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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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China's BYD to sell midsize electric bus in Japan

STORY: China's BYD to sell midsize electric bus in Japan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of photos of the BYD electric buses in Kyoto STORYLINE: China's leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD will start to sell a new model of midsize electric bus in Japan to meet the growing demand for green public transportation. The J7 midsize electric bus tailored for the Japanese market has a range of 250 km and is priced at 36.5 million Japanese yen (about 240,000 U.S. dollars), according to a press conference of BYD Japan Co., Ltd. on Tuesday. The model is set to begin accepting reservations starting from Jan. 1, 2024, with deliveries expected in the fall of 2025. The Chinese auto giant made its entry into the Japanese electric bus market in 2015 by delivering five electric buses in Kyoto. Currently, BYD holds a share of over 70 percent in the Japanese electric bus market and aims

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Mercedes-Benz Japan releases 73 mil. yen cabriolet sports car

TOKYO, Japan - An illustration of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster 722. Mercedez-Benz Japan Co., an arm of Daimler AG, said on April 15 that it will sell the SLR McLaren cabriolet sports car with a unit price of 73 million yen, with only two cars on offer in Japan.

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Fashion model wears diamond-studded tiara in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Fashion model Chinami Suzuki wears a diamond-studded tiara, valued at 15 million yen (about $150,000), in Osaka, western Japan, on July 8, 2014.

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24K gold box in commemoration of shop's 80th anniversary

NAGOYA, Japan - Niimi, a jewelry and watch shop in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows a cashbox in Edo era (1603-1867) style made of 24-carat gold, worth 300 million yen, at a press conference in Nagoya on May 15, 2014.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a passenger compartment of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a lounge car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a passenger compartment of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils its 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of its inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a lounge car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a compartment of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a dining car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows a lounge car of Kyushu Railway Co.'s 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train unveiled to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of the train's inauguration on Oct. 15.

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Seven Star train

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co. unveils its 3 billion yen ($30.13 million) Seven Star luxury sleeper train to the press during an event at a rolling stock factory in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 13, 2013, ahead of its Oct. 15 inauguration.

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Tunnel collapse lawsuit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A group of bereaved parents of five of the nine killed in the December 2012 ceiling collapse in the Sasago Tunnel head for the Yokohama District Court in Yokohama on May 15, 2013. They filed a lawsuit seeking some 890 million yen in compensation from Central Nippon Expressway Co., the operator of the expressway tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Catcher Shinnosuke Abe of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Abe and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Tatsunori Hara, manager of the Yomiuri Giants, arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Takahashi and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - A tape-cutting ceremony is held Nov. 15, 2011, to open a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The facility was built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore.

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Singapore-funded facility opens in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Lim Theam Poh (C), director of operations at the Singapore Red Cross, visits a support center for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on Nov. 15, 2011. The facility, built with 70 million yen in contributions from citizens of Singapore, opened the same day.

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Plaintiffs of Iressa cancer drug case

TOKYO, Japan - Three deceased patients' relatives who sued the Japanese government and the Japanese unit of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC, demanding compensation for the side effects caused by the lung cancer drug Iressa, walk to the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 15, 2011. The high court on the same day ruled the government and AstraZeneca K.K. are not responsible for damages, overturning a lower court ruling. The plaintiffs sought a combined 77 million yen in compensation.

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Woods participates in charity golf event

MIKI, Japan - Professional golfers (from L) Shinobu Moromizato, Tiger Woods, Miho Koga and Rui Kitada pose for photos at the Masters Golf Club in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2011, before taking part in a charity golf event for the reconstruction of areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The event organizer will donate 15 million yen each to the most-severely-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima out of revenues from the event.

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Gov't workers' wages to be cut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) receives an advisory from Takeshi Erikawa, president of the National Personnel Authority, on wages for central government workers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The personnel board proposed a 0.23% cut in monthly salaries for government workers in fiscal 2011 for the third straight yearly decline, leading to a 15,000 yen cut in their average annual salaries to 6.37 million yen.

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TEPCO to pay 1 mil. yen per household in provisional damages

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu speaks about damages payments to households at a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2011. TEPCO, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is expected to pay 1 million yen to each household within 30 kilometers of the stricken plant.

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Pure gold Stitch, Angel characters displayed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Walt Disney's animated characters Stitch and his girlfriend Angel made of pure gold are displayed at the jewelry shop ''GINZA TANAKA'' in central Tokyo on July 14, 2010. The 15-centimeter high image, which was produced by Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. on an order from Walt Disney Japan Ltd., is made of some 280 grams of pure gold and priced at 5 million yen.

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'Green jumbo' lottery ticket sales begin

TOKYO, Japan - Some 200 people line up to buy tickets for the ''green jumbo'' lottery in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 15, 2010, the first day of the nationwide lottery campaign. The maximum prize in the lottery is 200 million yen.

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Rakuten Eagles pitcher Tanaka receives 105 million yen pay raise

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka looks pleased during a press conference in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2009, after re-signing with the Pacific League baseball club for an annual salary of 180 million yen plus performance bonuses. Tanaka received a whopping 105 million yen pay raise following a career-best 15-6 season with one save and a 2.33 ERA in 25 games.

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Rakuten Eagles pitcher Tanaka receives 105 million yen pay raise

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka let off a firecracker during a press conference in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2009, after re-signing with the Pacific League baseball club for an annual salary of 180 million yen plus performance bonuses. Tanaka received a whopping 105 million yen pay raise following a career-best 15-6 season with one save and a 2.33 ERA in 25 games.

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Nakamura re-signs with Seibu Lions

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions slugger Takeya Nakamura celebrates at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2009, after re-signing with the Pacific League baseball club for a salary of 150 million yen, up 80 million yen from 2009.

