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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with about 15,000 lanterns illuminating a park near the city's Chinatown.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with about 15,000 lanterns illuminating a park near the city's Chinatown.

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Lantern festival in Nagasaki

A lantern festival is under way in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2026, with about 15,000 lanterns illuminating a park near the city's Chinatown.

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Government rice stockpile

Photo taken on May 30, 2025, shows packaged rice from a government stockpile at a rice polishing plant in Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, that is under contract with the company operating Don Quijote discount stores. The company has procured 15,000 tons of the stockpiled rice harvested in 2022 and plans to sell it at 2,000 yen per 5 kilograms, excluding tax, amid soaring prices.

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Government rice stockpile

Photo taken on May 30, 2025, shows packaged rice from a government stockpile at a rice polishing plant in Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, that is under contract with the company operating Don Quijote discount stores. The company has procured 15,000 tons of the stockpiled rice harvested in 2022 and plans to sell it at 2,000 yen per 5 kilograms, excluding tax, amid soaring prices.

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Baseball: Blue Jays pitcher Kikuchi's bobblehead doll

Photo taken at Rogers Centre in Toronto on May 22, 2024, shows a bobblehead doll of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi. The dolls were handed out to around 15,000 fans ahead of a baseball game the same day against the Chicago White Sox.

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Robot searches for missing in 2011 quake-tsunami disaster

A self-moving robot searches for those still unaccounted for on a beach in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 19, 2023, about 12 years after the earthquake and tsunami disaster left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Search continues in 2011 quake area

A Coast Guard diver holds a sneaker found underwater as the search continues for those still unaccounted for in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2023, 12 years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Search continues in 2011 quake area

A Coast Guard diver jumps into the water as the search continues for those still unaccounted for in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2023, 12 years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Search continues in 2011 quake area

A team continues the search for those still unaccounted for in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 16, 2023, 12 years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that left more than 15,000 dead and about 2,500 still missing nationwide.

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Nikkei falls below 15,000 for 1st time in 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo indicates the Nikkei Stock Average falling more than 300 points to below 15,000 on the morning on Oct. 14, 2014. The Nikkei index fell below the 15,000 threshold for the first time in two months.

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Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed more than 15,000 lives in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Nikkei ends below 15,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average (top L) on Jan. 28, 2014. The key stock index ended down 25.57 points, or 0.17 percent, from the previous day at 14,980.16, finishing below 15,000 for the first time since mid-November.

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Nikkei tops 15,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district on the morning of May 15, 2013, shows Japan's Nikkei Stock Average topping 15,000 for the first time since January 2008.

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Nikkei tops 15,000

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi district shows Japan's Nikkei Stock Average topping 15,000 on the morning of May 15, 2013, for the first time since January 2008.

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Bus tour from China to Italy

ROME, Italy - Tour participants and tour guide Shinobu Nimura (L) toast with sparkling wine in Rome on Oct. 28, 2012. The Japanese group completed a two-month, 15-nation, 15,000-kilometer bus tour from China's Xian.

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Solar power generation in Switzerland

GENEVA, Switzerland - Switzerland's largest solar power generation system, on the roof of an exhibition center near Geneva international airport, is shown to reporters on Oct. 16, 2012. The facility with 15,000 solar power panels is capable of supplying electricity to 1,350 households.

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San Onofre nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2011 shows the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California. The number of incidents of abnormal attrition -- or wearing away or grinding down by friction -- found in Japanese-made steam generator tubes in two reactors at the power plant has reached around 15,000, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report on July 12, 2012.

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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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Markdown of Nintendo 3DS

OSAKA, Japan - People form a line to buy Nintendo 3DS portable game consoles at a branch of Yodobashi Camera Co. in Osaka's Kita Ward on Aug. 11, 2011. Nintendo Co. started selling the consoles the same day at stores across Japan for 15,000 yen, 10,000 yen cheaper than the original price.

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100 days since disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Local dance is performed to console the souls of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami during a joint funeral in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 18, 2011. Events were held in many locations the same day to mark 100 days since the disaster that killed more than 15,000 people along the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan.

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Kenwood's high definition navigation system

TOKYO, Japan - Photo show Kenwood Corp.'s new car navigation system ''Avenue'', which can display high definition images and maps. The company said Jan. 11, 2011, it will release Avenue MDV-727DT and MDV-626DT in February at nominal prices of 15,000 yen and 13,000 yen, respectively.

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People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

MAE SOT, Thailand - People from Myanmar aboard a boat cross a river to return to their country from Mae Sot, Thailand, on Nov. 9, 2010. They were among some 15,000 residents from eastern Myanmar who crossed the border to evade clashes between Karen ethnic rebels and the junta following the general elections.

