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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen ($19,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen ($19,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Solar-wind hybrid power plant completed in Aichi Pref.

TAHARA, Japan - A ceremony is held in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2014, to mark the completion of the Tahara Solar/Wind Electricity Generation Plant (back), one of Japan's biggest solar-wind hybrid power plants. The plant on an 800,000-square-meter site consists of a 50-megawatt photovoltaic power generator and a 6-MW wind power generator, covering the power consumption of about 19,000 households.

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New Toyota Crown enjoying brisk orders

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a ceremony to celebrate production of its fully remodeled Crown luxury sedan at the carmaker's Motomachi plant in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2013. Toyoda said orders for the new Crown had reached around 19,000 units by Jan. 15, three weeks after its launch, nearly five times higher than the company's monthly sales target.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Japan, U.S. to move 9,000 Marines out of Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka meet the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 27, 2012. The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States released the same day a joint statement on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, saying that nearly half of the 19,000 U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa will be transferred to Guam and elsewhere.

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Tsunami anniversary ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - At a government ceremony in Tokyo on March 11, 2012 to mark the first anniversary of a devastation earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, Emperor Akihito (R) offers condolences for the approximately 19,000 people either killed or missing. To his left is Empress Michiko. (Pool photo)

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Gadget created to turn Nintendo Game Boy into videophone

KYOTO, Japan - Digital Act Inc. said July 8 it will sell a device that can be connected to Nintendo Co.'s Game Boy Advance game console to be used as a videophone. ''Campho Advance,'' a cartridge with a built-in miniature camera, carries a price tag of 19,000 yen and will be sold from July 30 over the Internet, the Kyoto-based company said.

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Nissho Iwai to cut 5,000 jobs over 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Trading house Nissho Iwai Corp. President Shiro Yasutake announces a three-year restructuring plan requiring the loss of 5,000 jobs from its current consolidated workforce of 19,000 at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29.