejecting the plaintiffs' demand for 140 million yen in compensation, Presiding Judge Jiro Tsuji took the unusual step of offering a personal observation, ''Preceding generations did some terrible things, and I wish I could offer (the plaintiffs) some relief.'' (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Plaintiff Cang Xinshu, 79, speaks at a meeting of his supporters held in Nagano on March 10 prior to a court ruling on his damages suit. The Nagano District Court later dismissed the suit filed by Cang, three other former Chinese laborers, and the family members of four deceased laborers who demanded that the state pay 140 million yen in compensation. (Kyodo)

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Average gasoline price tops 140 yen in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A sign board at a gas station in Osaka shows the price of regular and high-octane gasoline climbed at 152 yen and 162 yen per liter, respectively, on March 9, 2011. The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan has topped 140 yen for the first time since November 2008 amid the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. (Kyodo)

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Average gasoline price tops 140 yen in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A sign board shows the price of gasoline and light oil at a gas station in Tokyo on March 9, 2011. The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan has topped 140 yen for the first time since November 2008 amid the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa. (Kyodo)

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JAL President Ueki at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co.'s new President Yoshiharu Ueki gives a press conference at the airline's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing rehabilitation after filing for bankruptcy in 2010, said it aims to raise its operating profit to 140 billion yen in fiscal 2013 in a five-year management plan announced the same day. (Kyodo)

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Kumamon generates record sales

Ikuo Kabashima, the governor of Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, says in Kumamoto on March 20, 2018, that products bearing the image of "Kumamon," the prefecture's black bear mascot, generated record sales of at least 140 billion yen, or about $1.3 billion, buoyed by strong overseas sales. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Relatives of volcanic eruption victims sue weather agency over alert

Family members of some victims of the 2014 volcanic eruption of Mt. Ontake head to the Nagano District Court's Matsumoto Branch in Japan on Jan. 25, 2017, to file a 140 million yen ($1.2 million) damages lawsuit, accusing the weather agency of failing to issue a proper volcanic alert for hikers. The eruption killed 58 people and left five others missing, presumed dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Walter sees need of weaker yen

TOKYO, Japan - Norbert Walter, chief economist of Deutsche Bank Group, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on July 2. Walter said the yen should be substantially weakened to 140 to the U.S. dollar to help Japan overcome economic stagnation and deflation as its structural reforms will not help support the economy in the immediate future.

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Hitachi to cut 14,700 jobs, projects 140 bil. yen loss

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama (L) is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 31 after announcing the company's restructuring plan to cut 14,700 jobs, or 4.5% of its group workforce of 324,000, by the end of next March.