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People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

MAE SOT, Thailand - People who fled from Myanmar stay in an ad hoc camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Nov. 9, 2010. They were among some 15,000 residents from eastern Myanmar who crossed the border to evade clashes between Karen ethnic rebels and the junta following the general elections.

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People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

MAE SOT, Thailand - People who fled from Myanmar stay in an ad hoc camp in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Nov. 9, 2010. They were among some 15,000 residents from eastern Myanmar who crossed the border to evade clashes between Karen ethnic rebels and the junta following the general elections.

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People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

MAE SOT, Thailand - People from Myanmar sit in a boat in Mae Sot, Thailand, on Nov. 9, 2010, as they return to their country across a river. They were among some 15,000 residents from eastern Myanmar who crossed the border to evade clashes between Karen ethnic rebels and the junta following the general elections.

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Bonus gifts museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A variety of Doraemon ''anime'' character goods and other toys are displayed at the Novelty Museum in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2010. The museum exhibits around 15,000 products that have been made as an added bonus to accompany candies and other products.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Seven & I releases wines with global private brand

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows bottles of wine with the Yosemite Road label that Seven & I Holdings Co. released in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2009. Seven & I Holdings began selling two private brand California wines at some 15,000 retail outlets.

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Honda's FY 2008 auto sales to exceed target on brisk Insight orders

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s new Insight hybrid car. Honda is anticipating that its auto sales in Japan in fiscal 2008 ending next month will exceed an earlier-estimated 554,000 units, hitting a range of 570,000 to 580,000 units, due to the growing popularity of the hybrid, company officials said. Orders for the new Insight, launched on Feb. 6, are now projected to top 15,000 units this week, more than triple an earlier monthly sales target of 5,000 units.

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Shipment of square watermelons begins in Kagawa Pref.

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Farmers examine square watermelons to prepare for shipment at an agricultural cooperative in the city of Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, on June 30. The cooperative will ship about 800 of the watermelons through mid-July, which will be sold at department stores and fruit shops at an average price of 15,000 yen.

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JAL holds shareholders meeting at Nippon Budokan

TOKYO, Japan - An aerial view of Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Japan Airlines Corp. held an annual general shareholders meeting on June 25 at the indoor sports arena, which has a capacity for some 15,000 people. JAL said it expects 5,000 shareholders to attend the meeting. This is the first time Nippon Budokan has hosted a stock shareholders meeting since it opened in 1964. The arena is primarily used for musical and sports events.

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U.S. carrier Kitty Hawk open to last public viewing

YOKOSUKA, Japan - More than 15,000 citizens visit the 82,000-ton U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk during the ship's public viewing at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 8.

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Matsutake harvest likely to be leanest in postwar years

TOKYO, Japan - Matsutake mushrooms on sale at a grocery store outside the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. According to the government's Forestry Agency, this year's harvest of homegrown matsutake mushrooms -- a delicacy in Japan -- is likely to hit the lowest level in more than 50 years due to the sizzling heat wave in August, and large matsutake mushrooms have fetched 15,000 yen to 20,000 yen apiece. In this photo, a large matsutake grown in Iwate carries a 22,000 yen price tag, 23,100 yen after the 5 percent consumption tax is included.

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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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Myanmar celebrates 62nd Armed Forces Day

NAY-PTI-DAW, Myanmar - Sr. Gen. Than Shwe, supreme commander of Myanmar's armed forces and chairman of the ruling junta, attends a military parade of more than 15,000 troops held in the new administrative capital Nay-Pyi-Daw, 400 kilometers north of Yangon, to celebrate the country's 62nd Armed Forces Day on March 27.

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Dolls displayed ahead of March 3 Doll's Festival

KATSUURA, Japan - About 15,000 dolls are displayed in Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 18 ahead of the March 3 Doll's Festival. The dolls will be shown until March 21.

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Nikkei jumps to end above 15,000 for 1st time in 5 years

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 1. Growing investor confidence in brighter Japanese economic prospects sent the key Nikkei stock index to end at 15,139.50, climbing above 15,000 for the first time in nearly five years.

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Moss phlox in full bloom in Chichibu

CHICHIBU, Japan - Tourists trek along the paths running through carpets of moss phlox in full bloom at Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on May 2. The 15,000-dquare-meter park, located north of Tokyo, has some 330,000 plants of 11 different varieties.

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NTT DoCoMo to launch ultra compact mobile phone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows what is claimed to be the world's smallest Internet-capable mobile phone which NTT DoCoMo Inc. will launch on the Japanese market on July 1. Measuring 9 centimeters by 4 cm by 2 cm, the handset, called Premini, weighs only 69 grams, NTT DoCoMo said on June 24. It will carry a price tag of about 15,000 yen.