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Wakui holds off from re-signing with Seibu Lions

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Hideaki Wakui speaks at a news conference at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2009, after turning down the Pacific League baseball club's offer of an 80 million yen pay raise that would bring his earnings to 200 million yen in 2010.

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Pair of Yubari melons sold for 500,000 yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A pair of Yubari melons, a premium orange-fleshed variety of cantaloupe from Hokkaido, are displayed in a souvenir shop in Sapporo on May 15 after being sold for 500,000 yen in the first auction of this year's harvest season at Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. They sold for one-fifth of last year's price of 2.5 million yen per pair.

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Jewelry-clad Hello Kitty doll debuts in Basel fair

BASEL, Switzerland - A jewelry-clad Hello Kitty doll debuts at a watch-jewelry trade fair that opened in Basel, Switzerland on March 25. The 15 million yen ''Super Hello Kitty,'' a product of Japan's Sanrio in cooperation with Austria's crystal glass maker Swarovski, is on display at the fair to mark the 35th anniversary of the Japanese company's popular character.

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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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Gold figure of god of business prosperity unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveils a pure gold ''Ebisu'' figure, or god of business prosperity, for sale on Dec. 26 in Osaka. The figure, 40 centimeters high and 15 kilograms in weight, will be put on sale starting Jan. 2 at 80 million yen.

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Matsushita affiliate building large-scale LCD panel factory

HIMEJI, Japan - IPS Alpha Technology Ltd., a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. affiliate, holds a traditional Shinto ground-breaking ceremony at the site of a liquid crystal display panel plant in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 14. Matsushita is investing 300 billion yen to build the factory, which will be operational in January 2010 with an annual output of 15 million 32-inch LCD panels.

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Yonezu denies organizational involvement in defense scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yamada Corp. President Yoshihiko Yonezu, speaking as an unsworn witness, tells a House of Councillors panel on Nov. 15 that a former executive of the scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house entertained former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya by golfing with him more than 300 times between 1998 and 2006, costing more than 15 million yen for the company.

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15,000 child porno DVDs confiscated in Sendai

NAGOYA, Japan - Stacks of child pornographic DVDs confiscated in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture are on display at Toyota police station in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture on June 15. According to the police, 15,000 child porno DVDS from seized from a Sendai mansion in what officials believe to be the single largest DVD seizure from one location. Three men were arrested in Sendai on suspicion of selling 44 child porno DVDs to two men in Aichi in December for 20,500 yen. The three suspects have allegedly been selling child porno DVDs online since August 2005, netting more than 100 million yen, police say.

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Pair of 'Yubari' melons fetches record price of 2 mil. yen

SAPPORO, Japan - A woman points a pair of Japan's famous 'Yubari' melons put under a price sign of one million yen for each at a department store in Sapporo on May 15. Earlier in the day, the department store bought them for two million yen, the highest record, at a local wholesale food market as the first bidding of the season for the Yubari melons began.

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JAL ordered to pay damages to flight attendants with children

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters hold a press conference after the Tokyo District Court ordered Japan Airlines International Co. on March 26 to pay about 15 million yen in damages to flight attendants with children who sued the airline for illegally reducing their daytime work to one to two days a month and thus their salary. The plaintiffs -- four female cabin crew members aged between 42 and 50 with more than 20 years of employment -- argued that it was illegal for their employer to reduce their daytime duties when they were exempted from working late at night under the childcare law, which regulates work after 10 p.m. for those raising preschoolers.

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100 mil. yen Christmas cake decorated with diamonds on sale

OSAKA, Japan - A woman looks at a Christmas cake, which is decorated with some 100 diamonds and priced at 100 million yen, at Takashimaya Co.'s department store in Osaka on Dec. 15. The cake decorated with the diamonds worth a total of around 50 carats from southern Africa will be put on display through Dec. 25 even if it is sold before then, the store said.

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Koizumi repeats no intent to axe Fukui

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in a brief press meeting at his office on June 15, said he is not mulling replacing Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui in relation to his controversial 10 million yen investment in a fund founded by an arrested high-profile financier.

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Fukui attends Diet committee over investment in Murakami Fund

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui is questioned at a Diet committee session on June 15 over a 10 million yen investment he made in the Murakami Fund.

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Dream Jumbo Lottery tickets put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 15 to buy Dream Jumbo Lottery tickets, which are put on sale nationwide on the same day. The maximum prize in the lottery is 300 million yen.

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Court rejects damages suit by war-displaced Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Takeko Fujii (R) and Noriko Suzuki look disappointed at a press conference following rejection by the Tokyo District Court of their 60 million yen damages suit against the state on Feb. 15. Joined by another woman, they argued that the state failed to take swift action to repatriate them from China after World War II.

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Matsuzaka re-signs with Seibu for 330 mil. yen salary

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions ace right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka beams at a press conference after signing a contract with the Pacific League club for an estimated annual salary of 330 million yen on Dec. 15.

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Toyota to strengthen pleasure boat business

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. on Oct. 14 revealed its new pleasure boat, the PONAM-45 (in handout photo), an 18-ton cruiser able to carry 15 passengers, priced at 94.29 million yen. At a news conference, Mitsuo Kinoshita, Toyota vice president, said the company will boost annual domestic sales of large and midsize boats to 100 units in the near future and aim at becoming the top-selling company.

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5.8 mil. yen diamond Hello Kitty pendant to be sold at fair

TOKYO, Japan - Sanrio Co. and Mitsukoshi Ltd. said July 15 they will jointly sell a diamond Hello Kitty pendant for 5.77 million yen, including taxes, during a weeklong fair starting July 26 at Mitshukoshi's head department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi. The pendant has a ruby ribbon, sapphire nose, and onyx eyes.