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GSDF team in Kyoto town for bird flu cleanup

KYOTO, Japan - A disaster-prevention squad from the Ground Self-Defense Force deploys in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, March 5 to join local bird flu cleanup efforts. The team is expected to dig holes to bury around 15,000 chickens from Takada farm, the second farm in the town to be hit by bird flu.

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15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

KATSUURA, Japan - A girl sucks her thumb besides some 15,000 dolls put on display for the annual ''Big Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)'' that began in the town of Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, on Feb. 22. The doll festival is celebrated across Japan on March 3. The practice of displaying dolls dates to early in the Edo era (1600-1868). Parents present their daughter with a set of hina dolls and the daughter takes them when she marries.

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Thousands take exams for fast-track jobs at Japan Post

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants sit for examinations in Tokyo on May 18 for administrative positions with Japan Post, the state-run corporation that was launched April 1 to overtake mail delivery, postal savings and insurance services from the government. While Japan Post is offering jobs for only 50 slots, more than 15,000 sat for the exams held at 28 locations across the country.

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(1)Typhoon Chataan

NAGOYA, Japan - Houses in the town of Tarui, Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, are flooded July 10 by torrential rains triggered by powerful Typhoon Chataan. An evacuation advisory has been issued for over 15,000 residents in the prefecture.

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MSDF ships pass Suez for Turkey with prefab shelters

SUEZ, Egypt - The transport ship Osumi and two other ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) pass through the Suez Canal, Egypt, on Oct. 14 for Turkey, carrying 500 prefabricated houses for people who lost their homes in a killer earthquake. The vessels will arrive in Turkey on Oct. 19. The quake hit northwestern Turkey on Aug. 17, killing more than 15,000 people and leaving many more homeless. The prefabricated houses were used after the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred in 1995.

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3 MSDF ships leave for Turkey with prefab shelters

KOBE, Japan - The transport ship Osumi (C), the combat support ship Tokiwa and the minesweeper support ship Bungo of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leave Kobe port on the afternoon of Sept. 23 for Turkey, carrying 500 prefabricated houses for people who lost their homes in a killer earthquake. The quake hit northwestern Turkey on Aug. 17, killing more than 15,000 people and leaving many more homeless.

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Thousands of E. Timorese meet liberation army

UAI MORI, East Timor - More than 15,000 pro-independence East Timorese and guerrilla fighters gather Aug. 20 in Uai Mori, about 150 kilometers northwest of the capital Dili, to mark their first public appearance in 24 years ahead of the historic Aug. 30 referendum on independence. Soldiers hoist the flag of the separatist National Liberation Army (Falintil), which has been leading a guerrilla war against the occupying Indonesian military since 1975.

Lantern festival in Nagasaki

Lantern festival in Nagasaki

Lantern festival in Nagasaki

Government rice stockpile

Government rice stockpile

Baseball: Blue Jays pitcher Kikuchi's bobblehead doll

Robot searches for missing in 2011 quake-tsunami disaster

Search continues in 2011 quake area

Search continues in 2011 quake area

Search continues in 2011 quake area

Nikkei falls below 15,000 for 1st time in 2 months

Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

Nikkei ends below 15,000

Nikkei tops 15,000

Nikkei tops 15,000

Bus tour from China to Italy

Solar power generation in Switzerland

San Onofre nuclear power plant

Gov't workers' wages to be cut

Markdown of Nintendo 3DS

100 days since disaster

Kenwood's high definition navigation system

People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

People from Myanmar affected by postelection fighting

Bonus gifts museum in Tokyo

Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

Seven &amp; I releases wines with global private brand

Honda's FY 2008 auto sales to exceed target on brisk Insight orders

Shipment of square watermelons begins in Kagawa Pref.

JAL holds shareholders meeting at Nippon Budokan

U.S. carrier Kitty Hawk open to last public viewing

Matsutake harvest likely to be leanest in postwar years

15,000 child porno DVDs confiscated in Sendai

Myanmar celebrates 62nd Armed Forces Day

Dolls displayed ahead of March 3 Doll's Festival

Nikkei jumps to end above 15,000 for 1st time in 5 years

Moss phlox in full bloom in Chichibu

NTT DoCoMo to launch ultra compact mobile phone

GSDF team in Kyoto town for bird flu cleanup

15,000 dolls on display in 'Big Doll Festival'.

Thousands take exams for fast-track jobs at Japan Post

(1)Typhoon Chataan

MSDF ships pass Suez for Turkey with prefab shelters

3 MSDF ships leave for Turkey with prefab shelters

Thousands of E. Timorese meet liberation army

Seven & I releases wines with global private brand